About WestCare Sierra Conservation Center SCC
WestCare Sierra Conservation Center SCC is a substance use disorder treatment provider located in Jamestown, California serving incarcerated individuals within a state correctional facility. The program offers intensive outpatient and outpatient services, along with cognitive behavioral interventions designed to address addiction and co-occurring mental health needs. Graduates credit the counselors and tools from the program with helping them rebuild their lives and prepare for successful reentry.
What treatment programs are available?
The facility provides intensive outpatient treatment for up to two hours daily, five days per week for a maximum of 52 weeks, and standard outpatient programming for two hours daily, three days per week for 14 weeks.
Cognitive behavioral intervention courses include intensive outpatient, outpatient and life skills tracks that use evidence based approaches to support long term recovery.
Who can get help at this program?
WestCare Sierra Conservation Center SCC serves adult men in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system who have substance use disorders including opioid addiction, alcohol abuse and drug addiction. The program also treats individuals with co-occurring mental health conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
What treatment approaches are used?
The program uses cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma therapy and moral reconation therapy alongside individual, group and family counseling. Relapse prevention planning and aftercare support help participants prepare for life after release.
Where is the facility located?
The program is located within Sierra Conservation Center on a 420 acre site at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in Jamestown, California near Sonora, Angels Camp and within an hour of Modesto.
Building a foundation for recovery and reentry
WestCare Sierra Conservation Center SCC combines evidence based addiction treatment with the structure of a correctional setting to help incarcerated individuals break the cycle of substance abuse and prepare for successful community reintegration.





