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Closed and historical facilities in California

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California prison, yard and camp closures

California's state prison system, CDCR (the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation), has closed prisons, fire camps and yards inside prisons as the number of people in state prison went down. It has also ended all of its prison contracts outside California and all of its for-profit contract prisons.

When a prison closes, no one is released early. CDCR moves each person to another prison that fits their housing and security needs. Find where the person is now

State prisons closed

FacilityDateWhat changed
Northern California Women's FacilityMarch 2003Closed
Deuel Vocational InstitutionSeptember 2021Closed
California Correctional CenterJune 2023Closed. Its fire camps are now part of Sierra Conservation Center (see below).
Chuckawalla Valley State PrisonOctober 2024Closed

Yards closed inside prisons that are still open

The prison is still open. Only the yard or facility named here closed.

FacilityDateWhat changed
West Facility, California Men's Colonywinter 2023Yard closed
Facility C, Pelican Bay State Prisonwinter 2023Yard closed
Facility A, California Rehabilitation Centerspring 2023Yard closed
Facility D, California Institution for Menspring 2023Yard closed
Facility D, California Correctional Institutionsummer 2023Yard closed

Fire camps closed in December 2020

FacilityDateWhat changed
Chamberlain Creek Conservation Camp (#17)December 2020Camp closed
Devil's Garden Conservation Camp (#40)December 2020Camp closed
High Rock Conservation Camp (#32)December 2020Camp closed
Valley View Conservation Camp (#34)December 2020Camp closed
Baseline Conservation Camp (#30)December 2020Camp closed
McCain Valley Conservation Camp (#21)December 2020Camp closed
Pilot Rock Conservation Camp (#15)December 2020Camp closed
Rainbow Conservation Camp (#2)December 2020Camp closed

Fire camps now part of Sierra Conservation Center

FacilityDateWhat changed
Fourteen fire camps run by the California Correctional CenterJune 2023Not closed. The camps are now part of Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown and still do emergency response work.

Folsom Women's Facility

FacilityDateWhat changed
Folsom Women's FacilityJanuary 2023Deactivated

Contract and leased prisons CDCR stopped using

FacilityDateWhat changed
Central Valley Modified Community Correctional FacilitySeptember 2019For-profit contract ended
Desert View Modified Community Correctional FacilityFebruary 2020For-profit contract ended
Golden State Modified Community Correctional FacilityMarch 2020For-profit contract ended
Delano Modified Community Correctional FacilityAugust 2020For-profit contract ended
McFarland Female Community Reentry FacilitySeptember 2020For-profit contract ended
Shafter Modified Community Correctional FacilityOctober 2020Public-private contract ended
Taft Modified Community Correctional FacilityMay 2021Public-private contract ended
California City Correction FacilityMarch 2024CDCR stopped running this prison, which it leased from CoreCivic

CDCR prison contracts outside California (ended)

FacilityStateDateWhat changed
West Tennessee Detention FacilityTennesseeMarch 2009Contract ended
North Lake Correctional FacilityMichiganOctober 2011Contract ended
Red Rock Correctional CenterArizonaOctober 2013Contract ended
North Fork Correctional FacilityOklahomaNovember 2015Contract ended
Florence Correctional FacilityArizonaFebruary 2016Contract ended
Tallahatchie County Correctional FacilityMississippiJuly 2018Contract ended
La Palma Correctional FacilityArizonaJune 2019Contract ended

State youth prisons (statewide)

SystemDateWhat changed
Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)June 2023California's state youth prison system ended. A 2020 state law, SB 823, required the state youth prisons to close by June 30, 2023. The last young people held there were moved to their counties.

Planned closure

FacilityDateWhat changed
California Rehabilitation Center (CRC)planned by fall 2026Open now.

If the person was at a closed facility

  1. Find where they are now.

    Search CDCR's inmate locator, CIRIS, by last name or CDCR number. It is updated daily.

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    If you cannot find the person, call CDCR's Identification Unit at (916) 445-6713. For a common name, have their date of birth ready.

  2. Before you send mail or money, confirm where they are now (step 1).

    Address every letter with:

    • the person's full name and CDCR number
    • the prison's name
    • their housing unit or the prison's P.O. Box (the P.O. Box is preferred)
    • city, CA and ZIP code

    The mailing address for people held at a prison is usually different from the prison's street address.

  3. Their program credits moved with them.

    Credits earned in self-help, education and job-training programs at a closed prison transfer with the person, and they can finish courses they had started.

  4. Phone calls.

    Only the person in prison can place a call. Calls from a California state prison are free and last up to 15 minutes.

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