West County Detention Center is a large coeducational adult medium security Contra Costa County

Contra Costa County, California

Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,049,025...

 prison in Richmond, California

Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

 opened in 1991.

Overview

It is located in the Point Pinole area of the city between Parchester Village

Parchester Village, Richmond, California

Parchester Village is a master planned neighborhood majority African-American village in Northwestern Richmond, California that was the first in the state to sell to blacks.-History:...

 to the south, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline to the west and the Hilltop

Hilltop, Richmond, California

Fairmede-Hilltop, more commonly known simply as Hilltop, is a neighborhood located in the northeastern area of Richmond, California.-Overview:...

 area to the east. The prison can house up to 1,104 inmates. There are five different housing areas, four for males and one for females. The prison is served by route 71 AC Transit

AC Transit

AC Transit is an Oakland-based regional public transit agency serving the western half of Alameda County and parts of western Contra Costa County in the western, Bay-side area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area...

bus service 7 days a week and route 376 late night. The jail also houses the county's "special needs" inmates.