Monday, September 15, 2025

The Tehachapi women's prison ceased operations in 1952 after an earthquake

                                           Inmates playing tennis, 1938 (CDCR file photo)

The caption reads, "California Institution for Women. State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture, Sacramento." The Alfred Eichler sketch shows early plans for CIW at Tehachapi, 1930. (Photo: California State Archives.)