Inspired by a visit to Chemainus, the former mayor of Lompoc, California, spearheaded a mural project in his own town in 1988. Walls of history In 1982 John Foster, a correctional counselor at the federal prison in Lompoc, California, was attacked and beaten with a metal pipe. Out-of-...
Background on the Program at U.S.P. Lompoc The medium security Federal prison at Lompoc held about 1200 inmates. The Education Department included five full-time civilian teachers. Facilities comprised leisure and lawVirtually all of the learners at U.S.P. Lompoc were...
Lompoc , city, Santa Barbara county, southwesternCalifornia, U.S. It lies along the Santa Ynez River in the coastal Lompoc valley, 155 miles (250 km) northwest ofLos Angeles. Originally inhabited byChumashIndians, the area was part of a Spanish land grant established in 1787. The city was...