Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong
Medium-security United States prison in California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong (FCI Herlong) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in California, opened in 2007. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also includes a satellite prison camp that houses minimum-security male offenders.
Location | Lassen County, near Herlong, California |
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Coordinates | 40.150°N 120.168°W / 40.150; -120.168 |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium-security (with minimum-security prison camp) |
Population | 1,640 (145 in prison camp) |
Opened | 2005 |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
FCI Herlong is located in Lassen County, in northeastern California near the Nevada border, approximately 60 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada and 190 miles northeast of Sacramento, California, the state capital.[1] It is one of three prisons in the county; the other two are state prisons located in the county seat of Susanville. In 2007 half the adults in Susanville worked in one of the three facilities; together the three prisons hold approximately 11,000 inmates.[2] Prisons are the major employers in the area since the timber industry declined.