California City Correctional Facility
California City Correctional Facility (CAC) is a secure facility owned by CoreCivic. It is currently staffed and operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as a men's level II (low-medium) security prison.
California City Correctional Facility, May 2014 | |
Location | 22844 Virginia Blvd California City, California |
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Status | open |
Security class | Level II (low-medium) |
Capacity | 2,304 |
Population | 2,081 (90.3% capacity) (as of April 30, 2020[1]) |
Opened | 2006 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
The facility was built on speculation, without any customer contract to fill it. Construction was completed in 1998.[2] Beginning in 2006, it housed federal inmates for the U.S. Marshal Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.[3]
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation started leasing the facility in 2013[4], in response to overcrowding in existing state prisons. CAC is the only CDCR state prison under this arrangement; all other state prisons are both owned and operated by CDCR.
References
- "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight April 30, 2020" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. April 30, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- Private Prisons, Public Doubts, Christian Science Monitor, Daniel B. Wood July 21, 1998. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- Bedell, Christine (25 October 2013). "Cal City prison to house state inmates". Bakersfield.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "California City Correctional Facility (CAC)". Retrieved 2 May 2020.