California Names 5th Prison to close in the Newsom Administration

From Adam AshtonCalmness

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Governor Gavin Newo should not expect many discounts from the next city on the line to lose a state prison.

Norco in Riverside County has been lobbying to close The California Rehabilitation Center argued that the city can find better use for the site. It was a hotel hotel before he was a state prison.

The prison is now about to close in 2026. The Newsom correction department said on Tuesday that the prison was no longer needed due to the falling population of the state.

This will be fIf closed during the Newsom AdministrationS The state expects to save about $ 150 million by closing prison.

Other cities in prison struggled with the closure of state or lobbying to hold on to jobsS

Not Norco. He published a statement on social media, saying that employees expect the “adaptive reuse” of the former hotel.

“The Noro Municipal Council remains hope that one day this historic gem will be restored to its previous fame as a resort and become a regional economic engine,” the city’s statement said.

About 1,200 people work in prison. They do not have to be fired when the prison is closed because some will be able to transfer to other objects.

NEWSOM signals his intention to close another prison when he released his budget proposal in May and faced a $ 12 billion deficit.

The correction department “is committed to managing its resources responsible for raising public safety and best to serve the people of California. California’s budget for 2025-26 has called for closure of prison, one of the many challenging actions needed to deal with the fiscal position of the state.” The Newsom correction department said in a written statement to end the Norco prison.

In the past, the Union representing California Correctional Employees He did not spoke against Newsom prisons. Instead, it works to improve Conditions for pay and work For their members, as the prison population has fallen from the PIC from about 170,000 to today’s 91,000 people.

This changed this week when the president issued a statement criticizing the closure of the NORCO website.

“The prisons (the prison in Noro) eliminates the basic physical space, which relieves overpopulation, supports rehabilitation programming and maintains a working ratio between staff and persons deprived of prisone,” said Neil Flud, President of the California Association of Mira Officers. “This balance is crucial to safety for all Californians: reducing capacity, while increasing population density leads to more violent violence, both in the institutions and outside their walls.”

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