Location | San Luis Obispo County, near San Luis Obispo, California |
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Coordinates | 35°19′30″N 120°41′53″W / 35.325°N 120.698°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Minimum to medium (With Maximum on Override) |
Capacity | 3,816 |
Population | 3,254 (85.3% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
Opened | 1954 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Warden | Danny Samuel[2] |
California Men's Colony (CMC) is an American male-only state prison located northwest of the city of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, along the central California coast approximately halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.