San Bernardino County Jail, Central Detention

Originally opened in 1971, Central Detention Center (CDC) served as the main county jail for over 20 years. Overcrowding issues in the 1980s resulted in the county constructing the West Valley Detention Center in 1991. Central Jail (as it was previously known) closed for a few years due to budgetary constraints. It reopened in 1994 when the sheriff negotiated a contract with the U.S. Marshal’s Service to house federal inmates.