United States · California · Elk Grove
Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center
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Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center is a county jail located in Sacramento County, California. Reported population: 1,504. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
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Current population
1,504
Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
California
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
The Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center was identified as a facility where efforts to cut prison overcrowding put some jails in crisis, with a documented incident involving an inmate attempting suicide.
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
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · In-custody-death signal in sources
This facility scores 10. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 8 points above national average.
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Reports
- marshall-project23 Apr 2019
7:20 p.m. EDT 04.23.2019 The California Experiment Who Begs To Go To Prison? California Jail Inmates Effort to cut prison overcrowding puts some jails in crisis. The Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove, Calif., where Cody Garland tried to commit suicide. Max Whittaker for The Marshall Project SACRAMENTO — Ever since he stole his first car at age 10, Cody Garland has spent much of his
Data completeness
68%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/rio-cosumnes-correctional-center
"Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/rio-cosumnes-correctional-center.
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