Contact CDCR

For information about locating, contacting, visiting and corresponding with inmates and juveniles who are in a CDCR prison or juvenile facility, click here or call the following phone numbers:

Adult:

  • ID & Warrants, (916) 445-6713

  • Inmate Check Line (Media), (916) 557-5933

Division of Juvenile Justice (Youth Commitments Only):

  • Ward Master File Unit, (916) 262-1514

  • Intake/Court Services, (916) 262-1521
  • For Employment information, visit Career Opportunities or for:
  • Peace Officer Recruitment information, call: 1-866-232-5627

  • Dental, Mental Health Recruitment and Medical (Juvenile Only) 
    call 888-232-4584 or email careers@cdcr.ca.gov

  • Medical Recruitment (Adult Only) call 1-877-793-HIRE(4473) or email medcareers@cdcr.ca.gov

  • Executive Recruitment information, call: (916) 323-7176

  • Personnel information contact your local Institution Personnel Officer or for Headquarters Personnel Services, call: (916) 324-6919

If you have not been able to resolve an inmate/juvenile issue with the CDCR prison or juvenile facility, click here or call 916-445-1773 for information about independent reviews of complaints.

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