Search Owens Valley Camp #26

Owens Valley Overview

CDCR's Owens Valley Conservation Camp page identifies the camp as a CDCR and CAL FIRE conservation camp near Bishop. It is a minimum-custody state facility, so the county sheriff's jail phone and county jail mail rules are the wrong tools for a camp assignment. People at the camp are in state custody and should be searched through CDCR systems.

The camp provides incarcerated hand crews for fires, floods, conservation projects, community service, and other emergency or public-service work. CDCR says the camp serves Inyo County, Mono County, and the State of California. The facility also includes a canvas shop supervised by CAL FIRE staff. These programs are distinct from county jail booking, local pretrial detention, and short county sentences at Inyo County Jail.

The manifest's Owens Valley facility screenshot failed, but the CDCR CIRIS screenshot succeeded and matches the camp's lookup process. CDCR CIRIS is the state search interface used for people in CDCR custody, including state camp assignments when the public record shows that location.

The CIRIS image fits the camp lookup process because Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26 is searched through CDCR, not through an Inyo County jail roster.

Owens Valley Custody

The research file does not locate an official capacity figure for Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26. It does identify the camp's custody type as minimum-custody CDCR/CAL FIRE camp population. Vera's 2021 county fact sheet reports 0 state prisons in its state-prison-institution count for Inyo County, while CDCR separately lists this conservation camp. The practical reading is that Owens Valley is a CDCR camp physically in Inyo County, not a standard adult prison institution in Vera's count.

Search Owens Valley Inmates

Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26 inmate lookup belongs in CDCR's statewide locator. A person arrested in Inyo County starts in local criminal justice channels, but after a state-prison sentence the person moves into CDCR custody and may later be assigned to a camp. At that point, the Inyo County Jail page will not be the controlling custody source.

1. Open CDCR CIRIS, the California Incarcerated Records & Information Search.
2. Search by CDCR number when known, or by last name with first name and middle initial if available.
3. Review the result for current location, identity details, and state custody information published by CDCR.
4. Confirm whether the location is Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26 or another CDCR facility.
5. For help accessing CIRIS material, call the CDCR Identification Unit at (916) 445-6713 during its posted weekday hours.

Owens Valley Contact

The facility contact card should be used for camp-level questions, while statewide records and locator help should go through CDCR channels. This distinction is important because Inyo County Jail staff do not control camp assignments, state prison visiting approval, or CDCR family services.

Owens Valley Visiting

Use CDCR visiting resources and the CDCR visiting status page for Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26. The county jail's Saturday and Sunday non-contact visit schedule does not apply to a state conservation camp. CDCR visiting is institution or camp specific and uses state approval and scheduling rules.

Owens Valley Family

Mail, phone, money, and family services for Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26 should be handled through CDCR family resources, not through the Inyo County Jail commissary and money-order rules. The research file does not provide a camp-specific money vendor, mail vendor, call vendor, or fee schedule, so those details should not be invented. Use CDCR's current family and visiting pages before sending funds or mail.

Owens Valley Programs

Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26 supports local, state, and federal agencies during fires, floods, and other emergencies. CDCR says the camp's fire crews have primary responsibility for fire suppression over more than 584,000 acres of State Responsibility Area land. The response area runs from Pearsonville to the Nevada border, which reflects the scale of eastern California terrain served by the camp.

Camp participants also perform conservation projects and community service throughout the year. The canvas shop is another camp function, supervised by CAL FIRE staff. These assignments are part of the state camp model and should not be confused with county work release, county jail services, or the sheriff's WRAP program referenced in the District Attorney policy manual.

CDCR

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the state prison agency.

CAL FIRE

California's fire agency and CDCR's operating partner at conservation camps.

CIRIS

California Incarcerated Records & Information Search, the state custody locator.

Minimum custody

A state classification level used for eligible people assigned to lower-security work settings.

About Owens Valley

The camp grew from an Owens Valley proposal in February 1960. CDCR says the Round Valley site was selected later that year, groundbreaking began in September 1962, and the camp was dedicated and opened in October 1963. It was first named Inyo-Mono Conservation Camp. Since January 1, 1982, it has operated under CDCR with CAL FIRE.

For Inyo County search purposes, the key point is the custody boundary. Inyo County Jail handles local jail custody before and during county court proceedings. Owens Valley Conservation Camp #26 handles state custody assignments after CDCR classification and placement. A person may pass from county jail into CDCR custody after sentencing, but once that transfer occurs, CDCR lookup, visiting, and family rules replace county jail rules.

That boundary also affects records requests. A sheriff records request can help with local booking or jail records, while CDCR controls state custody data, camp location, and family resource rules. VINELink may help with custody notifications when coverage is active, but it is not a substitute for CIRIS or direct CDCR confirmation.