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Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) is a California state prison in unincorporated southern San Diego County, California, [2] near San Diego. [3] [4] It is operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
In an effort to relieve California prison overcrowding that peaked in 2006, CDCR began housing California prisoners in prisons in other states. In 2009, CDCR began to phase out its use of out-of-state facilities, and it stopped incarcerating people in out-of-state facilities in 2019. [7] [8] The facilities were:
CDCR is the 3rd largest law enforcement agency in the United States behind the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the New York City Police Department, which employ approximately 66,000 federal officers and 42,000 police officers respectively. CDCR correctional officers are sworn law enforcement officers with peace officer powers.
CDCR owns and operates 34 prisons throughout the state and operates 1 prison leased from a private company. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had a $15.8B budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, which was 7.4% of the state budget , [ 2 ] and $13.6 billion ($13.3 billion General Fund and $347 million other funds) for CDCR ...
For comparison, the March 2020 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) population report described 182,579 people under CDCR control. [2] BOP facilities are separate from immigration detention facilities operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
[2] [3] As stated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, its overall mission is "to incarcerate and control felons, while providing the opportunity for meaningful work, training and other programs. The prison provides programs for those inmates who are willing to work and participate fully in available programs." [4]
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 .
The prison nursery has a partnership with the Early Head Start program, which provides developmental screenings, childcare, activities for the children, healthy food, and family services. [1] The Mothers at the Washington Corrections Center for Women can choose to have a caregiver who looks after the infant while the mother is at work.