Search Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 Inmates

Trinity River Camp Custody

Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 is jointly operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CAL FIRE. The camp address is 3325 Pettijohn Road, Lewiston, CA 96052. CDCR lists 530-286-2886 for CDCR contact, and CAL FIRE lists 530-286-2880 for fire-camp operations.

This facility is not a Trinity County jail. It is a CDCR conservation and fire camp for incarcerated participants assigned through the state system. CDCR says the camp's primary mission is to provide incarcerated fire crews for fire suppression, principally in the Trinity, Shasta, and Siskiyou County areas. Crews also provide labor for floods, conservation projects, emergency response, and community-service projects for local, state, and federal agencies.

The county jail and the conservation camp serve different populations. Trinity County Correctional Facility handles local arrests, pretrial custody, and local jail sentences. Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 holds CDCR participants who have moved into state custody and volunteered for the Conservation Camp Program. A county custody call will not replace a CDCR CIRIS search for a person assigned to this camp.

Trinity River CDCR Custody

CDCR describes conservation camp assignments as voluntary. No official public capacity number was found for Trinity River Conservation Camp #3, so the camp is listed here without a bed count. CDCR is responsible for security, supervision, care, and discipline of incarcerated camp participants. CAL FIRE maintains the camp, supervises work crews, and has custody responsibility while crews are assigned to daily CAL FIRE work projects.

During emergencies, CDCR staff may accompany hand crews to assist with care and security. That shared operating model is one reason the camp should not be treated like a county lockup, even though it sits in Trinity County. CDCR participants have already passed through state prison reception, classification, and placement processes before a camp assignment can occur.

Trinity River Inmate Lookup

Use California Incarcerated Records and Information Search, commonly called CIRIS, for a Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 inmate lookup. CIRIS is the CDCR statewide public locator. It can search by CDCR number or name and can be narrowed with optional fields such as age range or commitment county. It is the correct route for state custody, including conservation camps.

CIRIS may show name, CDCR number, age, admission date, current location, commitment county, parole information, Board of Parole Hearings information, victim notification information, and links to location details when available. It does not show county booking charges, local bond, mugshots, jail housing units, or local court dates. If the person has not been transferred to state custody, search through the local Trinity County Correctional Facility process instead.

1. Open CIRIS and choose whether to search by CDCR number or by name.
2. Enter the CDCR number, or enter last name with first or middle name when available.
3. Use age range or commitment county only if a broad name search returns too many results.
4. Review the current location field to see whether Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 appears.
5. Use CDCR contact resources if a field is not disclosable or the record needs official confirmation.

CDCR CIRIS Search Fields

The CDCR locator has more structured search fields than Trinity County's local jail materials. For a person at Trinity River Conservation Camp #3, the CDCR number is the strongest search key. Name searches can still work, but common names may need age or commitment-county filters. A Trinity commitment filter does not mean the person is physically in Trinity County, because CDCR may assign a person to any suitable institution or camp after reception and classification.

Because CIRIS does not show local case detail, use the court or county records route when the question is about a Trinity County arrest, filed charges, or a hearing date. The CDCR record is for Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 custody status and state location.

Trinity River Camp Contact

Facility contact should follow the CDCR and CAL FIRE roles. CDCR handles state custody, supervision, care, discipline, visiting status, and records questions tied to incarcerated participants. CAL FIRE maintains the camp and supervises work crews. The published phone numbers reflect those two lanes.

People often confuse this camp with local jail custody because both facilities are in Trinity County. A recent arrest should start with the county jail. A state-prison sentence or camp assignment should start with CDCR.

CDCR Camp Locator

The CDCR facility locator lists adult institutions, conservation camps, and related CDCR locations. Use the official CDCR facility locator to confirm that Trinity River is a state conservation camp rather than a county jail.

The facility locator helps identify the type of CDCR site, while CIRIS is the search tool for a person's current CDCR custody location.

Trinity River CDCR Visiting

Visiting at Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 follows CDCR family and visitor rules, not the Trinity County jail schedule. CDCR's visitor process is staged: get approved, check visiting status, schedule the visit, and prepare for the visit. CDCR uses the Visitation Scheduling Application for scheduling in-person visits at institutions, and it directs conservation-camp visitors to camp-specific guidance from the facility page.

A visitor should verify approval, current visiting status, and any camp-specific instructions before driving to Lewiston. Conservation camp visiting can be affected by emergencies, fire assignments, transportation, staffing, and CDCR operating status. A person listed in CIRIS at Trinity River may still be unavailable for a visit if the crew is assigned away from camp or if CDCR visiting status changes.

Trinity River Mail Money

Mail and money for Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 follow CDCR statewide family-resource rules. CDCR family resources explain how to contact an incarcerated person and how to send funds. Before sending money, look up the person in CIRIS and confirm the CDCR number, because that identifier is needed for state prison and camp transactions.

CDCR money options include electronic funds transfer vendors and a JPay lock box. Electronic funds transfers are paid services through GTL/ConnectNetwork, JPay, or Access Corrections, and CDCR says funds post within 1 to 3 days. The lock box option uses a money order, personal check, or cashier's check payable to JPay and mailed to the Los Angeles lock-box address. Personal checks are held 10 business days.

Do not use the Trinity County jail money rules for a CDCR camp participant. The jail account process applies to local county custody, while Trinity River uses CDCR family-services channels.

Trinity River Camp Assignment

Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 is not an arrest-booking site. A person arrested in Trinity County may first be booked at the county jail, then move through court. If sentenced to state prison, the person is sent to CDCR reception for processing and transfer. CDCR materials say reception and classification consider sentence length, stability, education, employment, health, security, and prior incarceration behavior.

The CDCR Ombudsman FAQ says reception and classification can take up to 90 days, and placement near family is considered but not guaranteed. CDCR's rehabilitation process includes orientation, risk and needs assessments, security review, and health-care evaluation before a home institution or other placement is set. A conservation camp assignment comes after that state process, and CDCR states that participants volunteer for the Conservation Camp Program.

CDCR

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

CIRIS

California Incarcerated Records and Information Search, CDCR's public locator.

Reception

State intake and assessment after a person is committed to CDCR.

Conservation camp

A CDCR and CAL FIRE camp where approved participants work on fire, emergency, conservation, and public-service crews.

Trinity River Camp Programs

CDCR says Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 opened in May 1988. Its in-camp projects include a saw mill, mill and cabinet shop, office furniture repair and building, wood signs, picnic benches, Mobile Kitchen Unit work, sewing and upholstery, and welding. These details make the camp distinct from a standard jail housing unit or an adult prison institution.

Rehabilitative and educational services identified for the camp include AA and NA, religious programs, GED and correspondence college courses, hobby craft, and pre-release programs. The work model is built around emergency response and public-agency service, with CAL FIRE supervising daily work projects and CDCR maintaining custody and care responsibilities.

Trinity County has no standard CDCR adult prison institution, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or separate municipal jail identified in the research. Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 is the main state-custody facility physically located in the county, but Trinity County commitments can be placed in CDCR facilities anywhere in California after reception and classification.