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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 ...
The administration fears that operating the state's existing 31 prisons remains necessary to accommodate California's fluctuating inmate population, enhance rehabilitation programs and avoid a ...
In response to a federal order to reduce overcrowding at the state's prison facilities, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation started leasing the facility in 2013 for $28.5 million yearly. [3] [6] Former guards, previously privately contracted, transferred to become state correctional officers after eight weeks of training ...
The prison was scheduled to close in June 2023. [18] [19] However, defenders of the California Correctional Center sued the state, which prompted a judge in rural Lassen County to issue a temporary restraining order which halted the closure. [20] The California Correctional Center was fully deactivated as of June 30, 2023. [21]
The state is closing a major portion of the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, officials announced Tuesday. As part of a string of reductions statewide, the lower-security West Facility ...
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 ...
After the 1952 Kern County earthquake on July 21, "made the brick dormitories unsafe", the institution was closed and the 417 prisoners were sent to the new California Institution for Women in Corona. [11] Plans of the prison drawn by Alfred Eichler in 1930. The prison was reopened in 1954 as CCI, an all-men's prison. [5]
When state authorities announced their plans in 2021 to shut down the California Correctional Center in Susanville, local officials sued, arguing it would devastate the economy of the shrinking ...