The department has jurisdiction over all of the following prisons and institutions:

(a) The San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

Terms Used In California Penal Code 5003

  • county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7

(b) The California State Prison at Folsom.

(c) The California Institution for Men.

(d) The California Institution for Women.

(e) The Deuel Vocational Institution.

(f) The California Medical Facility.

(g) The Correctional Training Facility.

(h) The California Men’s Colony.

(i) The California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi.

(j) The California Rehabilitation Center.

(k) The California Correctional Center at Susanville.

(l) The Sierra Correctional Center.

(m) The Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain.

(n) Mule Creek State Prison.

(o) Northern California Women’s Facility.

(p) Pelican Bay State Prison.

(q) Avenal State Prison.

(r) California State Prison-King’s County at Corcoran.

(s) Chuckawalla Valley State Prison.

(t) Other institutions and prison facilities that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may be authorized by law to establish, including, but not limited to, prisons in the Counties of Imperial Kern, Los Angeles, and Madera.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 47, Sec. 19. (AB 134) Effective July 10, 2023.)