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The prison sits atop Alcatraz Island. United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: / ˈælkəˌtræz /, Spanish: [ a l k a ˈ t ɾ a θ ] "the gannet ") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.
It is one of 34 adult institutions operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. [2] Opened in 1880, Folsom is the state's second-oldest prison, after San Quentin, and the first in the United States to have electricity. [3] Folsom was also one of the first maximum security prisons.
Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) is a California State Prison for men. [3] It was opened in June 1987, and covers 866 acres (350 ha) located in Ione, California. The prison has a staff of 1,242 and an annual operating budget of $157 million. [4] As of July 31, 2022, MCSP was incarcerating people at 115.2% of its design capacity, with 3,785 ...
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 ...
Warden. Chance Andes. San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ), formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, [2] is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated [3] place of San Quentin in Marin County. Established in 1852, and opening in 1854, [4] San Quentin ...
James S. Hill. Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) is a California state prison in unincorporated southern San Diego County, California, [2] near San Diego. [3][4] It is a part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The facility sits on 780 acres (320 ha). It is the only state prison in San Diego County.
Erik: March 11, 1990. Joseph Lyle Menéndez (born January 10, 1968) [ 2 ] and Erik Galen Menéndez (born November 27, 1970), [ 3 ] collectively referred to as the Menéndez brothers, are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 of the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menéndez. During their trial, the brothers stated ...
Brian Cates. California Correctional Institution (CCI) is a supermax state prison in the city of Tehachapi in southern California. CCI is sometimes referred to as "Tehachapi prison" or "Tehachapi". [2][3] As stated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, its overall mission is "to incarcerate and control felons, while ...