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Humboldt County Correctional Facility

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Humboldt County Correctional Facility is a county jail located in Humboldt County, California. Rated capacity: 411. Reported population: 395. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

411

Current population

395

Occupancy

96%

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

California

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

826 4Th Street, Eureka 95501
(707) 441-5159
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Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 96% · peers avg: 93% (+4%)
Capacity (beds)this: 411 · peers avg: 547 (25%)

Reports

  • marshall-project23 Apr 2019

    f the things that made us successful is we’ve been fortunate not to have some of the longer sentences that some other counties have had,” said Capt. Duane Christian, who leads the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Overall, the consequences for county jails aren’t easy to measure. No state agency collects data that could answer important questions, like what percentage of a county’s inmates

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Data completeness

66%

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@misc{worldprisons-humboldt-county-correctiona,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Humboldt County Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/humboldt-county-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-25}
}