SAN MATEO COUNTY WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL CENTER

San Mateo County – Women’s Correctional Center is classed as a medium security facility. It has a strengthened perimeter fence and electronic detection systems to ensure inmates stay within the confined areas within the facility. To help inmates prepare themselves to rejoin the wider community, offers a wide range of work and treatment programs. The medium classification means that the inmates are supervised 24/7 with controlled movements. Medium and security prisons house more serious offenders, but inmates can also be sent to serve time in a lower security facilities for things like good behavior at the end of a sentence.

San Mateo County – Women’s Correctional Center is a County Jail used by the jurisdictions of San Mateo to confine inmates for short periods while awaiting trial or processing. As inmates are staying for usually less than one year, therefore it has fewer amenities than a jail or prison. Inmates do, however, have access to limited recreation, a library, the telephone, as well as bathroom facilities and with three square meals per day. They may also have a common area in which inmates can socialize. Use the inmate search feature to find an inmate here.