Lookup Richard J. Donovan Inmates

Richard J. Donovan Prison

Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, often shortened to RJD, is operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Its address is 480 Alta Road, San Diego, CA 92179, and the main phone number captured in the research is (619) 661-6500. The prison is in the Otay Mesa area, near Sheriff custody facilities and the ICE Otay Mesa Detention Center, but it is not part of the county jail system. Its records belong to CDCR.

RJD holds sentenced California state-prison population. It is not the place to search for a newly booked county arrestee awaiting arraignment, bail, or a first local court appearance. Once a person is convicted and sentenced to state prison, the person leaves county jail and is processed through CDCR classification. Court records can explain the sentence, but the current prison location is searched through CDCR CIRIS.

Richard J. Donovan CIRIS Search

Use CDCR CIRIS, the California Incarcerated Records and Information Search, for Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. CIRIS can be searched by CDCR number or by name. The research notes that CIRIS results may include name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearings dates or outcomes where applicable. Commitment county can include San Diego, but current location is what shows whether the person is actually at RJD.

1. Open CIRIS and choose either CDCR Number or Name search.
2. Enter the CDCR number, or enter last name and optional first-name details.
3. Use age range or commitment county filters only when they help narrow a common name.
4. Check the result location and location address before calling or planning a visit.

CDCR records are informational. Some records may be withheld for safety or security. If CIRIS does not resolve the person, the CDCR Identification Unit assistance number captured in the research is (916) 445-6713, Monday through Friday excluding holidays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific.

The successful manifest image for CIRIS matches this state-prison lookup path. The CDCR CIRIS search screenshot below shows the correct system for RJD inmates, separate from the San Diego Sheriff roster.

Use the Sheriff's Who's In Jail roster only for county jail custody. RJD is a CDCR prison, so CIRIS is the right starting point.

Richard J. Donovan Search Fields

CIRIS has a different search structure from a county jail roster. The Sheriff's roster uses first and last name with a human-verification step. CIRIS lets a user search by state prison number or by name, then narrow by age range and commitment county. The fields below come from the research inventory.

Richard J. Donovan Contact

Use the prison contact for facility-specific questions after CIRIS confirms the person is at RJD. The San Diego Sheriff custody phone line is not the main phone number for this state prison. CDCR visiting, mail, and family communication rules apply, not the county jail visit system.

Richard J. Donovan Visits

RJD visitation follows CDCR family and visitor processes, not Sheriff jail rules. The research did not capture a local RJD visiting-hour table, so the page should not invent day-by-day hours. State prison visits generally require using CDCR visitor rules and facility scheduling after the incarcerated person is confirmed in CDCR custody. Families should verify eligibility, approval, identification, dress, and current status through CDCR and the facility before travel.

Richard J. Donovan Mail

Mail and money for Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility follow CDCR prison processes. The research did not capture a facility-specific money vendor, fee schedule, or mail-format table for RJD. Do not use the San Diego Sheriff Mail Processing Center address for a CDCR prisoner. That Santee mail-processing rule applies to San Diego County jail mail, not to state prison mail.

For contact basics, use CDCR family resources. A CDCR record can show the person's CDCR number and current location, which are important identifiers for any prison correspondence. If the person has just been sentenced, court records may show the judgment before CIRIS reflects the final CDCR location.

Richard J. Donovan Programs

The CDCR facility page lists several programs and work assignments at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. Research captured CALPIA bakery, laundry, and casual shoe factory programs, plus vocational Welding, Machine Shop, and HVAC. Academic offerings include Adult Basic Education, High School or GED, Pre-Release, ESL, Literacy, and limited college. Other listed programs include community service crews, youth diversion, religious programs, bicycle refurbishing, victim awareness, and drug treatment or diversion.

RJD changed from a prior reception-center mission in August 2012 and converted three of five facilities to sensitive-needs-yard programming. The research also notes Non-Designated Programming Facilities D and E, a Minimum Support Facility, severe mental illness missions, and medium or high medical-concern missions. Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment was implemented at RJD on January 21, 2020. These program details do not change the lookup path: current custody still runs through CIRIS.

Richard J. Donovan Caveats

RJD official design capacity and current population were not captured from CDCR statistics during research. The facility page links to reports and statistics, but no sourced RJD population number was available in the captured text. Because of that gap, no population stat block is included here. Capacity and current count should not be guessed from unrelated jail, ICE, or BOP figures.

Otay Mesa contains several different custody systems. A person at Rock Mountain or George Bailey is in Sheriff county custody. A person at Otay Mesa Detention Center is in ICE civil immigration detention. A person at MCC San Diego is in BOP federal custody. Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility is CDCR state-prison custody, so it belongs to the statewide prison locator path.