VACAVILLE — Located in Vacaville are two prisons – California State Prison Solano and California Medical Facility.
CSP Solano is a medium-security facility located on 146 acres and housing about 3,900 prisoners. It was originally designed to hold 2,610 inmates. The warden at CSP Solano is Giselle “Gigi” Matteson she has been working there since 2019 and took over for Warden Robert Neuschmid.
CSP Solano operates with an annual $156 million budget and has more than 1,032 employees.
The prison opened in 1984, it was administered by the warden of the California Medical Facility. In January 1992, the two prisons were separated administratively and a warden was assigned to each prison.
CSP Solano provides custody, treatment, and rehabilitative programs for inmates. Being a programming institution, the prison offers a wide variety of rehabilitative opportunities, including academic programs.
CSP Solano also offers a wide variety of additional help and organizational programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, veterans services, Victim Offender Reconciliation Group and a prison outreach program.
The California Medical Facility was established in 1955 to care for the needs of the California prison population. The acting warden at CMF is Daniel E. Cueva. He began that position in 2019.
CMF operates with an annual $174 million budget and has more than 1,200 employees.
CMF was designed to house 2,361 inmates. It has a population of about 2,360 inmates. The prison includes a general acute care hospital, a correctional treatment center, licensed elderly care unit, an inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facility – inmates are brought here from all over the state – a hospice for the terminally ill and the Department of Mental Health operates an acute care psychiatric hospital on the grounds.
CMF and CSP Solano both have visitor centers that provide visiting assistance to family members and friends of inmates that includes a sheltered place to wait before and after visits, transportation to and from local transit terminals, child care, clothing appropriate for visits on loan and information about local resources.
Prison facilities at a glance
California State Prison – Solano
Address: 2100 Peabody Road, Vacaville
Phone: 707-451-0182
Website: http://cdcr.ca.gov
Size: 146 acres
Warden: Giselle “Gigi” Matteson
Total number of staff: About 1,035
Number of inmates: About 3,800
Annual operating budget: $156 million
California Medical Facility
Address: 1600 California Drive, Vacaville
Phone: 707-448-6841
Warden: Daniel E. Cueva
Total number of staff: About 1,200
Number of inmates: About 2,350
Annual operating budget: $174 million
