-- As of April 2009 --
California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation
There are Psych Techs working in the 33 adult prisons,
plus Psych Techs working in youth correctional facilities.
For employment information
- Check the Psychiatric Technician listings on CDCR's
employment page.
- Contact the personnel office of a specific facility listed below.
(Formerly named the California Department of Corrections)
Below each prison's name is the security level(s) in the prison:
1 -- Open dormitories without a secure perimeter.
2 -- Open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage.
3 -- Individual cells, fenced perimeters and armed coverage.
4 -- Cells, fenced or walled perimeters, electronic security, armed officers inside and out.
SHU -- Security Housing Unit, the most secure area within a Level 4 prison.
RC -- Reception Center, short-term housing to process, classify and evaluate incoming inmates.
COND -- Condemned, houses inmates with death sentences.
Avenal State
Prison
Level 2
PO Box 39, Avenal CA 93204
(559) 386-0587 Personnel x5082
California
Correctional Center
Levels 1, 2, 3
PO Box 790, Susanville
CA 96130
(530) 257-2181 Personnel x1154
California
Correctional Institution
Levels 1, 2, 4, RC, SHU
PO Box
1031, Tehachapi CA 93581-1031
(661) 822-4402
California
Institution for Men
Level 1, RC
PO Box 128, Chino CA
91710
(909) 597-1821 Personnel x2264
California
Institution for Women
Levels 1, 2, 3, RC
PO Box 6000,
Corona CA 91718
(909) 597-1771 Personnel x5254
California Medical Facility
Levels 1, 2, 3
PO Box 2000, Vacaville CA
95696-2000
(707) 448-6841 Personnel x3154
California Men's Colony
Levels 1, 2, 3
PO Box 8101, San Luis Obispo CA 93409-8101
(805) 547-7900 Personnel x7946
California
Rehabilitation Center
Level 2
PO Box 1841, Norco CA 91760
(909) 737-2683 Personnel x2145
California State Prison, Los Angeles County
Levels 1, 4
44750 - 60th St. West, Lancaster CA 93536-7620
(661) 729-2000
California State Prison, Sacramento
Levels 1, 4
PO Box 29, Represa CA 95671
(916) 985-8610 Personnel x5333
California State
Prison, Solano
Levels 2, 3
PO Box 4000, Vacaville CA
95696-4000
(707) 454-3249 Personnel x5552
Calipatria State
Prison
Levels 1, 4
PO Box 5001, Calipatria CA 92233-5001
(760) 348-7000 Personnel x5200
Centinela
State Prison
Levels 1, 3
PO Box 731, Imperial CA 92251
(760) 337-7900 Personnel x5224
Central California Women's Facility
Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, COND
PO Box 1501, Chowchilla CA 93610-1501
(559) 665-5531 Personnel x5040
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
Levels 1, 2
PO Box 2289, Blythe CA 92226
(760) 922-5300 x5210
Corcoran State Prison
Levels 1, 2, 4, SHU
PO Box 8800, Corcoran CA 93212-8309
(559) 992-8800 Personnel x5098
Correctional Training Facility
Levels 2, 3
PO Box 686, Soledad CA 93960-0686
(831) 675-2411 Personnel x2247
Deuel Vocational Institution
Levels 1, 3, RC
PO Box 400, Tracy CA 95378-0400
(209) 835-4141 x4564
Folsom State Prison
Levels 1, 2
PO Box 71, Represa CA 95671
(916) 985-2561 Personnel x4533
High Desert State Prison
Levels 1, 3, 4, RC
PO Box 270220, Susanville CA 96127-0004
(530) 251-5100 Personnel x5631
Ironwood State Prison
Levels 1, 3
PO Box 2229, Blythe CA 92226
(760) 921-3000 Personnel x5403
Kern Valley State Prison
Levels 1, 4
3000 West Cecil Ave., Delano CA 93215
Mule Creek State Prison
Levels 1, 3, 4
PO Box 409099, Ione,CA 95640
(209) 274-4911 Personnel x5814
North Kern State Prison
Levels 1, 3, RC
PO Box 567, Delano CA 93216-0567
(661) 721-2345 Personnel x5325
Pelican Bay State Prison
Levels 1, 4, SHU
PO Box 7200, Crescent City CA 95532-7200
(707) 465-1000 Delegated Testing Office x5535
Pleasant Valley State Prison
Levels 1, 3
PO Box 8500, Coalinga CA 93210
(559) 935-4900
R. J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Levels 1, 3, RC
480 Alta Road, San Diego CA 92179
(619) 661-6500
Salinas Valley State Prison
Levels 1, 4
PO Box 1020, Soledad CA 93960-1020
(831) 678-5500 Personnel x5584
San Quentin State Prison
Levels 1, 2, RC, COND
San Quentin CA 94964-1086
(415) 454-1460
Sierra Conservation Center
Levels 1, 2, 3
5100 O'Byrnes Ferry Road, Jamestown CA 95327-9102
(209) 984-5291 x5356
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility & State Prison
Levels 2, 3, 4
PO Box 7100, Corcoran CA 93212
(559) 992-7100
Valley State Prison for Women
Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, RC, SHU
PO Box 99, Chowchilla CA 93610-0099
(559) 665-6100 Personnel x5536
Wasco State Prison
Levels 1, 3, RC
PO Box 8800, Wasco, CA 93280-8800
(661) 758-8400
(Formerly named the California Youth Authority)
The DJJ website has a listing of all the
juvenile facilities and programs.
Northern California Youth Correctional Center
Location: 7650 Newcastle Road, Stockton
Mail to PO Box 213004
Stockton, CA 95213-9004
NCYCC includes the following institutions:
- N.A. Chaderjian
- O.H. Close
Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility
15180 Euclid Ave.
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 606-5000
Institution for males.