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High Desert State Prison (HDSP) is a high-security state prison that houses level IV inmates located in Leavitt in 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]
The documentary film Prison Town, USA, was shown as part of the P.O.V. series on PBS television in July 2007. [23] It explores the effects upon the residents of rural Susanville of living near the CCC, High Desert State Prison, and the nearby Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong, which was opening when the film was made. In "job-starved ...
Leavitt is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California, United States, located alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad, Fernley and Lassen Railway branch, 7 miles (11 km) east of Susanville, [2] and 7 miles west of Litchfield, at an elevation of 4,104 feet (1,251 m). [1] It is the site of the High Desert State Prison.
More than 45% of employment in Susanville is at the California Correctional Center and the adjacent High Desert State Prison, local officials told The Times.. Susanville's population — about ...
Buried in budget bill, a move to close California state prison in Susanville. Wes Venteicher. July 1, 2022 at 8:00 AM. ... High Desert State Prison, which would accommodate some employees. Others ...
The California Correctional Center in Susanville, shown in 2021, was one of three prisons Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved for closure. It closed last year. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
The Susanville urban area contains 8,995 people and 4,233 households. Susanville, a former logging and mining town, is the site of the High Desert State Prison, California (not to be confused with High Desert State Prison, Nevada), which opened in 1995.
County Route A27 (CR A27) is a county route in Lassen County, California, United States, connecting SR 36 in Susanville to US 395 in Litchfield, passing by the High Desert State Prison. The route is known as East Riverside Drive in Susanville, Johnstonville Road, and Center Road. Major junctions The entire route is in Lassen County.