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CDCR Peace Officers are trained to become Sworn Peace Officers of the State of California at the Basic Correctional Peace Officer Academy located in Galt, California. Cadets must complete a 13-week formal and comprehensive training program. The curriculum consists of 640 hours (four months) of training.
The Correctional Training Facility covers 680 acres (280 hectares). As of 2006–2007, there was total number of 1,643 staff and an annual budget of US$150 million. [citation needed] On April 13, 2021, CDCR announced that the Southern Facility would close by July 2022 due to a decreased minimum security inmate population. [5]
The number of prison escapes from California prisons is not officially published. However, a 2018 CDCR press release webpage article states, "Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended."
In response to firefighter labor shortages during World War II, the Rainbow Conservation Camp was established as the first permanent fire camp, in 1946. It was modeled after New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps camps. The program grew to 16 camps throughout California in the 40s and 50s, including the first youth camps.
The current budget, for fiscal year 2022-23, included $14 billion for CDCR. Newsom’s administration has already decided to shut down three California prisons to save money .
During that year, the monthly salary of a prisoner working in the bakery was between $90 ($129.77 when adjusted for inflation) and $100 ($144.19 when adjusted for inflation). KPBS said that bakery jobs were "desirable" compared to clerk and custodial jobs, which pay a monthly salary between $24 and $48.
The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) manages over 100 manufacturing, service, and consumable industries within the 35 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) institutions. It is overseen by the 11-member Prison Industry Board, which is chaired by the CDCR Secretary.
The women's prison has been frequently mentioned in popular film and radio, particularly during the noir era. The Maltese Falcon (1941) Double Indemnity (1944) Nocturne (1946) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Out of the Past (1947) The Hunted (1948) Criss Cross (1949) The Story of Molly X (1949) 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) The Black Echo, 1991