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Ironwood State Prison (ISP) is a 
ISP consists of four Level III facilities and an outside Level I facility. Parts of the Level III facilities have been converted to Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY) housing, and one of the Level III housing units has been converted to an Administrative Segregation Unit. Neil McDowell has been the warden or acting warden since 2014.
As of July 31, 2022, ISP was incarcerating people at 112% of its design capacity, with 2,464 occupants.
ISP lists the following programs as available to those incarcerated in the facility:
* Academic: Adult Basic Education I, Adult Basic Education II,
Something Extraordinary Is Happening at Ironwood State Prison
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state prison
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located south of Interstate 10
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, in a detached section of Blythe, California
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, that lies west of the main portion of the city. It is located in eastern Riverside County, California
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, adjacent to Chuckawalla Valley State Prison.
Facilities and programs
ISP consists of four Level III facilities and an outside Level I facility. Parts of the Level III facilities have been converted to Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY) housing, and one of the Level III housing units has been converted to an Administrative Segregation Unit. Neil McDowell has been the warden or acting warden since 2014.
As of July 31, 2022, ISP was incarcerating people at 112% of its design capacity, with 2,464 occupants.
ISP lists the following programs as available to those incarcerated in the facility:
* Academic: Adult Basic Education I, Adult Basic Education II, GED
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, Independent Study
* Vocational: Auto Body, Auto Mechanics, Building Maintenance, Carpentry, Electronics, Masonry, Office Services Related Tech, Plumbing, Welding
* Rehabilitative: Actors’ Gang, Alcoholics Anonymous
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, Alternatives to Violence, Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Community Based Art Program, Criminals and Gangs Anonymous, Father2Child Literacy Program, Great Dads, Healing Dialogue and Action, I-4-Sight, Inmate Peer Education Program, Inside Out Writers, Kairos, Life's Too Short (Youth Diversion Program), Lifer's Group, Narcotics Anonymous
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, Meditation Buddhist Pathways, Partnership for Re-Entry Program, Prison of Peace, Seven Areas of Life Training, Siddha Yoga Meditation, The Urban Ministries Institute, Veterans Group Ironwood, Victim Offender Education Group
In 2015, ISP became the second launch site for The Last Mile
The Last Mile may refer to:
* The Last Mile (prison rehabilitation program), a program for inmates in the California corrections system
* ''The Last Mile'' (play), a 1930 play by John Wexley
* ''The Last Mile'' (1932 film), an American adaptatio ...
, a non-profit organization that teaches computer programming to inmates in prisons.
Notable events
In 2014, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition teamed up with theFord Foundation
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and others to host a TEDx
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conference inside Ironwood with hundreds in attendance, including Richard Branson
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Branson expressed ...
. ARC produced a short documentary about the event. A short documentary is accessible on YouTube.
Notable people incarcerated at the prison
*Robert John Bardo
Robert John Bardo (born January 2, 1970) is an American man serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted in October 1991 for the July 18, 1989, murder of American actress and model Rebecca Schaeffer, whom he had stalked for t ...
- Murdered actress Rebecca Schaeffer
Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer (November 6, 1967 – July 18, 1989) was an American actress and model. She began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting. In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell in the CBS comedy ''My Sis ...
on July 18, 1989.
References
External links
*Something Extraordinary Is Happening at Ironwood State Prison
Prisons in Riverside County, California Blythe, California 1994 establishments in California {{US-prison-stub