All-America City Dublin, CA has had a long relationship with federal and county agencies over the years. Dublin hosted a U.S. Naval hospital during World War II and more recently Camp Parks, which serves as a base for the U.S. Army. Adjacent to the Camp Parks base is the Alameda County Santa Rita Jail, which was built on top of a former World War II training base in 1947. Alameda County will also be completing a full service courthouse within Dublin’s borders by Summer 2014. As a result of these strong ties to the legal system, Dublin often makes national news because it hosts a federal correctional institute that has been graced by many infamous women and men over the years.

Dublin played host to former Hollywood madame Heidi Fleiss, who grabbed headlines in the 1990s after she was arrested for running a high-priced prostitution ring serving Hollywood’s rich and famous, such as Winner and former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen.

The most recent inmate of note was Pavlo Lazarenko who was incarcerated for money laundering and the sale of illegally acquired property abroad when he was Ukraine’s prime minister. Lazarenko was recently transferred from Dublin to his new home at Terminal Island where he is expected to remain until November 1, 2012. Lazarenko has also been accused of murdering influential international figures.

Another former Dublin Federal prison resident was Squeakie Fromme who back in the 1970s was known to be a quiet 26-year-old “bad girl” who carved an “X” into her head and hung out with Charles Manson, one of the most famous mass murderers of all time.

In addition to famous prison inmates, Dublin has also been a spot for an initially successful helicopter prison escape. Inmate Ronald J. McIntosh walked away from a minimum security prison on October 28, 1986 and then rented a helicopter on November 5. He used the helicopter to free Samantha Lopez from the federal prison in Dublin. Both were later caught on November 15, when they arrived to pick up wedding rings from a California shopping mall.

The federal prison in Dublin not only provides national exposure and jobs for guards and administrators, it is also a source of educational programs, courses for parenting skills, and jobs for inmates. A textiles division at the Dublin federal prison employs approximately 150 inmates on the manufacture of custom draperies, parachutes, and disaster blankets. The federal prisoners also sort and repair USPS mailbags. The call center division employs around 250 inmates on directory assistance inquiries.

Thanks to its long-standing relationship with federal and county agencies over the years, the All-America City of Dublin, CA indeed “is a great place to grow.”