Ironwood State Prison

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Ironwood State Prison (ISP)
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Aerial View
Ironwood State Prison
Location Riverside County,
near Blythe, California
Coordinates 33°33′32″N114°55′36″W / 33.55889°N 114.92667°W / 33.55889; -114.92667
StatusOperational
Security classMinimum-medium
Capacity2,200
Population2,601 (118.2% capacity)(as of January 31, 2023 [1] )
Opened1 February 1994
Managed by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Warden Neil McDowell

Ironwood State Prison (ISP) is a state prison located south of Interstate 10, in a detached section of Blythe, California, that lies west of the main portion of the city. It is located in eastern Riverside County, California, adjacent to Chuckawalla Valley State Prison.

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Location of Blythe in Riverside County, and Riverside County in California Riverside County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Blythe Highlighted 0607218.svg
Location of Blythe in Riverside County, and Riverside County in California

Facilities and programs

Aerial view of Ironwood State Prison Ironwood State Prison.jpg
Aerial view of Ironwood State Prison

ISP consists of four Level III facilities and an outside Level I facility. Parts of the Level III facilities have been converted to Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY) housing, and one of the Level III housing units has been converted to an Administrative Segregation Unit. Neil McDowell has been the warden or acting warden since 2014.

As of July 31, 2022, ISP was incarcerating people at 112% of its design capacity, with 2,464 occupants. [2]

ISP lists the following programs as available to those incarcerated in the facility:

In 2015, ISP became the second launch site for The Last Mile, a non-profit organization that teaches computer programming to inmates in prisons. [3]

Notable events

In 2014, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition teamed up with the Ford Foundation and others to host a TEDx conference inside Ironwood with hundreds in attendance, including Richard Branson. [4] ARC produced a short documentary about the event. [5] A short documentary is accessible on YouTube. [6]

Notable people incarcerated at the prison

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References

  1. "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight January 31, 2023" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. January 31, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  2. "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight July 31, 2022" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. July 31, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  3. "About The Last Mile" . Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. Mechanic, Michael. "TEDx goes to Prison". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. "Watch the 9-min doc of TEDxISP!". ARC. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  6. "Watch the 9-min doc of TEDxISP on Youtube!". ARC. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 17 September 2019.