Chuckawalla Valley State Prison

Facilities

Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, opened in December 1988, is a Level II, Medium Security Facility covering 1720 acres. Primary housing consists of 11 open dormitory-style buildings on four main yards. Each housing unit contains 340 beds. There is also a Level I yard which consists of two buildings with 200 beds each. The Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) serves as a temporary home for those who are found guilty of severe rule violations while incarcerated. ASU is composed of 100 cells, each containing two beds. The annual budget of the prison was around .

Although the prison was designed to hold 1,738 inmates, in 2008–2009 it had 3,222 prisoners, with a staff of 751.

As of July 31, 2022, CVSP was incarcerating people at 125.2% of its design capacity, with 2,176 occupants.

Inmates were allowed to enter and leave their living quarters as they wished, except at night, during count times, or during lockdown procedures. As of 2016, CVSP Facilities have been designated as SNY, or Special Needs Yards. These are reserved for sex offenders, gang drop-outs, and former law enforcement personnel, as Ironwood State Prison (ISP) does next door.

The prison is staffed by approximately 400 sworn officers and 350 ancillary staff. Although the officers are trained in the use of firearms, most are armed with only pepper spray and a baton while on duty.

Notable people

Staff

• Jennifer San Marco (1961–2006), perpetrator of the Goleta postal facility shootings; worked as a guard for several months

Inmates

• Anthony Gabriel Rodriguez (born 1973), one of several perpetrators of the 1995 murder of three year old Stephanie Kuhen
• Gerald Parker- Serial killer known as the Bludgeon killer.

References

References

1. (January 31, 2023). "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight January 31, 2023".
2. CDCR. "CDCR - Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP)".
3. Jones, Chloe. (December 6, 2021). "State closing major portion of California Men's Colony prison in San Luis Obispo". The Tribune.
4. Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP). (2009). "Institution Statistics". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
5. (July 31, 2022). "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight July 31, 2022". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research.
6. (21 August 2020). "Jennifer San Marco".
7. "[https://ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov/search Inmate Locator]". [[California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation]]. Retrieved on November 10, 2010. "RODRIGUEZ, ANTHONY GABRIEL K65397 41 09/02/1997 Centinela".