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Prisoners guard by rattlesnakes no walls at Boron camp
Federal Prison Camp near Boron California sits in the Mojave with no walls or fences and guards. Inmates must work and participate in college courses and outside jobs at Edwards Air Force Base and other facilities. Superintendent Bill Story calls it a halfway halfway house while noting no escape records.
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Boron
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Mojave
Bill Story
Daniel Tortora
Story
Barstow Community College
Baron Community Museum
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards
Desert Butte
U.S. Bureau of Prisons