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The Madera County board of supervisors gave the prison its current name in 1989 "after months of discussion and disagreement". [6] CCWF opened in October 1990, having cost $141 million to construct. [7] In 1996, the City of Chowchilla was given permission to perform a "non-contiguous annexation" of CCWF. [8]
In July, after 20 years in prison for attempted murder and a gun enhancement, Coleman, 47, became one of three dozen prisoners at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla to ...
The prison opened in April 1995. [6] In 1996, the City of Chowchilla was given permission to perform a non-contiguous annexation of VSPW. [7]Ted Koppel interviewed many staff, including Dr. Anthony DiDomenico, the chief medical officer of VSPW, in October 1999 for series of episodes of Nightline. [8]
The city's population was 19,039 at the 2020 census. [4] Chowchilla is located 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Madera, [5] at an elevation of 240 feet (73 m). [3] The city is the location of two prisons: Central California Women's Facility and Valley State Prison.
And a former officer at the Chowchilla prison, Gregory Rodriguez, awaits trial on 96 counts of sex crimes against nearly a dozen women held there.
Tremaine Carroll allegedly raped multiple inmates while at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla after securing placement there by self-identifying as transgender.
Jane Doe was the 30-year-old inmate allegedly assaulted in May, two months after she first arrived at Chowchilla, the state’s largest female-only prison with nearly 2,200 inmates.
Madera County has three correctional facilities. The first is the Madera County Jail, managed by the elected Sheriff. The second, Valley State Prison, is a state-run prison located in Chowchilla. [61] The third, the Central California Women's Facility, is also in Chowchilla, across from Valley State Prison. Inmates are counted in the county's ...