California State Prison, Sacramento

California State Prison, Sacramento is a male-only state prison located in the city of Folsom, in Sacramento County, California. The facility is also referenced as Sacramento State Prison, CSP-Sacramento, CSP-SAC, and occasionally, New Folsom or New Folsom Prison which was its official name prior to October 1992.Because the facility is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, both SAC and FSP share the mailing address: Represa, CA 95671. Represa is the name given to the State Prison post office because its adjacency to Folsom Dam.It has about 2,800 prisoners. Its facility houses maximum security prisoners who were difficult to manage at other prisons and who have long sentences.FacilitiesAs of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, SAC had a total of 1,585 staff and an annual operating budget of $187 million. As of September 2007, it had a design capacity of 1,788 but a total institution population of 3,260, for an occupancy rate of 182.3 percent.SAC's facilities include: Level I housing – Open dormitories without a secure perimeter Level IV housing – Cells, fenced or walled perimeters, electronic security, more staff and armed officers both inside and outside the installation Psychiatric Services Unit. The prison has "three similar but separate self-contained facilities... each eight housing blocks and a recreation yard." The housing blocks "are partitioned into three separate, self-contained sections forming a 180 degree half circle." The "180" design is considered the "most secure prison design" because it "gives control-booth officers a straight-on look at prisoners." In contrast, the "270" design "with portions of the house reaching back behind the blind side of the booth" is considered less secure.