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  2. Public Safety Realignment initiative - Wikipedia

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    As of 2011, California's state prisons were designed to house approximately 85,000 inmates. At that time, the Prison system housed nearly twice that many, approximately 156,000 inmates. The prison population consisted mainly of men (93%), Latinos and African Americans (roughly 67%), the majority from large urban centers (60% from Los Angeles ...

  3. Prisons in California - Wikipedia

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    The California state prison system is a system of prisons, fire camps, contract beds, reentry programs, and other special programs administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Division of Adult Institutions to incarcerate approximately 117,000 people as of April 2020. [1]

  4. List of California state prisons - Wikipedia

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    FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women. High Desert State Prison: HDSP Lassen: 1995 Yes 2,324 3,286 141.4% Ironwood State Prison: ISP Riverside: 1994 Yes 2,200 3,203 145.6% Kern Valley State Prison: KVSP Kern: 2005 2,448 3,534 144.4% Mule Creek State Prison: MCSP Amador: 1987 3,284 3,948 120.2% North Kern State ...

  5. A rural California prison was set to close this summer. It's ...

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    In this year's budget, the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom said it was "committed to right-sizing California's prison system to reflect the needs of the state" and could close three more ...

  6. Gavin Newsom could save $1 billion by closing 5 California ...

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    Last year, the state’s corrections department spent close to $14.8 billion in General Fund dollars, budget documents show — down from close to $16 billion the previous three years. Newsom’s ...

  7. Opinion: California has a $38-billion deficit. So why ... - AOL

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    California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office anticipates a surplus of 20,000 state prison beds by 2027. Closing 10 state prisons could save billions to address fiscal challenges and ...

  8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    The state asked for bids from private companies, anticipating a major buildout of juvenile prisons. In 1995, Slattery won two contracts to operate facilities in Florida. The two new prisons were originally intended to house boys between 14 and 19 who had been criminally convicted as adults.

  9. Incarceration in California - Wikipedia

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    The California Board of State and Community Corrections tracks 116 county jails across California's 58 counties, with a total design capacity of 78,243 incarcerated people. California's county jails function like county jails throughout the United States: they are used to incarcerated people pre-trial , through a trial and sentencing , and for ...