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California State Prison, Los Angeles County
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California adult institution operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR code: LAC.
Background
California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Lancaster, in Los Angeles County, California. The only state prison located in the county, it is also referenced as Los Angeles County State Prison, CSP-Los Angeles County, and CSP-LAC. Only occasionally is the prison referred to as Lancaster State Prison, which was particularly avoided in 1992 partly to ease the stigma for Lancaster.
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
1993
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1993
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
Samuel Little1940–2020 · serial killerSamuel Little (né McDowell; June 7, 1940 â December 30, 2020) was an American serial killer who was convicted of 8 murders and confessed to committing 93 murders between 1970 and 2005.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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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, Los Angeles County
- 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 (Q5021058)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). California State Prison, Los Angeles County. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/california-state-prison-los-angeles-county
"California State Prison, Los Angeles County." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/california-state-prison-los-angeles-county.
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