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Pelican Bay State Prison is a supermax facility for men located in Crescent City, California. It is located on 275 acres on the North Coast of California, 13 miles from the Oregon/California Border. The institution opened in 1989 to accommodate a need for a growing population of maximum security inmates.
Pelican Bay State Prison is designed to house California’s most serious criminal offenders in a secure, safe, and disciplined institutional setting. Half of the prison houses maximum-security inmates in a general population setting. The other half houses inmates in the Security Housing Unit (SHU), designed for inmates presenting serious management concerns.
Jail Name
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP)
Jail Type
Address
5950 Lake Earl Drive, Crescent City, CA, 95531
Contact Number
City
Crescent City
Zip/Postal Code
95531
State
County
Del Norte County
Inmate Search
SHU inmates are confined to their assigned cells for up to 22 hours a day, and correctional officers deliver food through a slot in the cell door.
In addition to General Population, B Facility operates the Restricted Custody General Population (RCGP), which is a 96-bed unit designed as a transitional program for inmates who are recently released from the SHU to GP that have custodial/security/safety concerns.
PBSP also operates a 400-bed, Level I Minimum Support Facility, which houses non-violent offenders outside of the secure perimeter of the main institution, and a Firehouse with eight full time inmate firefighters.
Pelican Bay has often appeared in pop culture, with references in films like Training Day, Heat, and Miami Vice.
Visiting hours at Pelican Bay State Prison are on Saturdays, Sundays, and four holidays: New Year’s Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The visiting hours are generally between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
To get up-to-date information on visits at Pelican Bay State Prison, call the 800 Visitors’ Information number at 800-374-8474. This number will give you details on lockdowns, medical quarantines, or other circumstances affecting visiting.
We highly recommend that you read the CDCR’s detailed Visitation Guidebook before visiting an inmate. This 28-page book includes detailed information on visiting rules and procedures and it has answers to any questions you might have.
You can also schedule a visit at Pelican Bay State Prison in advance by using the VPASS system. This is required when you are visiting an inmate who is in the SHU because they can only have non-contact visits behind glass.
Getting Approved for a Visit
Before you can visit an inmate at Pelican Bay you must get on the approved visiting list. First, you will need a visitor questionnaire, but the only way to get it is by asking the inmate you wish to visit to send you one. They must sign the questionnaire before sending it to you.
Once you receive it and fill it out, mail the completed questionnaire to:
Pelican Bay State Prison
Visiting Sergeant
PO Box 7000
Crescent City, CA 95531-7299
The prison will notify the inmate if you are approved, and then they must notify you. If you are denied, the prison will send you a letter explaining the reason for disapproval.
General Visiting Rules
The inmates at Pelican Bay who are in general population are allowed contact visits which are restricted to five visitors at a time.
Inmates in the SHU are only allowed non-contact visits where inmates and visitors are separated by a glass partition. You must have an appointment for a non-contact visit.
When you arrive at Pelican Bay for a visit, be sure that you have a current photo ID. Also, be prepared to be searched and to go through a metal detector. The items you bring will go through an X-ray machine.
When you arrive for a contact visit, you are allowed to bring in the following items:
Dress Code
You are required to dress modestly when visiting an inmate at Pelican Bay. The specific dress code is as follows:
Pelican Bay State Prison
5905 Lake Earl Drive
Crescent City, CA 95531
Driving Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/K1RrYN3e2DhrEwUZ8
Phone: (707) 465-1000
Inmate Name, CDCR Number
Pelican Bay State Prison
P.O. Box 7500
Crescent City, CA 95532
Be sure to include the inmate’s name and CDCR number on all correspondence. All mail going into Pelican Bay is inspected by prison staff.
You are allowed to send any of the following items:
You can’t send books directly to an inmate. Instead, they must be sent through approved vendors like Amazon. If you want to send magazines or newspapers, you have to do that via a subscription so it comes directly from the publisher.
You can’t call an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, but the inmates do have access to phones and can call you collect. For complete details on how to call an inmate in California, please click here.
There are three ways to send money to an inmate at Ironwood: using the lockbox, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) online, or mailing a check or money order directly to the inmate. To get complete details about sending money to an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, click here.
If you are interested in a job at Pelican Bay State Prison, you can find available positions on the CalCareers website.
We provide detailed visiting and contact information for Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). If you are have completed a Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) inmate search and have located an inmate, the information on this page will help you to stay in contact. We help you send money to jail, send & receive text messages, and provide the address for in-person visits.
Inmates who are currently imprisoned in Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) can receive money into their commissary account via money order, check or cash. Inmate visitors can also deposit money directly into the inmate's account at prison administrative office. Note: When sending the money via money order or check, mention the inmate id and full name on the back of the slip.
You can send any mail to the inmates who are imprisoned in Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). Please send the mail or package to the address mentioned below.
Inmate Name,
Inmate ID,
5950 Lake Earl Drive, Crescent City, CA, 95531
Please make sure the mail or package that you are sending comes under the list of approved items. For further clarification on the allowed items, contact the prison administration directly on 707-465-1000 .
Note: In case you want to send packages, you need to get prior approval from the prison administration. Contact the prison / jail staff for more information.
Inmates can call to any person outside who are on the approved members list between 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM. The cost of the call is beared by the receiver and the call can be of maximum 30 minutes. During rush hours, the calling time is reduced drastically to 10 minutes.
You need to get yourself registered in the visitors list before visiting any inmate in the prison. If you are visiting someone in Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), make sure you are in approved visitors list. Confirm with the prison authorities before coming to visit the inmate.
Listed below are the basic visitation rules which one must adhere to:
Fill out the form below and receive a detailed report on an inmate. This includes current and previous arrest records, social media handles, current and previous addresses & phone numbers.
Step 2
Enter the inmate personal informations in the required fields
Step 3
Click on the 'Submit' button
You can use the map plotted on the righ to find the driving directions to Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP).
176,449
California Total No. of Inmates
183,334
Number of people under Probation Supervision
259
Prison population rate: 100,000 residents
110,349
Parole Population
40,878
Incarcerated individuals with sentences of 50 years or longer
Sex
%
Total
Male
96.14
97,474
Female
3.86
3,915
Type
%
Total
Committed
49.75
2,055
Detained
48.58
2,007
Diverted
0.29
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