Welcome to the Coalinga State Hospital website. CSH is owned and operated by the State of California and is the newest state-of-the-art forensic facility in the Department of Mental Health system. The State’s goal in the design and construction of this hospital is to ensure a secure and safe environment for patients and staff, while providing the patients with the highest level of therapeutic treatment. Please see Model Sex Offender Treatment Program for a more detailed discussion about the patients and the treatment program.

The maximum-secured forensic facility will ultimately hold up to 1,500 patients – both sexually violent predators and mentally ill inmates from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

This facility is a critical part of Governor Schwarzenegger’s very clear goal to protect Californian’s from sexual predators. Rather than having some of the most serious sex offenders released into the community after serving their criminal sentences, these predators will come to this maximum security psychiatric hospital to receive critical treatment and evaluation.

Coalinga State Hospital is a community within a community and is a full-service hospital, dedicated to rehabilitating the seriously mentally ill.

When the facility is fully operational, it will be the largest employer in the Coalinga area with an annual operating budget of $152 million and more than 2,000 staff.  I encourage you to review our Human Resources page and see if there is a position for you.

I am pleased to introduce Coalinga State Hospital Executive Team. These individuals bring the credentials, as well as the experience to implement the activation of the hospital. If we can be of any assistance, please feel free to give us a call.