The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) operates 39 youth and adult correctional facilities, 44 camps, and 5 adult prisoner/mother facilities. In addition, 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 198 youth and adult parole units and sub-units, 4 parole outpatient clinics, and 1 correctional training center. In addition, the CDCR has 9 regional accounting offices and leases almost two million square feet of office space.

The CDCR operates 4 licensed general acute care hospitals, 1 licensed skilled nursing facility, 1 hospice program for the terminally ill, 16 licensed correctional treatment centers, 5 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.