Chuckwalla State Prison, Blythe, CA
Dan Anderson 3 months ago // 1 response // Green Life Sustainable building

Under California’s on going Green campaign the state prison at Blythe has been using solar energy since 2006. If you go to the state web site http://www.green.ca.gov and sign up they will send you their monthly updates of what is going on in the state. Check it out.

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More Chuckwalla State Prison and Blythe, CA information and resources

• About Blythe at the wiki
• "Energy efficiency with state program and solar power at Chuckwalla State Prison (PDF">About City of Blythe
• Satellite view of the prison at wikimapia
• California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Chuckawalla Valley State Prison

Trivia about Blythe (from the Wiki)

• Con-Way freight has a large facility here. It is used mainly at night for cross dock operations, as there is seldom a need to make deliveries here.
• The community has a town crier named Glenn Dobson, who is also known as the “Prince of Blythe.” Glenn has been known to walk the streets day and night announcing the latest local news.
• Locals petitioned for a proposed state connecting easternmost parts of California and western half of Arizona to represent the Colorado River Valley basin and wants to make Blythe the future state capital of the proposed state of Riviera.
• The Blythe/Havasu Heat is a winter professional minor league baseball team of the Arizona Winter League plays regular season games in Palo Verde College field.
• Musician Emperor X is currently in the process of writing a multivolume record entitled “The Blythe Archives” about the experience of traveling through Blythe, California. He claims to have passed through the area only once “without some major trauma.”

Chuckwalla prison facts

Chuckawalla Valley State Prison was opened December 1988, and covers 1,735 acres. As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, the following statistics apply:

• Number of custody staff: 574
• Number of support services staff: 398
• Total number of staff: 972

Annual operating budget: $115 million

Total inmate capacity (by design): 1,738

Total inmates (count): 3,913