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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Facility Condition Assessment & Evaluation Santa Ana Jail Reuse Feasibility Study and Plan The City of Santa Ana has operated a local municipal jail since 1997. The jail is located at 60 Civic Center Plaza in downtown Santa Ana, California. Santa Ana is the County Seat with a city population of 329,427. It is the second largest city in Orange County which is the 111h most populated County in California. The Santa Ana jail provides custody housing for pretrial and sentenced male/female inmates. The jail is operated as a Type II adult detention facility which mainly houses detained individuals held on State and/or Federal charges. The facility is connected via an underground tunnel to the adjacent Santa Ana County -owned Central Jail. Aerial View. Santa Ana City Jail, 60 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has established a Board -rated housing capacity for the facility of 480 inmates based upon applicable California 1994 Title 24 physical plant minimum jail inspections standards. The facility does have a total maximum physical detention bed capacity for 512 incarcerated inmates. The BSCC rates the detention capacity based on the size of the bed and detention space, number of plumbing fixtures, and the year of the standard that is being applied. 65A-4