The facility is also referenced as Solano State Prison, CSP-Solano, and CSP-SOL.

[6] As of February 2011, it had a design capacity of 2,610 but a total institution population of 5,050, for an occupancy rate of 193.5 percent.

[7] As of July 31, 2022, SOL was incarcerating people at 124.7% of its design capacity, with 3,255 occupants.

[11] In 2008/2009 triple bunking was removed and the gyms by August 2009 were not holding inmates.

[citation needed] A 2001 U.S. District Court ruling and a 2002 U.S. Court of Appeals decision supported the "right of Muslim inmates" at SOL "to attend regular weekly religious services and wear beards in accordance with their faith".