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DEUEL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Warden oversees 2,211 inmates, staff of 1,000
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DVI Warden Jerome Price, right, is shown in an October 2015 photo presenting Sgt. Juan Begines a certificate. Begines performed CPR to save a fellow employee from choking. - photo by Photo Contributed
Deuel Vocational Institute — 10 miles southwest of Manteca — is a lot less crowded these days. The prison built in 1953 was designed to hold 2,300 inmates. Today 2,211 individuals are incarcerated there.