Notable Inmates
- Elisabeth Anne "Betty" Broderick, a current inmate, was a San Diego socialite who was convicted of the 1989 murder of her ex-husband, Dan Broderick, and his new wife, Linda Kolkena Broderick. She was convicted in 1991 and was sentenced to 32-year-to-life in prison.
- Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, of Charles Manson's "Family", are current inmates. Susan Atkins, another Manson Family member was transferred to Central California Women's Facility in May 2008. Each has repeatedly been denied parole. Most recently, Atkins was denied a compassionate release in July 2008, Krenwinkel had been scheduled to have a hearing in January 2008, but the date was postponed upon request of her new lawyer, and Van Houten received a two-year denial in August 2007. Susan Atkins died September 24, 2009.
- Dorothea Puente "did two years and six months for a forgery conviction" beginning in 1984.
- Cathy Evelyn Smith was in CIW between December 1986 and March 1988 for involuntary manslaughter and drug charges related to the death of John Belushi.
- Brenda Ann Spencer, a current inmate, was convicted of killing two people and wounding nine at a school in San Diego in 1979. It was this shooting that inspired Bob Geldof to write his song "I Don't Like Mondays" performed by the Boomtown Rats.
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