California State Prison, Sacramento
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California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Folsom, in Sacramento County, California. The facility is also referenced as Sacramento State Prison, CSP-Sacramento, CSP-SAC, and occasionally, New Folsom or New Folsom Prison which was its official name prior to October 1992.[2][3]
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Location | Represa, California |
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Coordinates | 38.694°N 121.153°W / 38.694; -121.153 |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Minimum-maximum |
Capacity | 1,828 |
Population | 1,585 (86.7% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
Opened | October 1986 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Warden | Jeff Lynch |
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Because the facility is adjacent to Folsom State Prison (FSP), both SAC and FSP share the mailing address: Represa, CA 95671. Represa (translated as "dam" from the Spanish language) is the name given to the State Prison post office because its adjacency to Folsom Dam.[4][5]
The facility houses maximum security prisoners who were difficult to manage at other prisons and who have long sentences.[6]