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  2. List of California state prisons - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Internet in prisons - Wikipedia

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    The prison management authority will also monitor and access the usage of the internet whereby it is strictly only for the learning purposes in getting references from the OUM digital library which has 700,000 references online. Their study time is limited and they must fully utilize it for learning. [7] [8] [9]

  4. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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    The prison ship housed 30 inmates who subsequently constructed San Quentin State Prison, which opened in 1852 with approximately 68 inmates. [5] Since 1852, the department has activated thirty-one prisons across the state. CDCR's history dates back to 1912, when the agency was called California State Detentions Bureau.

  5. Prisons in California - Wikipedia

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    The California state prison system is a system of prisons, fire camps, contract beds, reentry programs, and other special programs administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Division of Adult Institutions to incarcerate approximately 117,000 people as of April 2020. [1]

  6. Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center - Wikipedia

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    Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, also known as Pitchess Detention Center or simply Pitchess, is an all-male county detention center and correctional facility named in honor of Peter J. Pitchess located directly east of exit 173 off Interstate 5 in the unincorporated community of Castaic in Los Angeles County, California.

  7. Inmate telephone system - Wikipedia

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    In order to use an inmate telephone service, inmates must register and provide a list of names and numbers for the people they intend to communicate with. [5] Call limitations vary depending on the prison's house rule, but calls are typically limited to 15 minutes each, and inmates must wait thirty minutes before being allowed to make another call. [6]

  8. Incarceration in California - Wikipedia

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    Incarceration in California spans federal, state, county, and city governance, with approximately 200,000 people in confinement at any given time. An additional 55,000 people are on parole . The main government agencies and incarceration facilities involved in each jurisdiction are:

  9. List of California county jails - Wikipedia

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    The following counties do not have jails: Alpine County: [125] jail services are contracted to El Dorado County and Calaveras County.; Sierra County: [126] this county does not have an official jail tracked by the Board of State and Community Corrections, but the Sheriff's website says that "as of March 17, 2015 the Sierra County Jail began operating as a Temporary Housing Facility".