CDCR initiated the Conservation (Fire) Camp Program to provide able-bodied incarcerated people the opportunity to work on meaningful projects throughout the state. The CDCR road camps were established in 1915.

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The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program can be an important part of an incarcerated person’s rehabilitation as they serve their sentences with CDCR. Just as in every CDCR prison, every conservation camp offers rehabilitative and educational services, including substance abuse programs, religious programs, and GED courses.

Norco Conservation Camp was established in 1972. The camp is located just outside of California Rehabilitation Center’s (CRC) prison fence. Norco Conservation Camp receives inmates from CRC. Fire crews train at the camp.

participants were committed to prison for property and drug crimes than non-fire camp participants, who were more likely to be committed to prison for crimes against persons. Most fire camp releases

AB 2147 allows former non-violent incarcerated people who participated on a conservation camp fire crew to have their records expunged.

The amount of time spent in a fire camp appears to positively influence recidivism rates: those with longer stays have lower rates than individuals with shorter stays (Figure 2). xiv. The three-year conviction rate for fire camp participants who spend less than 30 days in a fire camp is 46.1 percent and the rate

Eel River Conservation Camp #31 is run cooperatively run by CDCR and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). The camp’s primary mission is to provide incarcerated hand crews for fire suppression.

VTC began training participants in October 2018 and accepts trainees who have recently been part of a trained firefighting workforce housed in fire camps or institutional firehouses operated by CAL FIRE and CDCR. Members of the CCC are also eligible to participate.

Antelope Conservation Camp #25 is jointly operated by CDCR and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). The camp’s primary mission is to provide incarcerated hand crews for firefighting in the Lassen Modoc Ranger Unit and in the Plumas County areas.