Ironwood State Prison (ISP)

Physical Address: Mailing Address: 19005 Wiley's Well Road Blythe, CA 92225 (760) 921-3000 P.O. Box 2229 Blythe, CA 92226

David B. Long, Warden

Ironwood State Prison - Mission Statement

The mission of Ironwood State Prison (ISP) is to improve public safety through the confinement of minimum and medium custody male offenders while providing them the life improvement skills needed to successfully re-integrate back into society upon parole.

These life improvement skills include but are not limited to: Self-help programs, Vocational and Basic Educational, Spiritual, and College Programs.

Institution Details

ISP jointly occupies with Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) approximately 1,700 acres of State-owned property, of which ISP encompasses approximately 640 acres.  The prison complex occupies an estimated 350 acres with the remaining acreage used for erosion control, drainage ditches, and catch basins.

ISP was activated February 1, 1994.  ISP has four semi-autonomous Level III facilities and an outside Level I facility.  Each of the facilities contains five 270 designed housing units with a 100 designed bed capacity.  Facility B has been converted to houses inmates with Sensitive Needs (SNY).  One of the Level III 270 designed housing units in Facility A also has been converted to house the Administrative Segregation Unit.  The Level I facility has two 100-bed housing units.  The institution does not have a firehouse; fire protection is provided by shared services with CVSP.

ISP’s designed capacity is approximately 2,200 inmates.  Currently there are 3,895 inmates housed at ISP.

ETHNIC BREAKDOWN (AS OF June 21, 2010)

14%                Hispanic
37%                Mexican
28%                Black
14%                White
7%                  Other