NV DOC – Carlin Conservation Camp (CCC)

NV DOC – Carlin Conservation Camp (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: 775-754-6307

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Carlin Conservation Camp located at 124 Suzie Creek Rd in Carlin, NV 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.

Carlin Camp coordinates with the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) in the training of inmates to work on fire fighting crews during the fire season. These crews do a community clean up and snow removal services during the offseason. Carlin also offers a wide range of programs for all of the inmate population and an opportunity to enroll in educational classes in pursuit of a GED, and high school diploma.

Programs: Vocational Training, Educational Opportunities, and Treatment Services

Approximately 58% of Nevada’s inmates come to prison without having completed high school. It is our goal that every inmate who leaves prison has a GED or High School Diploma. In each of our major prisons, school districts teach a range of correctional education including basic literacy for inmates who test below the 8th grade level in their academics, English as a Second Language (ESL), Life Skills, GED preparation, and vocational training, in addition to the traditional high school program. Upon completion of 20½ credits and passing of proficiency exams required by the State Board of Education, inmates are issued an Adult High School Diploma. GED certificates are also issued upon successful completion of all five sections of the national exam. In 2009, over 5,000 inmates were enrolled in adult education programs.

Inmates can use money in their inmate banking account to purchase debit calling time through the Inmate Store.

Vocational Training – More than 78% of inmates come to prison with minimal job training. Vocational skills are taught to Nevada inmates by the school districts and colleges, prison industries, and the Nevada Division of Forestry. Inmates can learn culinary skills, construction trades, animal science, fire-fighting, auto mechanics and restoration, business and management, equipment repair, HVAC installation and repair, welding, furniture manufacturing, dry cleaning, computer skills and more. Inmates may also get prison jobs as clerks, cooks, janitors, maintenance workers, landscapers, construction crews and other such positions that provide them on-the-job training.

Incentives for Inmates – Nevada law provides incentives for offenders to earn an education while incarcerated; among these incentives is the application of educational credits toward the reduction of sentences. An offender, who earns a certificate, educational or vocational, while behind bars, may qualify to expedite his/her release date.

Reducing Recidivism – When combined with other rehabilitative programs, education is a powerful factor in reducing recidivism. Rigorous study gives offenders the intellectual leverage they need to revise their view of themselves and leave prison better equipped to contribute positively to their families and communities. Education has been the longest-running and most successful rehabilitative program in our prison history.

visitation Info

NV DOC – Carlin Conservation Camp – Visitation

General Population Saturday and Sunday – 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM ·

Visitors must call and be approved 24 hours in advance.

Phone (775) 754-6307 and ask for Visiting.