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California City Correctional Center

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Background

California City Correctional Facility (CAC) is a secure facility owned by CoreCivic. It was reactivated in 2025 to serve as an immigrant detention center. It was formerly staffed and operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as a men's level II (low-medium) security prison.

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

2006

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2006

Region

CA

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

22844 Virginia Boulevard, California City 93505

No public contact details available.

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Data completeness

30%

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