List of California state prisons

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This is a list of state prisons in California operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). [1] CDCR operates 34 adult prisons in California, with a design capacity of 85,083 incarcerated people. CDCR both owns and operates 34 of the state prisons; it additionally operates California City Correctional Facility, a prison leased from CoreCivic.

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CDCR operates a variety of other incarceration facilities, including fire camps and California Division of Juvenile Justice facilities. For more information on the totality of jurisdictions and facilities involved in incarceration in California, see Incarceration in California. For more information on the history, conditions, and demographics of California's prison system specifically, see Prisons in California.

Facilities [2]

PrisonAcronymCountyOpenedReception center? [3] Reentry hub? [4] Design capacityIncarcerated populationPercent occupiedNotes
Avenal State Prison ASP Kings 1987Yes2,9204,197143.7%
California City Correctional Facility CAC Kern 20132,3042,08190.3%This facility is owned by and leased from CoreCivic. It is staffed and operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR will not renew the lease for California City Correctional Facility, terminating the contract in March 2024 and ending the use of that facility as a state prison. [5]
California Correctional Institution CCI Kern 19542,7833,516126.3%Opened in 1954 on the site of the former California Institute for Women, which opened in 1932 and closed in 1952 after the 1952 Kern County earthquake.
California Health Care Facility CHCF San Joaquin 20132,9512,75193.2%Opened in 2013 on the site of the former Karl Holton Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Center, which opened in 1968 and closed in 2003 as part of consolidation efforts in response to a decline in youth incarceration.
California Institution for Men CIM San Bernardino 1941YesYes2,9763,357112.8%
California Institution for Women CIW Riverside 1952YesYes1,3981,553111.1%The original California Institution for Women was opened in 1932 on the site of the current California Correctional Institution. That facility was closed in 1952 after the 1952 Kern County earthquake, and the women incarcerated in that facility were moved to the current CIW location, which had just opened.
California Medical Facility CMF Solano 19552,3612,396101.5%
California Men's Colony CMC San Luis Obispo 1954YesYes3,8383,72797.1%
California Rehabilitation Center CRC Riverside 1962Yes2,4913,341134.1%The facility, formerly a Naval hospital, was donated by the federal government in 1962. Women were incarcerated at CRC until 2007.
California State Prison, Centinela CEN Imperial 19932,3083,284142.3%
California State Prison, Corcoran COR Kings 19883,1163,719119.4%
California State Prison, Los Angeles County LAC Los Angeles 1993Yes2,3003,158137.3%
California State Prison, Sacramento SAC Sacramento 19861,8282,363129.3%
California State Prison, Solano SOL Solano 19842,6103,752143.8%
California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran SATF Kings 1997Yes3,4244,844141.5%
Calipatria State Prison CAL Imperial 19922,3082,935127.2%
Central California Women's Facility CCWF Madera 1990YesYes2,0042,640131.7%California's only death row for women is at CCWF.
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison CVSP Riverside 19881,7382,324133.7%
Correctional Training Facility CTF Monterey 1948Yes3,3124,801145.0%
Folsom State Prison FSP Sacramento 1880Yes for women2,066 men, 403 women2,694 men, 276 women130.4% capacity (men's facilities), 68.5% capacity (women's facilities)FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women.
High Desert State Prison HDSP Lassen 1995Yes2,3243,286141.4%
Ironwood State Prison ISP Riverside 1994Yes2,2003,203145.6%
Kern Valley State Prison KVSP Kern 20052,4483,534144.4%
Mule Creek State Prison MCSP Amador 19873,2843,948120.2%
North Kern State Prison NKSP Kern 1993Yes2,6943,630134.7%
Pelican Bay State Prison PBSP Del Norte 19892,3802,608109.6%
Pleasant Valley State Prison PVSP Fresno 19942,3083,062132.7%
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility RJD San Diego 1987Yes2,9923,806127.2%
Salinas Valley State Prison SVSP Monterey 19962,4522,877117.3%
San Quentin State Prison SQ Marin 1852YesNot formally designated, but has substantial reentry programming3,0823,776122.5%California's only death row for men is at San Quentin. The prison was constructed by incarcerated men on the Waban, a ship anchored in San Francisco Bay and California's first prison.
Sierra Conservation Center SCC Tuolumne 1965Yes3,8364,012104.6%
Valley State Prison VSP Madera 1995Yes1,9802,971150.1%
Wasco State Prison WSP Kern 1991Yes2,9844,121138.1%
System-wide91,967114,654124.7%

Reception centers house incarcerate people incoming to the state prison system while they complete an evaluation and receive a custody score. After that, they may be transferred to another prison for longer-term confinement. [3]

While all facilities have some level of education, treatment, and pre-release programs, [6] reentry hubs provide specific reentry support to incarcerated people within 4 years of release, including cognitive behavioral therapy, job search skills, and financial literacy. [4]

Retired facilities

Prisons in California

Out of State Facilities

In an effort to relieve California prison overcrowding that peaked in 2006, CDCR began housing California prisoners in prisons in other states. In 2009, CDCR began to phase out its use of out-of-state facilities, and it stopped incarcerating people in out-of-state facilities in 2019. [7] [8] The facilities were:

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References

  1. ↑ Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "Adult Facilities and Locations". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  2. ↑ "Adult Institutions List". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  3. 1 2 "Reception Center and Camps (Males)". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "An Update to the Future of California Corrections" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ swilliams (2023-07-07). "CDCR says CCC is 'fully deactivated' as of June 30 as planned". Lassen News. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  6. ↑ "Rehabilitative Programs and Services". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ "CDCR Signs Contracts to House Inmates Out-of-State". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Exits Last Out-of-State Prison". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
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