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California State Prison Solano
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California adult institution operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR code: SOL.
Background
California Medical Facility (CMF) is a male-only state prison medical facility located in the city of Vacaville in Solano County, California. It is older than California State Prison, Solano, the other state prison in Vacaville.
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1955
Operational
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Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1955
Region
CA
Security level
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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.
Notable inmates
Steven David Catlin1944 · serial killerSteven David Catlin (born 1944) is a convicted American serial killer who murdered two wives and his adoptive mother in California and Nevada from 1976 until 1984.
Jim Gordon1945–2023 · musicianJames Beck Gordon (July 14, 1945 â March 13, 2023) was an American musician, songwriter and convicted murderer.
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Edmund Kemper1948 · serial killerEdmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer convicted of murdering seven women, including his own mother, and one girl between May 1972 and April 1973.
Juan Vallejo Corona1934–2019 · serial killerJuan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 â March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 transient laborers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971.
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Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CDCR facility â California State Prison Solano
- CDCR Facility Locator
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation â Facility Locator — State of California
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5020680)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). California State Prison Solano. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/california-medical-facility
Chicago
"California State Prison Solano." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/california-medical-facility.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-california-medical-facility,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {California State Prison Solano},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/california-medical-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}