Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility: inmate search, address, visiting and mail

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Address and phone

Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
480 Alta Road, San Diego, CA 92179

From the official CDCR page. [Source]

Facility facts

Visiting

• Get approved as a visitor first, then schedule in-person visits through CDCR's Visitation Scheduling Application (VSA). [CDCR visiting]
• If you don't know where someone is housed, call the CDCR ID Unit at (916) 445-6713.

Schedules change. Call the facility or check CDCR before every trip.

Mail and phone

• Write the person's full name and CDCR number, the institution name, P.O. Box, housing if known, and city and ZIP. [CDCR mail]
• The mailing address is usually different from the street address. Each institution's CDCR page lists its mailing P.O. boxes.
• Phone calls from California state prisons have been free since January 1, 2023. The incarcerated person has to place the call.

How sentence credits work here

Credit rules come from California law and are the same at every CDCR facility. Read California's current good-time and earned-time rules, with sources.

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