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Wasco State Prison-Reception Center (WSP) is a 
As of July 31, 2022, Wasco was incarcerating people at 122.8% of its design capacity, with 3,667 occupants.
Inmate Locator
inmate BR0562
* ttp://www.cdcr.ca.gov/ California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Official website 1991 establishments in California Buildings and structures in Kern County, California Prisons in California {{US-prison-stub
state prison
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located in Wasco Wasco is the name of four places in the United States:
Places United States
* Wasco, California, a city in California
** Wasco State Prison, located in Wasco, California
* Wasco, Illinois, a former hamlet (unincorporated town) in Illinois, now pa ...
, Kern County, California
Kern County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield.
Kern County comprise ...
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The Wasco facility was the first of two reception centers in Kern County. The primary mission is to provide short term housing necessary to process, classify, and evaluate new inmates physically and mentally, to determine their security level, program requirements, and appropriate institutional placement. A 400-bed medium custody facility houses general population inmates to help support and maintain the reception center. A minimum custody facility provides institutional maintenance and landscaping services.
As of July 31, 2022, Wasco was incarcerating people at 122.8% of its design capacity, with 3,667 occupants.
Notable inmates
* Kori Ali Muhammad, moved toKern Valley State Prison
Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is a male-only state prison in Delano, California. Kern Valley is a Level IV Maximum Security institution, opened in June 2005 with a design capacity of 2,448 inmates. The facility is adjacent to North Kern Stat ...
*Edward Younghoon Shin
*Brandon Browner
Brandon Kemar Browner (born August 2, 1984) is a former American football cornerback and convicted felon. In 2005, Browner signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent out of Oregon State. Browner played four seasons with the Calga ...
, moved to San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison (SQ) is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.
Opened in July 1852, San Quentin is the ...
*John Getreu
John Arthur Getreu (born August 26, 1944) is an American serial killer who was convicted of one murder during 1963 in West Germany and convicted of two more that took place in 1973 and 1974 in the United States. He is currently serving life impr ...
, moved to Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facilityinmate BR0562
References
External links
* ttp://www.cdcr.ca.gov/ California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Official website 1991 establishments in California Buildings and structures in Kern County, California Prisons in California {{US-prison-stub