Deuel Vocational Institution, also known as "DVI" or sometimes "Tracy", is a California state prison located in Tracy, San Joaquin County, California. The following is a list of state prisons in California. ... Tracy is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. ... San Joaquin County is a county located in the United States of America in Californias Central Valley, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
The facility was opened in 1953 and named for the late California state Senator Charles Deuel who sponsored legislation establishing the institution. The facility has been expanded and reorganized several times, in 1959, 1981 and 1993.
Currently, DVI's primary purpose is to serve as a "Reception Center" for newly-committed prisoners to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from Northern California county jails. The facility also houses a small number of minimum and low security inmates (classified by CDCR as Levels I and II) and provides some Prison Industries Authority (PIA) facilities at a dairy and a furniture fabrication plant. As of January 2006, the total count of prisoners at DVI is 3,748, 3,162 of which are assigned to the Reception Center. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is responsible for the operation of the California state prison system and parole. ...
As a result of DVI's primary function as a reception center, in which a large number of felons of different propensities for violence, disciplinary and security issues pass through before being classified and transferred to other facilities, DVI has a long-standing reputation for being violent and dangerous. The facility use to be referred to as "gladiator school" by inmates and staff. This was due to the fact that DVI was widely known for the fights that took place within the prison walls.
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Maps and aerial photosCoordinates: 37.4451° -121.1949°
DeuelVocationalInstitution was authorized by legislation in 1949 sponsored by the late Senator Charles H. Deuel, from whom the institution derives its name.
The DeuelVocationalInstitution Advisory Committee meetings are held at the State prison, located in southeast Tracy, on a monthly basis.
The DeuelVocationalInstitution shall be an intermediate security-type institution.
The DeuelVocationalInstitution Advisory Committee meetings are held at the State prison, located in southeast Tracy, on a bi-monthly basis.
The DeuelVocationalInstitution had an impressive history of involvement in the community in the City of Tracy.
Another issue of importance to DeuelVocationalInstitution is the pending possibility being discussed of converting Deuel to a "medical facility." Being earmarked as a medical facility would stablize the prison population which cares a number of benefits, and may well also provide for a decrease in the total population.
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