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California Correctional Institution
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California adult institution operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR code: CCI.
Background
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". As stated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, its overall mission is "to incarcerate and control felons, while providing the opportunity for meaningful work, training and other programs.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1954
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1954
Region
CA
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
A visitor reported being denied entry to California Correctional Institution in May 2015 because her white pants were deemed too tight.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Visitors should be aware that clothing restrictions, such as pants being too tight, may result in denied entry.
Known issues
A visitor review from May 2015 indicates that visitors can be turned away for dress code violations, specifically regarding tight clothing.
Notable inmates
- Blake Leibel1981 · comics artist
On May 26, 2016, Ukrainian Iana Kasian was found dead in the apartment that she had shared with her fiancé in West Hollywood.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Reports
- marshall-project8 Sept 2015
it, know that all that disrespect you experienced, everybody else is also experiencing that. It’s not just you.” Victoria Ramos logged onto Yelp when she returned from a trip to California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi to visit her brother. “Visited May 16 2015 but was not able to visit with my sibling,” she wrote in a 3-star review . “Apparently my white pants were to [sic] tight and my
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CDCR facility â California Correctional Institution
- CDCR Facility Locator
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation â Facility Locator — State of California
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5020362)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). California Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/california-correctional-institution
"California Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/california-correctional-institution.
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