List of California state prisons


This is a list of state prisons in California administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. This is a list of adult facilities, and does not include county jails, California Division of Juvenile Justice facilities, California Conservation Fire Camps, or Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities in California.
As of August 2016, California has about 6,000 state prisoners in two privately operated correctional centers in Arizona and Mississippi to relieve prison overcrowding: the La Palma Correctional Facility, and the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility.
The state also contracts with the GEO Group to operate one 700-bed in-state facility, the Golden State Medium Community Correctional Facility in McFarland, California, and leases and operates another facility, the California City Correctional Center, which is owned by Corrections Corporation of America.

Facilities

PrisonAcronymCountyOpenedReception center?Reentry hub?Design capacityIncarcerated populationPercent occupiedNotes
Avenal State PrisonASPKings1987Yes2,9204,197143.7%
California City Correctional FacilityCACKern20132,3042,08190.3%This facility is owned by and leased from CoreCivic. It is staffed and operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
California Correctional CenterCCCLassen1963Yes3,8834,064104.7%
California Correctional InstitutionCCIKern19542,7833,516126.3%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 FacilityCHCFSan Joaquin20132,9512,75193.2%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 MenCIMSan Bernardino1941YesYes2,9763,357112.8%
California Institution for WomenCIWRiverside1952YesYes1,3981,553111.1%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 FacilityCMFSolano19552,3612,396101.5%
California Men's ColonyCMCSan Luis Obispo1954YesYes3,8383,72797.1%
California Rehabilitation CenterCRCRiverside1962Yes2,4913,341134.1%The facility, formerly a Naval hospital, was donated by the federal government in 1962. Women were incarcerated at CRC until 2007.
California State Prison, CentinelaCENImperial19932,3083,284142.3%
California State Prison, CorcoranCORKings19883,1163,719119.4%
California State Prison, Los Angeles CountyLACLos Angeles1993Yes2,3003,158137.3%
California State Prison, SacramentoSACSacramento19861,8282,363129.3%
California State Prison, SolanoSOLSolano19842,6103,752143.8%
California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, CorcoranSATFKings1997Yes3,4244,844141.5%
Calipatria State PrisonCALImperial19922,3082,935127.2%
Central California Women's FacilityCCWFMadera1990YesYes2,0042,640131.7%California's only death row for women is at CCWF.
Chuckawalla Valley State PrisonCVSPRiverside19881,7382,324133.7%
Correctional Training FacilityCTFMonterey1948Yes3,3124,801145.0%
Deuel Vocational InstitutionDVISan Joaquin1953Yes1,6812,047121.8%
Folsom State PrisonFSPSacramento1880Yes for women2,066 men, 403 women2,694 men, 276 women130.4% capacity, 68.5% capacity FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women.
High Desert State PrisonHDSPLassen1995Yes2,3243,286141.4%
Ironwood State PrisonISPRiverside1994Yes2,2003,203145.6%
Kern Valley State PrisonKVSPKern20052,4483,534144.4%
Mule Creek State PrisonMCSPAmador19873,2843,948120.2%
North Kern State PrisonNKSPKern1993Yes2,6943,630134.7%
Pelican Bay State PrisonPBSPDel Norte19892,3802,608109.6%
Pleasant Valley State PrisonPVSPFresno19942,3083,062132.7%
Richard J. Donovan Correctional FacilityRJDSan Diego1987Yes2,9923,806127.2%
Salinas Valley State PrisonSVSPMonterey19962,4522,877117.3%
San Quentin State PrisonSQMarin1852YesNot 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 CenterSCCTuolumne1965Yes3,8364,012104.6%
Valley State PrisonVSPMadera1995Yes1,9802,971150.1%
Wasco State PrisonWSPKern1991Yes2,9844,121138.1%

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