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CDCR – Miramonte Conservation (Fire) Camp #5 basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 559-336-2312
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at Miramonte Conservation Camp #5 located at 49039 Orchard Dr in Miramonte, 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.
Camp History – Miramonte is located just outside Sequoia National Forest at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. It is secluded in the oak-studded foothills 55 miles east of Fresno. Built in 1949, Miramonte has just celebrated its 60th year of providing fire protection and community services to the Fresno and Kings County area. During this period, Miramonte Camp has left a positive mark within the surrounding communities. This includes inmate built rock walls, stairs and water culverts dotted throughout the area and the memories of seeing inmates and the “red buses” working in the community.
Camp Products – Miramonte was originally designed to produce products within its Welding, Carpentry, Truck Auto Body and Paint Shops. Due to changes in these industries, all but the Welding and Carpentry shops have closed. These shops still produce basic welding projects, along with wooden cabinets and signs. In addition, the camp repairs many of the wooden and metal CAL Fire and US Forest Service signs in the area.
Community service projects – Miramonte’s four work crews average over 118,000 man-hours of Community Service Projects each year. Since all work performed is on Federal, State, Local Government and approved non-profit organizations properties, this translated into a taxpayer savings of over $950,000 (at minimum wage). Examples of these projects include work at: Millerton Lake (Bureau of Reclamation/California State Parks and Recreation); Pine Flat Lake (US Army Corps of Engineers); Highway 180 Litter Removal (Cal Trans); Hume Lake and various Campgrounds (US Forest Service); Friant Fish Hatchery (California Dept. Fish and Game); Fresno/King Unit Fire Stations (Cal Fire).
At Miramonte, over 60 inmates are also trained firefighters ready for immediate response to emergencies. Annually, these inmates typically participate in over 86,000 hours of fir fighting assignments. The efforts of this small group of CDCR inmate firefighters saved California taxpayers on average over $860,000 annually.
Combining Firefighting and Service Projects, Miramonte inmates provide annual potential savings of over 1.8 million dollars in labor costs.
visitation Info
Visiting hours for PRISON_NAME. For Directions call PRISON_PHONE
Sunday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Monday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Federal Holidays 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
No cellphones, you will be searched before visiting. NO personal belongings. Persons under probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.
If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate's extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
