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| Location | San Diego County, California, United States near Otay Mesa |
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| Coordinates | 32°35′05″N 116°56′00″W / 32.5846°N 116.9334°W |
| 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 |
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) is a California state prison 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. The facility sits on 780 acres (320 ha). It is the only state prison in San Diego County. It is named after Richard J. Donovan.
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]
- Otay Mesa Detention Center, a federal prison privately operated by CoreCivic
- George Bailey Detention Facility (San Diego County)
- East Mesa Reentry Facility (San Diego County)
- Facility 8 Detention Facility (San Diego County)
- East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility (San Diego County)
- A multi-jurisdictional law enforcement firearms training complex used by the FBI, the Customs Service, and local police forces
- ^ "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight January 31, 2023" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. January 31, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ^ "2020 Census - Census Block Map: San Diego County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 230 (PDF p. 231/259). Retrieved August 14, 2022.
Richard J Donovan Corr Facility
- ^ "Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD)". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
480 Alta Road San Diego, CA 92179.
- ^ Cavanagh, Maureen (February 1, 2010). "Doing Time in Donovan State Prison". KPBS. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "Life Inside R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility". KPBS. January 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "Otay Mesa Prison Area, California". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved April 15, 2018.