California City Correctional Center is a privately owned prison for men, operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to house a maximum of 2304 state inmates at Level II security (low-medium security). The facility is leased from its owner, Corrections Corporation of America, and is located n California City, Kern County, California.The facility first opened in 2006, and previously housed federal inmates for the U.S. Marshal Service and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.