Find Someone at California State Prison, Sacramento

Use CIRIS, CDCR's statewide inmate search tool, at ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov. Search by name or CDCR number, then confirm the result reads California State Prison, Sacramento before you plan a visit or send anything.

New Folsom is the nickname for California State Prison, Sacramento, which opened in 1986. Old Folsom is the neighboring Folsom State Prison. They sit on the same 882-acre grounds in Represa, but they are two separate prisons with their own wardens and rules. In CIRIS, confirm the result reads California State Prison, Sacramento, not Folsom State Prison, before you send mail, send money, or travel.

The record may be a recent booking that hasn't posted to CIRIS yet, the person may have been released or paroled, they may have transferred to another institution, or the name doesn't match CDCR's spelling. Try name variations first, then call CDCR's Identification Unit at (916) 445-6713 with a date of birth.

No. CSP-Sacramento provides some of CDCR's most specialized mental health care, but CIRIS confirms only the institution and basic record details, not a person's program or housing unit. Confirm those with the person or with the institution at (916) 985-8610 once you know they're held here.

No. A full legal name is enough to start. The CDCR number makes the match more certain, and you'll need it anyway for the CDCR Form 106 visitor questionnaire, for mail, and for deposits once you've confirmed the person is at CSP-Sacramento.

CIRIS updates to show his new institution, though the change can lag the actual move by a few days. Recheck it before you send money, mail a letter, or travel, since a deposit or letter sent to CSP-Sacramento after he leaves has to be reprocessed at the new prison.