AND ANOTHER CALIFORNIA PRISON BITES THE DUST

By Bob Walsh

 

                                                                In 2016, staff at CCC discovered a large bag containing $212,520 worth of
drugs, tobacco, cell phones and cell phone chargers

 

Buried deep within the intestinal tract of the CA budget just passed this week is a little zinger that will close the California Correctional Center near Susanville, CA not later than June of next year.  It is one of two large prisons in the area and employees about 1,000 people.  

The item in the budget is an apparent attempt to sidestep a lawsuit filed by the city of Susanville asserting that the closure violates both the Environmental Quality Act and the state Penal Code.  A Superior Court Judge issued an injunction against the closure after the suit was filed last year.  The state currently operates 34 prison facilities.  DVI at Tracy closed about ten months ago.  The governor has said he wants to close more prisons to save money and let people out who do not need to be locked up.  Like criminals for instance.