Pleasant Valley State Prison
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| Location | Coalinga, California |
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| Coordinates | 36°07′54″N 120°14′56″W / 36.1316°N 120.2490°WCoordinates: 36°07′54″N 120°14′56″W / 36.1316°N 120.2490°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum to maximum |
| Capacity | 2,308 |
| Population | 3,123 (as of 17 December 2016) |
| Opened | November 1994 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Scott A. Frauenheim |
Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) is a 640-acre (260 ha) minimum-to-maximum security state prison in Coalinga, Fresno County, California. The facility has housed convicted murderers Sirhan Sirhan, Erik Menendez, X-Raided, and Hans Reiser, among others.
The prison opened in November 1994. On July 17, 2000, PVSP activated two substance abuse programs involving community services for inmates who have a history of substance abuse. PVSP converted one of its general population yards into a sensitive needs yard (SNY) in November 2002, and now houses approximately 900 SNY inmates on D Facility. Then in May 2004 converted A Facility to a sensitive needs yard and houses 1000 inmates on A Facility.
In 2005–2006, PVSP and Avenal State Prison (ASP) were particularly affected by Valley fever, with 150 new cases from PVSP and 30 from ASP in 2005 and 514 at PVSP and 91 at ASP in 2006. In 2007 Valley fever had killed at least four PVSP inmates and one staff member over the previous two years.
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