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{ "url_title": "Fresno (detention facility)", "title_sort": "fresnodetentionfacility", "links": { "json": "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/articles/Fresno%20(detention%20facility)/", "html": "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Fresno%20(detention%20facility)" }, "modified": "2025-06-11T13:46:38", "title": "Fresno (detention facility)", "body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div id=\"databox-CampsDisplay\">\n <table class=\"infobox\" width=\"200px;\">\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n US Gov Name\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Fresno Assembly Center, California\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Sites_of_incarceration/\" title=\"Sites of incarceration\">\n Facility Type\n </a>\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Sites_of_incarceration#Temporary_Assembly_Center/\" title=\"Sites of incarceration\">\n Temporary Assembly Center\n </a>\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Administrative Agency\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Wartime Civil Control Administration\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Location\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Fresno, California (36.7333 lat, -119.7667 lng)\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Date Opened\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n May 6, 1942\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Date Closed\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n October 30, 1942\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Population Description\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Held people from Fresno and the surrounding area as well as other parts of the San Joaquin Valley\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n General Description\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Located at the Fresno County Fairgrounds in central California.\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Peak Population\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n 5,120 (1942-09-04)\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Exit Destination\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Jerome, Gila River\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/ce16a.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n National Park Service Info\n </a>\n </td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n </table>\n </div>\n <div id=\"databox-Camps\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n SoSUID:a-fres;\nDenshoName:Fresno;\nUSGName:Fresno Assembly Center, California;\nType:\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Sites_of_incarceration#Temporary_Assembly_Center/\" title=\"Sites of incarceration\">\n Temporary Assembly Center\n </a>\n ;\nAdminAgency:Wartime Civil Control Administration;\nDateOpened:May 6, 1942;\nDateClosed:October 30, 1942;\nLocationName:Fresno, California;\nCityName:Fresno;\nStateName:CA;\nDescription:Located at the Fresno County Fairgrounds in central California.;\nGISLat:36.7333;\nGISLng:-119.7667;\nGISTGNId:7014030;\nCurrentDisposition:;\nPopulationDescription:Held people from Fresno and the surrounding area as well as other parts of the San Joaquin Valley;\nExitDestination:Jerome, Gila River;\nPeakPopulation:5,120;\nPeakDate:1942-09-04;\nNPSMoreInfoResourceLink:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/ce16a.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/ce16a.htm\n </a>\n ;\nOfficialResourceLink:;\n </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"floatright\">\n </div>\n <div class=\"floatright\">\n </div>\n <div class=\"floatright\">\n </div>\n <p>\n The Fresno Assembly Center, built on the site of the Fresno County Fairgrounds just east of downtown Fresno, was populated from May 6 to October 30, a total of 177 days, making it one of the longest running\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Assembly_centers/\" title=\"Assembly centers\">\n assembly centers\n </a>\n and the last to close. Its population came almost entirely from the Central Valley, including the city and county of Fresno as well as Kings County, Tulare County and part of the Florin/Elk Grove community south of Sacramento. Medium sized among assembly centers in population with a peak of 5,120, it was located only about twelve miles from the\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Pinedale_(detention_facility)/\" title=\"Pinedale (detention facility)\">\n Pinedale Assembly Center\n </a>\n . Nearly its entire population was transferred to the\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Jerome/\" title=\"Jerome\">\n Jerome\n </a>\n , Arkansas\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/War_Relocation_Authority/\" title=\"War Relocation Authority\">\n WRA\n </a>\n concentration camp.\n </p>\n <div aria-labelledby=\"mw-toc-heading\" class=\"toc\" id=\"toc\" role=\"navigation\">\n <input class=\"toctogglecheckbox\" id=\"toctogglecheckbox\" role=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" type=\"checkbox\"/>\n <div class=\"toctitle\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n <h2 id=\"mw-toc-heading\">\n Contents\n </h2>\n <span class=\"toctogglespan\">\n <label class=\"toctogglelabel\" for=\"toctogglecheckbox\">\n </label>\n </span>\n </div>\n <ul>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-1\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Site_History.2FLayout.2FFacilities\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 1\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Site History/Layout/Facilities\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-2\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Camp_Population\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 2\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Camp Population\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-3\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Staffing\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 3\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Staffing\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-4\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Institutions.2FCamp_Life\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Institutions/Camp Life\n </span>\n </a>\n <ul>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-5\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Community_Government\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.1\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Community Government\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-6\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Education\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.2\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Education\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-7\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Medical_Facilities\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.3\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Medical Facilities\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-8\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Library\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.4\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Library\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-9\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Newspaper\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.5\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Newspaper\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-10\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Religion\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.6\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Religion\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-11\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Recreation\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.7\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Recreation\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-12\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Store.2FCanteen\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.8\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Store/Canteen\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-13\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Visitors\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.9\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Visitors\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-14\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Other\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.10\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Other\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-15\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Chronology\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Chronology\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-16\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Quotes\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 6\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Quotes\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-17\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Aftermath\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 7\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Aftermath\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-18\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#For_More_Information\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 8\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-19\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Footnotes\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 9\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Footnotes\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n </ul>\n </div>\n <div class=\"section\" id=\"Site_History/Layout/Facilities\">\n <h2>\n <span id=\"Site_History/Layout/Facilities\">\n </span>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Site_History.2FLayout.2FFacilities\">\n Site History/Layout/Facilities\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n </div>\n </div>\n</div>", "categories": [ "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/categories/Camps/" ], "sources": [ "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/sources/en-denshopd-i224-00001-1/", 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