Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
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Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJDCF or RJD) is a California state prison located in unincorporated southern San Diego County, California,[2] near San Diego.[3][4] It is a part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It is a 780-acre (320 ha) facility. It is the only state prison in San Diego County.
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Location | San Diego County, California, United States near Otay Mesa |
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Coordinates | 32.5846°N 116.9334°W / 32.5846; -116.9334 |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Medium – Maximum |
Capacity | 2,992 |
Population | 2,920 (97.6% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
Opened | July 1987 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Warden | James S. Hill |
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The prison is situated on a mesa about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Mexico–United States border,[5] in the foothills of Otay Mesa overlooking the border. The Otay Mesa site is shared with six other properties related to law enforcement:[6]
- the federal San Diego Correctional Facility privately operated by the Corrections Corporation of America
- the George Bailey Detention Facility (San Diego County)
- the East Mesa Reentry Facility (San Diego County)
- the Facility 8 Detention Facility (San Diego County)
- the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility (San Diego County)
- and a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement firearms training complex used by the FBI, the Customs Service, and local police forces