Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 Lookup

Pine Grove Camp Records

Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 is listed by the CDCR Facility Locator under Fire Camps. The facility sits in Amador County, but it is not part of the Amador County Sheriff's Office jail system. The operator identified in the research is the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with the CAL FIRE conservation camp program. That means Pine Grove records follow state-prison custody rules, not local booking rules. A newly arrested person in Jackson, Ione, Sutter Creek, or another Amador County community would normally be booked through the county jail first, while a Pine Grove camp participant is already in the CDCR system.

The research located the camp address and the official CDCR facility-locator listing, but it did not locate an official Pine Grove-specific page with a direct phone number, current capacity, visiting hours, mail instructions, or program schedule. Those gaps are important. Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 should still be described as a minimum-custody conservation and fire camp, but any exact count, phone line, visit block, or package rule would need a current official CDCR or CAL FIRE source before use. The correct lookup path is CDCR CIRIS, the California Incarcerated Records and Information Search.

Pine Grove Custody Type

The facility type drives the record search. Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 is a minimum-custody CDCR fire camp, so the relevant inmate record is a state-prison record. Conservation camps are different from a county jail because the people housed there are not waiting for a local booking to clear. They are CDCR prisoners who have been placed in a camp program, often tied to fire suppression, fuels work, and conservation assignments under the CDCR and CAL FIRE camp system. The research does not confirm a Pine Grove capacity or a public daily population count, so those fields should remain marked as not located rather than estimated.

This distinction also affects families who search by county. A person may have an Amador County commitment, a commitment from another California county, or no Amador County court connection at all, while still being housed at a CDCR facility located in Amador County. CIRIS results can show commitment counties and the current location, so the location field is the key check for Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12. If the person is still in the Amador County Jail after arrest, the state camp page will not be the best match.

Minimum custody

A lower-security CDCR classification used for eligible prisoners who can be housed outside higher-security prison yards.

Conservation camp

A CDCR and CAL FIRE camp setting connected to fire, emergency, and conservation work assignments.

CDCR number

The state prison identifier used for direct lookup in CIRIS and for confirming the correct state record.

Current location

The CIRIS result field that should be checked to see whether the person is listed at Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12.

Look Up Pine Grove Inmates

Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 lookup starts with CDCR, not the sheriff's roster. The Amador County jail roster is useful for local jail custody and recent bookings, but it does not serve as the public record system for people housed in CDCR fire camps. Open CIRIS and search by CDCR number if it is known. If the number is not known, use name search and narrow the result with first name, middle name, age range, or commitment county when those details are available. The result should be checked for the full name, CDCR number, age, admission date, commitment county, and current location.

1. Open CDCR CIRIS, the statewide California incarcerated-person search.
2. Choose CDCR number search when the state number is known, or choose name search when only biographical details are known.
3. For a name search, enter the last name and add first name, middle name, age range, or commitment county only when it helps narrow the result.
4. Review the results for the current location field and confirm whether Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 is listed.
5. If no state record appears, check the custody system. A local booking may still be in Amador County jail records, while federal or immigration custody uses a different locator.

CIRIS results are not a county booking sheet. The state result is built around CDCR identity, admission, location, and commitment information. A current location at Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 would point to camp custody, while a different current location means the person is housed elsewhere in the state system.

Pine Grove Camp Contact

The official research located the physical address for Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12, but it did not confirm a camp-specific public phone number or general office hours from an official source. The safest way to handle Pine Grove contact information is to list only the verified address and route custody lookup through CDCR CIRIS. For statewide family, visiting, mail, package, and money topics, use CDCR's public family and visiting resources rather than Amador County Jail rules.

The missing phone and capacity fields should not be treated as evidence that the camp is closed or unavailable. They mean only that the project research did not locate an official camp-specific publication for those details. CDCR's statewide facility locator confirms Pine Grove #12 as a Fire Camp listing, and CIRIS remains the correct public population lookup for a CDCR prisoner.

Pine Grove vs County Jail

Amador County has more than one custody layer. The Amador County Jail is the local arrest and booking facility. Mule Creek State Prison and Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 are CDCR facilities in the same county, but they serve the state prison system. That is why a person may be physically in Amador County but absent from the county jail roster. The search tool must match the custody agency.

Pine Grove Visiting Records

Visiting at Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 should be handled as state CDCR custody. The research states that state prison visitation requires CDCR approval and scheduling, and that these rules are separate from the Amador County Jail visiting schedule. The project research did not locate a Pine Grove-specific public visiting calendar, so no day-of-week or hour block should be published for the camp without a new official source. General county jail details, including the Friday special-housing appointment rule and the male and female jail visiting blocks, do not transfer to Pine Grove.

Note: Confirm the person's current CIRIS location and the current CDCR visiting status before planning travel to Pine Grove.

Pine Grove Mail Money

Mail, phone, money, and package rules for Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 should be treated as CDCR rules because the camp is a state custody setting. The research did not locate a Pine Grove-specific mail format, public phone vendor, money-deposit fee table, or package list. It did locate the broader rule that state prison and CDCR visitation, mail, money, package, and contact rules follow statewide CDCR resources. Family members should use CDCR family and friends resources and verify the person's CDCR number and current location before sending anything.

Pine Grove Search Fallbacks

When a Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 search does not find the person in CIRIS, the next step is to decide which custody system may be involved. A recent local arrest may still be in the Amador County jail roster. A sentenced state prisoner may be in another CDCR institution, camp, or intake location. A federal sentence is searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, while a federal pretrial matter may involve the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of California and federal court records. Immigration custody is searched through the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

VINELink can also support custody and release notifications in California, but it is not the official court record and it is not a replacement for CIRIS. Use VINELink California person search for notification registration when the record is available there. For local jail custody, the Amador County jail inmate records path covers the sheriff roster and records request process. For state camp custody, keep the search centered on CDCR identity and current location.

About Pine Grove Camp

Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 adds a state-custody layer to Amador County's inmate population picture. It is physically in Pine Grove, but it should not be grouped with local jail bookings. The research identifies the camp as a CDCR and CAL FIRE conservation camp for minimum-custody incarcerated firefighters and camp participants. It also flags that camp-specific phone, capacity, visitation, mail, and program details were not located in official sources during the research pass. That limitation shapes the page: clear lookup routing can be provided, but operational details need direct CDCR confirmation before use.

The strongest record distinction is between location and legal custody. Pine Grove is in Amador County, but CDCR controls the state prison record. Amador County jail records answer local booking questions, while CIRIS answers state location questions for people housed in CDCR facilities such as Pine Grove Conservation Camp #12 and Mule Creek State Prison. Once a person is moved, released, returned to court, or transferred to another CDCR site, the current location field may change. Search results should be checked close to the time they will be used.