The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) operates 41 youth and adult correctional facilities, 44 camps, and 5 adult prisoner/mother facilities. The CDCR contracts for 19 adult parolee service centers and 13 adult community correctional facilities and leases beds at 3 county jails. The CDCR also operates 192 youth and adult parole units and sub-units, 4 parole outpatient clinics, and 2 correctional training centers. In addition, the CDCR has 10 regional accounting offices and leases almost two million square feet of office space.

Currently, the CDCR houses approximately 173,000 adult inmates and 2,500 youth wards. The CDCR also supervises approximately 122,000 adult and 2,400 youth parolees.

The CDCR operates 4 licensed general acute care hospitals, 1 licensed skilled nursing facility, 1 hospice program for the terminally ill, 14 licensed correctional treatment centers, 3 hemodialysis clinics, and outpatient housing units at most correctional facilities.

The CDCR's infrastructure includes more than 42 million square feet of building space on more than 27,000 acres of land (42 square miles) statewide.