Corcoran State Prison

California State Prison, Corcoran is a state penitentiary in Corcoran, Kings County, California.

The 942 acre (3.8 km²) facility opened in 1988 and was built on what was once Tulare Lake, home to the Tachi Native American people.

It houses almost 5,000 prisoners, although it was designed to bed 3,000. The 1700 person staff uses a budget of $115 million (not including another $30 million allocated for the hospital) to fund the prison.

The prison's most famous inmate is Charles Manson.