Trinity River Camp #3 Releases
Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 is part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation conservation camp system. It is not a county jail, and its release route should not be framed as a Trinity County 24-hour jail list. CDCR custody controls the record. A person may leave the camp for another CDCR institution, a parole release, a discharge at the end of a prison term, a Board of Parole Hearings event, or a classification move within state custody.
That state-custody distinction changes every lookup. For current CDCR custody, start with CIRIS. For parole-suitability cases, check the Board of Parole Hearings schedule or result. For active parole after release, use CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations, including the Northern Region route that serves Trinity County. If the public search no longer answers the question, CDCR Identification Unit help is the records-support route. California VINE may also support custody-change notification while a record is active.
| Question | Correct route | Why county jail records do not answer it |
|---|---|---|
| Is the person still in CDCR custody? | CIRIS at CDCR | The camp is state custody, not a local jail booking. |
| Was parole suitability scheduled or granted? | Board of Parole Hearings | BPH controls parole-suitability records for CDCR cases. |
| Who supervises after parole? | DAPO Northern Region or Redding parole office | State parole is separate from county probation. |
| Why did the person leave the camp? | CDCR records, classification information, or court/BPH records | A camp departure can be transfer, parole, discharge, or reclassification. |
Search Trinity River Camp #3 Release
The search starts with identifiers, not with the facility name alone. A CDCR number is the best key. If it is not known, use the full name, age or date of birth, commitment county, sentencing court, and approximate admission or transfer date. Trinity County may be the location of the camp, the commitment county, or both, but those are different facts in CDCR records.
- Search CDCR CIRIS by CDCR number when possible, then by name if the number is not known.
- Confirm the match by CDCR number, age, current location, and commitment county before treating the record as the right person.
- If Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 appears as the current location, read the record as state custody, not county jail custody.
- For parole eligibility or hearing issues, check BPH schedules, eligibility definitions, and hearing results rather than guessing from the camp location.
- For release to parole, use DAPO supervision channels and the Redding/Northern Region detail that serves Trinity County.
- If CIRIS no longer shows the person but court records show a CDCR commitment, call CDCR Identification Unit for search help.
Note: a person who left Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 may still be in CDCR custody at another institution.
Trinity River Camp #3 Contacts
The CDCR Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 facility source gives the camp-specific context. For search help, the research identifies CDCR's Identification Unit as the public assistance point for CIRIS access or viewing issues. For parole supervision after release, the Redding parole unit is the regional DAPO contact tied to Trinity County.
Trinity River Conservation Camp #3
Lewiston, Trinity County, California
Operating agency: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Custody type: CDCR conservation camp / minimum-security state custody
Search route: CIRIS, BPH, DAPO, CDCR records, and California VINE
CDCR Identification Unit
Phone: 916-445-6713
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Pacific Time, excluding holidays
Use for: CIRIS access and viewing help when the public search does not resolve a CDCR custody question
DAPO Redding Parole Unit
391 Hemsted Drive
Redding, CA 96002
Phone: 530-226-3432
Use for: state parole supervision questions for the region serving Trinity County
Trinity Camp #3 Custody Type
CDCR describes conservation camp participants as volunteers rather than people involuntarily assigned to camp. That detail is specific to the camp system and should not be confused with release eligibility. CDCR's Trinity River material notes conservation work, emergency work, sawmill, mill, cabinet shop, and mobile kitchen support for emergencies. Those facts explain what the camp is, but they do not answer whether a named person has paroled or discharged.
The CDCR conservation camp program page provides the broader program context for fire camps and conservation assignments.
The program context helps show why a camp departure may be reclassification, transfer, parole, or discharge, all of which belong in CDCR channels rather than a sheriff release feed.
Trinity Camp #3 Release Rules
Research angle T is central to the camp release route: Trinity County includes a CDCR conservation camp, and that changes the custody map. A reader may know the person was in Trinity County and assume the Sheriff's Office has the release record. For this camp, that assumption is usually wrong. The state system has the custody record because the person is serving or moving within a CDCR term.
The correct language is careful. Use CIRIS while the person is in current CDCR custody. Use BPH if the question is parole suitability, scheduled hearing, grant, denial, or hearing result. Use DAPO for active parole after release. Use CDCR Identification Unit when identifiers point to CDCR custody but the public search no longer gives a clear answer. The county jail page is useful only if the person had a separate Trinity County jail booking or local transfer before or after CDCR custody.
- CIRIS
- California's public CDCR search for current custody information and related state-custody details.
- BPH
- The Board of Parole Hearings, used when parole suitability or hearing results control the release question.
- DAPO
- The CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations, which supervises people released to state parole.
- Discharge
- The end of a custody or supervision term, when no further CDCR custody or parole remains for that term.
Trinity Camp #3 VINE Checks
California VINE can be useful for custody-status notice, but it should not be treated as a complete CDCR history. Search by name or identification information, confirm the agency and custody status, and register for notice only after the right person has been matched. If VINE shows a release or no-current-custody result, use CDCR or BPH records for the release basis.
Parole also needs precise language. BPH may grant suitability subject to legal and Governor review before the grant becomes final. DAPO answers a different question after release: which state parole office supervises the person. For Trinity County, the research points to the Redding rural parole office as the regional office serving Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties. That means a Trinity County parole question may route outside Weaverville even when the camp sits inside the county.
County Jail vs Camp Release
The adult jail and the conservation camp share a county, but not a records system. Trinity County Correctional Facility handles local adult bookings and releases. Trinity River Conservation Camp #3 is a CDCR facility. A person can move between systems after a court commitment, but each system keeps its own record for the custody event it controlled.
If the person moved from the Trinity County jail to CDCR, the local release record may show transfer to state custody. After that point, the CDCR record controls the prison term, camp placement, parole eligibility, and discharge path. If a reader needs the county handoff plus the later CDCR route, the adult jail page and this camp page should be read as two linked custody stages, not as duplicate searches.