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Avenal State Prison (ASP) is a male-only state prison in the city of Avenal, Kings County, California. The structures on ASP's 640 acres (260 ha) include "17 open dorm buildings, six 200-bed open dorm E-bed buildings, six converted gymnasiums, a 100-cell administrative segregation unit, and a 10-bed firehouse."
According to newspaper articles, the original name of the prison was "California Correctional Institution at Avenal", which the Kings County Board of Supervisors changed to "Avenal State Prison" in December 1987. [9] [13] According to the CDCR Web site, ASP "was originally known as Kings County State Prison. On February 22, 1988, it was ...
The citizens of Avenal voted for incorporation in September 1979, and while going through the early stages of being a new city, the citizens pursued and were successful in bringing a state prison to Avenal. Avenal State Prison opened in 1987. By 2009, it housed 6,577 inmates and employed 1,517 people, making it a vital part of the community.
When state authorities announced their plans in 2021 to shut down the California Correctional Center in Susanville, local officials sued, arguing it would devastate the economy of the shrinking ...
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