CDCR – California Correctional Center (CCC)

CDCR – California Correctional Center (CCC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 530-257-2181

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at California Correctional Center located at 711-045 Center Rd
PO Box 790 in Susanville, CA are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

California Correctional Center is a CDCR state prison located in Susanville CA, housing 6,200 mostly minimum security inmates. Some of the minimum custody inmates at this facility are part of the forest fire suppression crew, which is responsible for aiding in the response to fighting forest fires.

CCC's goals are "to receive, house, and train minimum-custody inmates for placement into one of the institution's 18 Northern California conservation camps" and "to provide meaningful work, training, and education programs for inmates who do not meet the criteria for assignment to a conservation camp." It has 1,100 acres including Level l ("Open dormitories without a secure perimeter") housing, Level II ("Open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage") housing, Level III ("Individual cells, fenced perimeters and armed coverage") housing.

CCC offers a wide assortment of positive leisure-time activities, including numerous self-help improvement programs, such as literacy, addiction recovery, veterans' affairs, religious services, athletic programs, and Page Turners Anonymous. State prisoners can acquire a number of skills and can work jobs within the institution that help in the day to day operations, such as food preparation, janitorial services and maintenance. CCC also has the same programs that are present at many facilities such as substance abuse treatments, group therapies, and educational opportunities such as GED classes.

Among the vocational programs at CCC, the "certified 90-day horse gentling program" for wild horses, begun in 1987 and is a favorite of inmates and staff. The federal Bureau of Land Management supplies wild horses captured from the "high desert border country of northeastern California and western Nevada"; inmates "are not paid for their participation." After the program, the horses "become candidates for the periodic public horse adoptions held at the prison." The program is thought to benefit inmates; as one participant said, "it teaches you patience and teaches you that if you want something, you have to work at it."

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visitation Info

CDCR – California Correctional Center – Visitation

Visiting a CDCR facility must be conducted in a manner that maintains order, safety, and security of the people and facility. Failure to comply with the established regulations and policies may result in a warning or termination, suspension, or revocation of your visiting privileges.

Recommended Steps Before Visiting:

1. Read Visitation Guidelines to understand what you can expect and what is expected of you
2. Find out in which facility your inmate is housed
3. Schedule a visit online using the VPASS system
4. The day of your scheduled visit, check the Visiting Status to ensure the institution is accepting visitors

 Visitation Guidelines

• Guidelines for Visiting Adult Prisons 
• Guidelines for Visiting Juvenile Facilities

Refer to the Department's current policies and regulations in Title 15and the Department Operations Manual if you want to know more.

 Locate Inmate

Use the Inmate Locator to find an inmate and what facility they are housed in.

 Schedule Visit

Sign-up or log into VPASS to schedule an inmate visit. VPASS stands for Visitor Processing Appointment Scheduling System. Note: this requires creating an online account.

 Check Visiting Status

You can find out the visiting status of a CDCR facility in one of two ways:

• Call the Visiting Status Hotline at 1-800-374-8474
• Check the VPASS Visiting Status; locate the facility you plan to visit.

You should always do this the day you plan to visit, because visitation can sometimes be unexpectedly cancelled.