High Desert State Prison (California)
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Interactive map of High Desert State Prison (HDSP) | |
| Location | Susanville, California |
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| Coordinates | 40°24′30″N 120°30′50″W / 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 |
High Desert State Prison (HDSP) is a high-security state prison that houses level IV inmates located in Leavitt in Lassen County, California. Opened in 1995, it has a capacity of 2,324 persons.
As of January 31, 2023, High Desert was incarcerating people at 101.6% of its design capacity, with 2,362 occupants.https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/174/2023/02/Tpop1_d2301.pdf
A second prison facility, the Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong, is also located within Lassen County, California. 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.