CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation

What CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation does

CDCR (California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation) is the State of California's primary adult corrections, juvenile justice, and parole supervision agency. Headquartered in Sacramento and operating from a base of more than 10,000 employees across 35+ adult institutions and 92+ parole units, it manages an institutional population operating at 119.2% of a 72,249-bed design capacity (as of June 3, 2026) within a court-ordered 137.5% cap that CDCR has held to for over eleven years. Founded in its current form through the 2005 merger of the California Department of Corrections and the California Youth Authority (with predecessor services dating to 1885), CDCR serves four principal "customer" populations: incarcerated adults, crime victims and survivors, families of incarcerated persons, and parolees/persons under post-release community supervision. Its mandated functions include incarceration, rehabilitation programming (educational, vocational, therapeutic), credit earning under Proposition 57, parole suitability hearings through the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH), and victim services including restitution collection of approximately $2 million per month.

Name

CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation

Legal name

California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation

Website

https://cdcr.ca.gov

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corrections and Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Correctional Institutions (922140), Parole Offices and Probation Offices (922150), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232), Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Adult Corrections (Prisons & Jails) (BPAIAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Corrections (Probation, Parole & Reentry) (BPAIAFAE), Juvenile Justice System (Courts & Detention) (BPAIAFAF), Correctional/Detention Facility Health Departments (HLAJAAAH), Correctional Health, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (In-Custody) (BPAKANAG)

Keywords

• Adult correctional services
• Parole supervision
• Prison rehabilitation programs
• Victim services
• Reentry support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) operates California's state prison system, providing adult incarceration across 35+ institutions, parole supervision through 92+ parole units, rehabilitation programs (education, vocational training, mental health), alternative custody and reentry programs, victim notification and restitution services, and a joint conservation fire camp program with CAL FIRE. Supporting services include the CIRIS inmate locator portal and the Visitation Scheduling Application (VSA) for family visits.

Product overview

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) operates a comprehensive corrections system encompassing incarceration, rehabilitation, and parole supervision. The core product portfolio includes prison incarceration facilities and various rehabilitative programs including firefighting crews at conservation camps, parole hearing processes (Proposition 57, Elderly Parole, Youth Offender Parole, Medical Parole), and community reentry programs (Male/Female Community Reentry Programs). Supporting technology products include the California Incarcerated Records and Information Search (CIRIS) for inmate lookups, the Visitation Scheduling Application (VSA) for scheduling video and in-person visits, and Behavioral Health Reintegration (BHR) services for parolees. The department also provides victim services, restitution collection, and specialized programs like the Get on the Bus child visitation initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• California Incarcerated Records and Information Search (CIRIS)

Quantifiable outcome

• 31.6% recidivism rate for fire camp participants (vs higher rates for general population)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation of conservation/fire camps where CAL FIRE maintains the camp, supervises work of incarcerated fire crews, and is responsible for custody of inmates on daily work projects. CDCR provides security, supervision, care, and discipline. Program operational since 1983 with approximately 1,920 incarcerated firefighters assigned statewide.
• Mountain Home State ForestminorOthersConservation camp performs extensive work for Mountain Home State Forest including tree mortality efforts and reforestation projects. Located approximately 6,500 feet above sea level.
• U.S. Forest ServiceminorOthersMountain Home Conservation Camp provides hand crew services for U.S. Forest Service projects including conservation and community service work.
• U.S. Army Corps of EngineersminorOthersMountain Home Conservation Camp provides hand crew services for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects at Lake Kaweah and Lake Success.
• Tulare County Road DepartmentminorOthersMountain Home Conservation Camp performs road maintenance and improvement work for Tulare County.
• Tulare County Office of Education / SCICONminorOthersMountain Home Conservation Camp provides conservation services for School of Science and Conservation (SCICON) programs.
• California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS)coreTechnology or IntegrationCCHCS provides medical, dental, and mental health services for California's incarcerated population. CCHCS and CDCR jointly manage COVID-19 response including testing, vaccination, quarantine/isolation protocols, and patient registries.
• California Partners for Jobs (Get on the Bus Program)minorOthersNonprofit organization running Get on the Bus program providing free transportation for children and caregivers to visit incarcerated parents. CDCR partners by facilitating prison access and coordination.
• Board of Parole Hearings (BPH)coreTechnology or IntegrationBPH conducts parole suitability hearings, elderly parole reviews, medical parole hearings, and youth offender parole reviews for CDCR-incarcerated persons. Between 2017-2026, BPH reviewed 39,096 nonviolent offender referrals resulting in 5,125 approvals.
• California Franchise Tax Board (FTB)minorOthersCDCR refers outstanding victim restitution balances to FTB for collection 90 days after release from prison. FTB continues collecting restitution until paid in full or offender dies.
• County Probation DepartmentsminorOthersCounties supervise persons on Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS). CDCR refers cases to county-designated collection agencies for restitution collection from PRCS probationers.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision: Manages adult correctional facilities and parole supervision across New York State, mirroring CDCR's combined incarceration-and-parole operating model.
• Florida Department of Corrections: State correctional agency running adult prisons, inmate programs, and release coordination; directly comparable in operational scope, technology adoption, and rehabilitation mandate to CDCR.
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Largest state prison system in the U.S., directly comparable to CDCR in operating adult institutions, parole, and rehabilitation programs at multi-billion-dollar scale within a single state.
• Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction: State agency operating prisons and adult parole with a combined corrections-and-rehabilitation mandate directly analogous to CDCR's structure.
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections: Operates Pennsylvania's state prisons and reentry services with overlapping functions in incarceration, rehabilitation programming, and inmate records management.
• California Correctional Health Care Services: State agency delivering medical, dental, and mental health care across CDCR's institutions under a joint operating model; directly comparable as the in-custody healthcare partner feeding the same inmate population.
• Georgia Department of Corrections: State-level corrections agency operating prisons, inmate programs, and transition planning with a comparable size and scope to CDCR's institutional operations.

Broad incumbents

• Federal Bureau of Prisons: Operates the federal prison system with similar incarceration, rehabilitation, and inmate tracking functions across a larger national footprint; comparable as the federal analogue to CDCR's state-level mandate.
• CoreCivic: Private corrections and detention operator that runs prison, jail, and reentry facilities for government clients including several state DOCs; comparable as a large-scale institutional operator serving a similar population.
• The GEO Group: Private prison and community reentry operator providing secure detention, electronic monitoring, and rehabilitation services; comparable as an outsourced counterpart to public state corrections agencies like CDCR.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CACorrections
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/CACorrections
• Facebookfacebook.com/CACorrections
• Instagraminstagram.com/cacorrections

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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