High Desert State Prison (California)
High Desert State Prison (HDSP) is a high-security state prison that houses level IV inmates located in Leavitt, Lassen County, California. Opened in 1995, it has a capacity of 2,324 persons.
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| Location | Susanville, California |
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| Coordinates | 40.4084°N 120.5139°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum-Supermax |
| Capacity | 2,324 |
| Population | 2,083 (89.6% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023) |
| Opened | August 1995 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Fred Foulk |
As of July 31, 2022, High Desert was incarcerating people at 78.4% of its design capacity, with 1,823 occupants.
Also located in Lassen County is the state California Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison. A third prison facility, the Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong, is also located within Lassen County, California. Half the adult population of nearby Susanville works at these prisons. The prisons and their effects on the community, including as a source of much needed jobs, were explored in the documentary Prison Town, USA (2007), aired on PBS.