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Pitchess Detention Center Timeline

1938: Wayside Honor Rancho, first honor farm in California, opened to house a few select prisoners.
Dairy farmer George Dunn had sold county the property for $147,150.
1951: Prisoner population up to about 3,000. Texaco discovers oil on jail property.
1957: East Facility enlarged to accommodate more than 700 maximum-security inmates.
1963: East Facility expanded again; cogeneration plant built to provide energy for jail.
1975: South Facility opened. Rancho laundry facility built.

1983: Facility renamed Peter J. Pitchess Honor Rancho.
1987: North Facility opened.
1990: North County Correctional Facility opened.
1992: Farming operations eliminated.
1993: Elmer T. Jaffe Visitor Center built.
1995: Ranch compound closed due to budget constraints.
1995: Name of facility changed to Pitchess Detention Center.
2001: South Facility closed due to budget constraints.
2002: South Facility partially reopened and renamed
North Annex. 1951 – Early Morning Crew