October 1, 2009
Fred C. Nelles sale bids coming in
This morning the first bids were taken on the Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Institution — 74 green acres in Whittier that were home to county bad boys until it closed in 2004. The bidding is part of the state's fire sale of "surplus property." A California Department of Corrections report for 2003 gives a flavor of what life was like at the institution toward the end:
"At Fred C. Nelles there were 274 reports of use of force mostly involving chemical restraints."
The facility began life with the usual good intentions as a co-ed reform school in 1891 before becoming the Whittier School for Boys, and eventually being renamed the Fred C. Nelles School for Boys after a longtime superintendent — until it reached its final incarnation…
LINK - LAWeekly.com
