List of California state prisons

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.

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]

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Prison  | Acronym  | County  | Opened  | Reception center?[3] | Reentry hub?[4] | Design capacity  | Incarcerated population  | Percent occupied  | Notes

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Avenal State Prison | ASP  | Kings | 1987  |  | Yes  | 2,920  | 4,197  | 143.7%  |
California City Correctional Facility | CAC  | Kern | 2013  |  |  | 2,304  | 2,081  | 90.3%  | 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 | 1954  |  |  | 2,783  | 3,516  | 126.3%  | 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 | 2013  |  |  | 2,951  | 2,751  | 93.2%  | 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 | 1941  | Yes  | Yes  | 2,976  | 3,357  | 112.8%  |
California Institution for Women | CIW  | Riverside | 1952  | Yes  | Yes  | 1,398  | 1,553  | 111.1%  | 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 | 1955  |  |  | 2,361  | 2,396  | 101.5%  |
California Men's Colony | CMC  | San Luis Obispo | 1954  | Yes  | Yes  | 3,838  | 3,727  | 97.1%  |
California Rehabilitation Center | CRC  | Riverside | 1962  | Yes  |  | 2,491  | 3,341  | 134.1%  | 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 | 1993  |  |  | 2,308  | 3,284  | 142.3%  |
California State Prison, Corcoran | COR  | Kings | 1988  |  |  | 3,116  | 3,719  | 119.4%  |
California State Prison, Los Angeles County | LAC  | Los Angeles | 1993  |  | Yes  | 2,300  | 3,158  | 137.3%  |
California State Prison, Sacramento | SAC  | Sacramento | 1986  |  |  | 1,828  | 2,363  | 129.3%  |
California State Prison, Solano | SOL  | Solano | 1984  |  |  | 2,610  | 3,752  | 143.8%  |
California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran | SATF  | Kings | 1997  |  | Yes  | 3,424  | 4,844  | 141.5%  |
Calipatria State Prison | CAL  | Imperial | 1992  |  |  | 2,308  | 2,935  | 127.2%  |
Central California Women's Facility | CCWF  | Madera | 1990  | Yes  | Yes  | 2,004  | 2,640  | 131.7%  | California's only death row for women is at CCWF.
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison | CVSP  | Riverside | 1988  |  |  | 1,738  | 2,324  | 133.7%  |
Correctional Training Facility | CTF  | Monterey | 1948  |  | Yes  | 3,312  | 4,801  | 145.0%  |
Folsom State Prison | FSP  | Sacramento | 1880  |  | Yes for women  | 2,066 men, 403 women  | 2,694 men, 276 women  | 130.4% 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 | 1995  |  | Yes  | 2,324  | 3,286  | 141.4%  |
Ironwood State Prison | ISP  | Riverside | 1994  |  | Yes  | 2,200  | 3,203  | 145.6%  |
Kern Valley State Prison | KVSP  | Kern | 2005  |  |  | 2,448  | 3,534  | 144.4%  |
Mule Creek State Prison | MCSP  | Amador | 1987  |  |  | 3,284  | 3,948  | 120.2%  |
North Kern State Prison | NKSP  | Kern | 1993  | Yes  |  | 2,694  | 3,630  | 134.7%  |
Pelican Bay State Prison | PBSP  | Del Norte | 1989  |  |  | 2,380  | 2,608  | 109.6%  |
Pleasant Valley State Prison | PVSP  | Fresno | 1994  |  |  | 2,308  | 3,062  | 132.7%  |
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility | RJD  | San Diego | 1987  | Yes  |  | 2,992  | 3,806  | 127.2%  |
Salinas Valley State Prison | SVSP  | Monterey | 1996  |  |  | 2,452  | 2,877  | 117.3%  |
San Quentin State Prison | SQ  | Marin | 1852  | Yes  | Not formally designated, but has substantial reentry programming  | 3,082  | 3,776  | 122.5%  | 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 | 1965  | Yes  |  | 3,836  | 4,012  | 104.6%  |
Valley State Prison | VSP  | Madera | 1995  |  | Yes  | 1,980  | 2,971  | 150.1%  |
Wasco State Prison | WSP  | Kern | 1991  | Yes  |  | 2,984  | 4,121  | 138.1%  |
System-wide  |  |  |  |  |  | 91,967  | 114,654  | 124.7%  |

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

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### Prisons in California

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* Eagle Mountain Community Correctional Facility, Eagle Mountain, California (owned and operated by Management and Training Corporation, closed in 2003)
* Deuel Vocational Institution, San Joaquin County, California, (closed in 2021)
* California Correctional Center, Lassen County, California, (closed March 30, 2023)

### Out of State Facilities

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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:

* West Tennessee Detention Facility, Tennessee (owned and operated by CoreCivic, exited in March 2009)
* North Lake Correctional Facility, Michigan (owned and operated by Geo Group, operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections, exited October 2011)
* Red Rock Correctional Center, Arizona (owned by CoreCivic, operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, exited in October 2013)
* North Fork Correctional Facility, Oklahoma (owned by CoreCivic, operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, exited in November 2015)
* Florence Correctional Facility, Arizona (owned and operated by CoreCivic, exited in Feb. 2016)
* Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, Mississippi (owned and operated by CoreCivic, exited in July 2018)
* La Palma Correctional Facility, Arizona (owned and operated by CoreCivic, exited in June 2019)

## See also

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* Prisons in California
* Incarceration in California

## References

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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. ^ a b "Reception Center and Camps (Males)". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
4. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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* California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation official website
* Ducky Sherwood's map of California prison facilities
* Prison Inmate Information

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State prisons|

* Avenal State Prison (ASP)
* California City Correctional Facility (CAC)
* California Correctional Center (CCC)
* California Correctional Institution (CCI)
* California Health Care Facility (CHCF)
* California Institution for Men (CIM)
* California Institution for Women♀ (CIW)
* California Medical Facility (CMF)
* California Men's Colony (CMC)
* California Rehabilitation Center (CRC)
* California State Prison, Centinela (CEN)
* California State Prison, Corcoran (COR)
* California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC)
* California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC)
* California State Prison, Solano (SOL)
* California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran (SATF)
* Calipatria State Prison (CAL)
* Central California Women's Facility♀ (CCWF)
* Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP)
* Correctional Training Facility (CTF)
* Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI)
* Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD)
* Folsom State Prison (FSP)♂♀
* High Desert State Prison (HDSP)
* Ironwood State Prison (ISP)
* Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP)
* Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP)
* North Kern State Prison (NKSP)
* Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP)
* Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP)
* Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP)
* San Quentin State Prison (SQ)
* Sierra Conservation Center (SCC)
* Valley State Prison (VSP)
* Wasco State Prison (WSP)

Private prisons|

* La Palma Correctional Facility (Corrections Corporation of America, Arizona)
* Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (CCA, Tennessee)
* Golden State Medium Community Correctional Facility (GEO Group)
* California City Correctional Center (CCA)

Closed (partial list)|

* Eagle Mountain Community Correctional Facility
* Preston School of Industry

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (co-gender)
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