Publisher’s note:This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, May 7, 2013 edition of the Lassen County Times.
Susanville’s California Correction Center has now been a part of our community for half a century.
The public is invited to join the prison administration and staff during a rededication ceremony held May 15.
Plans for the ceremony have not been finalized yet, but a number of state officials and past wardens have been invited to attend. Details about the ceremony should be available for publication in next week’s paper.
The prison was built in 1963 as a minimum-security facility and was expanded in 1987 to include facilities to accommodate medium-security inmates.
The prison’s primary mission is to receive, house, and train minimum-custody inmates for placement into one of the institution’s 18 Northern California conservation camps.
Working collaboratively with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, these camps are strategically located throughout the north state to provide fire suppression hand crews, as well as an organized labor force for public conservation projects and other emergency response needs of the state.
Four firefighters, two helicopter pilots and a contractor bulldozing a fireline have died in Colorado, Utah and Oregon this year. Fast-moving fires have burned…
