California Correctional Institution
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| Location | Tehachapi, California |
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| Coordinates | 35°06′40″N 118°34′08″W / 35.111°N 118.569°WCoordinates: 35°06′40″N 118°34′08″W / 35.111°N 118.569°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum to maximum |
| Capacity | 2,783 |
| Population | 4,484 (161.1%) (as of 31 December 2012) |
| Opened | 1954 (original California Institution for Women existed on same site 1932–1952) |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Kim Holland |
California Correctional Institution (CCI) is a state prison located in Cummings Valley, west of the city of Tehachapi in southern California. It is a supermax. CCI is sometimes referred to as "Tehachapi prison" or "Tehachapi". As stated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, its overall mission is "to incarcerate and control felons, while providing the opportunity for meaningful work, training and other programs. The prison provides programs for those inmates who are willing to work and participate fully in available programs."
CCI has 1,650 acres (670 ha) including Level I ("Open dormitories with a secure perimeter") housing; Level II ("Open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage") housing; Level IV ("Cells, fenced or walled perimeters, electronic security, more staff and armed officers both inside and outside the installation") housing; a Security Housing Unit (SHU, which is "the most secure area within a Level IV prison designed to provide maximum coverage"); and a Reception Center (RC) which "provides short term housing to process, classify and evaluate incoming inmates." As of March 2012, the facility's total population was 4,753, or 170.8 percent of its design capacity of 2,783.
The original California Institution for Women, the first women’s facility in California, opened on the site of what is now CCI in 1932. It was sometimes referred to as "Tehachapi", as in the 1940s films Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity. The institution was "run for many years independently from the correctional system for men" but beginning in 1944 was gradually brought under the control of the California Department of Corrections. After the 1952 Kern County earthquake on July 21, "made the brick dormitories unsafe", the institution was closed and the 417 prisoners were sent to the new California Institution for Women in Corona.
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