Eel River Release Search

Eel River Release Records

Eel River Conservation Camp #31 is a current California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation conservation camp operated cooperatively with CAL FIRE. It is not a Humboldt County jail. That means a release from Eel River does not appear first as an HCCF daily `Released` PDF unless the person also had a separate county jail custody event. The state route controls: CDCR's incarcerated-person search, CDCR records, Board of Parole Hearings records for parole-hearing cases, and CDCR parole channels after release.

CDCR's facility page says Eel River provides incarcerated hand crews for fire suppression, floods, conservation projects, and community services. Its Humboldt County location can confuse release searches because readers may expect the county jail system to hold the record. The correct distinction is simple: HCCF is a county jail release source; Eel River is a state custody source. A Humboldt court commitment can lead from county jail to CDCR, but once a person is in state custody, the release and parole framework belongs to CDCR.

Confirm an Eel River Release

Start with California Incarcerated Records & Information Search, known as CIRIS. The research describes CIRIS as the correct state search when the person was committed to CDCR or is in a CDCR institution, conservation camp, or state custody setting. CIRIS is not a complete public archive for every former state prisoner, so absence from current results should be treated with care. Use CDCR records, DAPO, BPH, court records, or VINE when a release needs further confirmation.

1. Search CIRIS by full name or CDCR number if known.
2. Match the person by age, CDCR number, county of commitment, and current location.
3. If the location shows Eel River Conservation Camp #31 or another CDCR setting, the person is still in state custody.
4. Read the date of admission, county of commitment, parole eligible date, and any Board of Parole Hearings action fields shown.
5. If the person appears to have been released, check DAPO for parole supervision and BPH records if the sentence involved a parole hearing.
6. Use CDCR records channels when a document, discharge proof, or older release record is needed.

The broader Humboldt County released inmates workflow helps separate local jail release records from state prison discharge paths, federal custody, ICE custody, and court outcomes. For Eel River, that separation is the main accuracy issue.

Eel River Camp Contact

CDCR lists Eel River Conservation Camp #31 at 850 Eel River Camp Road in Redway, with a mailing address at P.O. Box 819. The camp phone is listed as (707) 923-2755. For release records, however, the phone number is not a substitute for the state records path. Facility staff may not be able to provide a public release record to an outside caller. Use the CDCR search, CDCR records, and parole channels for state custody confirmation.

CDCR's public contact page identifies an Identification Unit phone number, (916) 445-6713, for help with CIRIS access or identifying a person with a common name. If the person has been released to parole, the CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations is the route for parole supervision. The research lists a Eureka parole unit at 2326 3rd Street, Eureka, CA 95501, phone (707) 445-6520. That local parole office is separate from Humboldt County Probation.

About Eel River Camp

CDCR's Eel River Conservation Camp #31 page says the camp opened February 2, 1967. It describes the camp as a cooperative CDCR and CAL FIRE operation. Its primary mission is incarcerated hand crews for fire suppression, but the crews also support floods, conservation projects, and community services. That mission makes the camp different from a reception center, county jail, or courthouse holding facility.

The official CDCR camp source is the direct source for Eel River's current status, address, operating agencies, opening date, and program context.

The CDCR page confirms the state custody setting. That is why the Eel River release search belongs in CDCR and parole channels rather than the Humboldt Sheriff's daily jail releases.

The same source lists local programs, including a DMV California ID and driver's license program among camp-hosted offerings. That detail matters for release planning because identity documents can be part of preparing for community return. It does not prove a release date, but it is a local reentry clue tied to Eel River's official CDCR profile.

Eel River Release Dates

For a person in CDCR custody, release-date language can be more complex than a county jail date. The Board of Parole Hearings parole-eligibility source defines several date fields. An Earliest Possible Release Date applies to many determinate sentences after credits. A Minimum Eligible Parole Date applies to life-with-possibility cases. Other fields can include Nonviolent Parole Eligible Date, Youth Parole Eligible Date, Elderly Parole Eligible Date, and the controlling parole eligible date.

Those dates are not the same as the morning release timing rules at HCCF. A county jail time-served release may be processed between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. under the Sheriff's local release page. An Eel River release depends on CDCR sentence computation, credits, parole eligibility, BPH actions where applicable, detainers, and supervision planning. The county jail release PDF does not compute those state dates.

Discharge

The end of a custody or supervision term, depending on the agency record.

Parole

State supervision after release from prison custody.

County of commitment

The county tied to the court commitment that sent the person to CDCR.

Humboldt Camp History

Humboldt's facility history includes both current Eel River Conservation Camp and historical High Rock Conservation Camp. That history is useful because it shows why a person can be in Humboldt County but still be in state custody. CDCR currently lists Eel River as an active conservation camp. The research notes that High Rock appears in older CDCR and local materials, but it was not on the current CDCR conservation camp list reviewed during research.

For Eel River, build the release path around current CDCR sources. For High Rock, avoid current release instructions unless a newer official CDCR source later shows active status. For HCCF, use Humboldt Sheriff jail reports. For Juvenile Hall, use Probation and juvenile court channels. The correct release source follows the operating agency, not just the county line.

Note: A walkaway, recapture, transfer, or parole action from a conservation camp is a CDCR matter first, even when the event occurs in Humboldt County.

State Camp or County Jail

Confusing Eel River with HCCF can produce a wrong result. The Humboldt Sheriff's `Released` PDFs are excellent for recent adult county jail releases, including release type, date and time, and released-to destination. They are not a CDCR camp discharge index. Conversely, CIRIS is the right state custody search for Eel River, but it is not the right first search for a person booked and released from HCCF before any state prison commitment.

If a person moved from HCCF to CDCR, use both systems in sequence. The HCCF release record can confirm the county jail movement. CIRIS can then show state custody fields if the person entered CDCR. Later parole or discharge questions move to DAPO, BPH, CDCR records, and court documents. Keep each record tied to the agency that created it.

When the commitment county is Humboldt, the state record may still be the lead source after transfer. The county court explains the sentence path, but CDCR controls state custody dates, camp placement, and parole processing once the person is received by the state system.