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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.
Location of Chowchilla in Madera County, and Madera County in California. CCWF covers 640 acres (260 ha). As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, CCWF had a total of 1,205 staff and an annual operating budget of US$138 million. As of April 30, 2020, CCWF was incarcerating people at 131.7% of its design capacity, with 2,640 occupants. [4]
On July 15, 1976, in Chowchilla, California, three armed men hijacked a school bus. They abducted the driver and 26 children, ages 5 to 14, and imprisoned them in a truck trailer buried in a quarry in Livermore, California. The bus driver and children managed to escape before the kidnappers could issue their ransom demands.
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 ...
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. Drivers going from eastbound SR 152 to northbound SR 99 must use SR 233 since ...
An official groundbreaking ceremony for the upcoming center was held Friday in Chowchilla. Chowchilla leaders herald new $150M AutoZone distribution center, will create 300 jobs Skip to main content
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.
Madera County Connection (MCC) is the primary bus agency providing intercity services within Madera County, California.It is operated by the County Department of Public Works and offers four fixed routes connecting the cities of Chowchilla and Madera with Valley Children's Hospital and smaller unincorporated communities in the county.