California State Prison, Corcoran (Corcoran, California)

USA / California / Corcoran / Corcoran, California / King Avenue, 4001
General Information:
4001 King Avenue
Corcoran, CA 93212

It houses almost 5,000 prisoners, although it was designed to hold 3,000. The 1700 person staff uses a budget of $115 million (not including another $30 million allocated for the hospital) to fund the prison.

The prison's best known inmates include Charles Manson, Juan Vellejo Corona, who murdered twenty-five people in 1971, and Sirhan Sirhan.

www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/COR.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Prison,_Corcoran
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Coordinates:   36°3'29"N   119°32'59"W
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