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Chowchilla is a city in Madera County, California, United States. [3] 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.
Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) is an American women's California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison located in Chowchilla, California. [2] It is across the road from Valley State Prison .
Location of Chowchilla in Madera County, and Madera County in California VSP is a Level II (medium security) facility which houses Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY) inmates. The housing consists of open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage.
State Route 233 (SR 233) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California.It serves as an alternate route between State Route 152 and State Route 99 in Madera County, running along Robertson Boulevard through the center of Chowchilla instead of bypassing the city.
In 1976, gunmen stormed a school bus carrying 26 children – ages 5 to 14 – and their bus driver in Chowchilla, California. As part of a ransom plot, they drove the hostages into a rock quarry ...
Madera County (/ m ə ˈ d ɛər ə / ⓘ), officially the County of Madera, is a county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. [3] It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada, with Madera serving as the county seat. [4]
California's efforts to improve conditions at the women's prison in Chowchilla are complicated by the deep level of trauma many female prisoners have experienced. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Get the Chowchilla, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.