CA Inmate Contact

CALIFORNIA
How To Contact an Inmate

Written Contact
Indiviuals are free to contact any state prison inmate by mail. Incoming letters are opened and inspected for contraband and then forwarded to the inmate. To ensure prompt processing the following information should be included on the envelope: Inmate’s full name, CDC# Institution Name P.O. Box Housing (preferable) City, CA ZIP. To get an inmate’s CDC# or housing assignment, individuals should call the Public Information Officer (PIO) or the inmate locator at the institution (see below for phone numbers). Those people who don’t know where an inmate is housed may contact the Department’s ID Warrants unit at (916) 445-6713. A date of birth will be required if the person they are inquiring about has a common name. ID Warrants will not provide inmate housing information.

Mailing Addresses
In most cases, the inmate mail address is different from the general institution address. Listed below are the inmate mail addresses for all California state prisons. Also listed are the phone numbers for the institution’s Public Information Officer, and where appropriate, the inmate locator units.

Phone Contact
Most inmates have access to telephones and can initiate outgoing collect calls. When corresponding with an inmate, individuals may provide a telephone number where an inmate can call them collect. It is up to the inmate to initiate the call. Phone calls are limited to 15 minutes.

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Avenal State Prison
P.O. Box 9, Avenal, CA 93204
PIO: (559) 386-0587, ext. 5025
Call before sending mail because inmates change housing frequently.)

California Correctional Center
P.O. Box 2210
Susanville, CA 96130
PIO: (530) 257-2181

California Correctional Institution
P.O. Box (Inmates have individual P.O. boxes; call PIO.)
Tehachapi, CA 93581
PIO: (661) 822-4402, ext. 3021

California Institution for Men Reception Center

Central
P.O. Box 441

Reception Center West
P.O. Box 368
Reception Center East
P.O. Box 500

Minimum Support Facility
P.O. Box 600

Chino, CA 91708
PIO: (909) 597-1821, ext. 2901

California Institution for Women
16756 Chino-Corona Road
Frontera, CA 91720
PIO: (909) 597-1771, ext. 4921
Records office: (909) 597-1771, ext. 5230 (for housing)

California Medical Facility
P.O. Box 2000
Vacaville, CA 95696-2000
PIO: (707) 449-6509
Inmate locator: (707) 448-6841, ext. 2548 (for housing)

California Men’s Colony
P.O. Box 8101
San Luis Obispo, CA 93409-8101
PIO: (805) 547-7948

California Rehabilitation Center
P.O. Box 2500 Norco, CA 91760
PIO: (909) 689-4552

California State Prison, Corcoran
P.O. Box 3476
Corcoran, CA 93212-8309
PIO: (559) 992-6103

California State Prison, Los Angeles County
44750 60th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93536-7620
PIO: (661) 729-2000, ext. 6912

California State Prison, Sacramento
P.O. Box 290066
Represa, CA 95671-0066
PIO: (916) 985-8610, ext. 5295

California State Prison, Solano
P.O. Box 4000
Vacaville, CA 95696-4000
PIO: (707) 454-3257
Housing is necessary or letter will be returned.

Calipatria State Prison
P.O. Box 5002
Calipatria, CA 92233-5002
PIO: (760) 348-7000, ext. 5011

Centinela State Prison
P.O. Box 731
Imperial, CA 92251-0731 (general)
A Yard: P.O. Box 901
B Yard: P.O. Box 911
C Yard: P.O. Box 921
D Yard: P.O. Box 931
E Yard: P.O. Box 1011
Imperial, CA 92251 PIO: (760) 337-7601

California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility
P.O. Box 7100
Corcoran, CA 93212-7100
PIO: (559) 992-7154

Central California Women’s Facility
P.O. Box 1508
Chowchilla, CA 93610-1508
PIO: (559) 665-5531, ext. 5012

Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 2349
Blythe, CA 92226
PIO: (760) 922-9710

Correctional Training Facility

Central Facility
P.O. Box 689, Soledad, CA 93960-0689

South Facility P.O. Box 690
Soledad, CA 93960-0690

North Facility P.O. Box 705
Soledad, CA 93960-0705

PIO: (831) 678-3951
Records office: (831) 678-3951, ext. 2139 (for housing)

Deuel Vocational Institution
P.O. Box 600
Tracy, CA 95378-0600
PIO: (209) 835-4141

Folsom State Prison
P.O. Box 715071
Represa, CA 95671-5071

PIO: (916) 985-2561, ext. 4484
Records office: (916) 985-2561, ext. 4469 (for housing)

High Desert State Prison
P.O. Box 3030
Susanville, CA 96130
PIO: (530) 251-5100, ext. 5512

Ironwood State Prison
P.O. Box 2199
Blythe, CA 92226

PIO: (760) 921-3000 ex. 5006
Records office: (760) 921-3000, ext. 5301 (for housing)

Mule Creek State Prison
P.O. Box 409000
Ione, CA 95640
PIO: (209) 274-4911, ext. 5080

North Kern State Prison
P.O. Box 5000
Delano, CA 93216-5000
PIO: (805) 721-2345, ext. 5022

Northern California Women’s Facility
P.O. Box 213022
Stockton, CA 95213-9022

PIO: (209) 943-1600 ex. 5025 (Housing assignment not necessary.)

Pelican Bay State Prison
P.O. Box 7500
Crescent City, CA 95531-7500

PIO: (707) 465-9040
Mail room: (707) 465-1000, ext. 7101 (for housing)

Pleasant Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 8500
Coalinga, CA 93210 (general)

Facility A: P.O. Box 8501
Facility B: P.O. Box 8502
Facility C: P.O. Box 8503
Facility D: P.O. Box 8504
Coalinga, CA 93210
PIO: (559) 935-4972

Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain
480 Alta Road
San Diego, CA 92179
PIO: (619) 661-7802
Records office: (619) 661-6500, ext. 5420 (for housing)

Salinas Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 1050
Soledad, CA 93690-1050
PIO: (831) 678-5554

San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin, CA 94974
PIO: (415) 454-1460, ext. 5008

Sierra Conservation Center
Mariposa and Calaveras Units: P.O. Box 617
Tuolumne Unit: P.O. Box 500
Jamestown, CA 95327
PIO: (209) 984-5291

Valley State Prison for Women
P.O. Box 92
Chowchilla, CA 93610-0092
PIO: (559) 665-6100, ext. 5509

Wasco State Prison
P.O. Box 5500
Wasco, CA 93280-5500
PIO: (661) 758-8400