Wasco State Prison


Wasco State Prison-Reception Center is a state prison located in Wasco, Kern County, California.
The Wasco facility was the first of two reception centers in Kern County. The primary mission is to provide short term housing necessary to process, classify, and evaluate new inmates physically and mentally, to determine their security level, program requirements, and appropriate institutional placement. A 400-bed medium custody facility houses general population inmates to help support and maintain the reception center. A minimum custody facility provides institutional maintenance and landscaping services.
As of April 30, 2020, Wasco was incarcerating people at 138.1% of its design capacity, with 4,121 occupants.

Notable Inmates