Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar
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Photo by Mahlon K. Miller via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Thomas E. Coffman via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Background
Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar (NAVCONBRIG) is a military prison operated by the U.S. Navy at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in Miramar in San Diego, California, just under 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown San Diego. It is one of three Navy consolidated brigs and is the Pacific area regional confinement facility for the United States Department of Defense. It is also known as the Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest. The 208,000-square-foot (19,300 m2) facility has a capacity of up to 400 male and/or female prisoners and is staffed with 31 civilian and 173 military personnel. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the MCAS Miramar East Gate Entrance.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1989
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
United States NavyPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
Region
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Security level
Medium
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
Lynndie England1982 · military personnelLynndie Rana England (born November 8, 1982) is a former United States Army Reserve soldier who was prosecuted for abusing detainees during the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse that occurred at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad during the Iraq War.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Woodman State JailGatesvilleMaximumState prison720% occupancy
- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6981790)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/naval-consolidated-brig-miramar
"Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/naval-consolidated-brig-miramar.
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