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| Location | Susanville, California |
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| Coordinates | 40°24′30″N 120°30′50″W / 40.4084°N 120.5139°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum-Supermax |
| Capacity | 2,324 |
| Population | 2,083 (89.6% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
| Opened | August 1995 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Fred Foulk |
High Desert State Prison (HDSP) is a high-security state prison that houses level IV inmates located in Leavitt, Lassen County, California.[2][3] Opened in 1995, it has a capacity of 2,324 persons.
As of July 31, 2022, High Desert was incarcerating people at 78.4% of its design capacity, with 1,823 occupants.[4]
Also located in Lassen County is the state California Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison. A third prison facility, the Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong, is also located within Lassen County, California. Half the adult population of nearby Susanville works at these prisons. The prisons and their effects on the community, including as a source of much needed jobs, were explored in the documentary Prison Town, USA (2007), aired on PBS.[5]
- ^ "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight January 31, 2023" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. January 31, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ^ "Susanville city, California Archived 2012-10-20 at archive.today." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 25, 2011.
- ^ "High Desert State Prison." California Department of Corrections. Retrieved on September 25, 2011. "475-750 Rice Canyon Rd. Susanville, CA"
- ^ "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight July 31, 2022" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. July 31, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Prison Town, USA". Making Contact. Season 11. Episode 31. 2008-07-30.
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