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Gavin Newsom announced plans for California to shutter some of its prisons, the state's prison budget is reflecting savings. Newsom announced plans to close two prisons in 2020, citing a declining inmate population,
CoreCivic has reached an agreement with ICE to convert its California City facility into federal immigrant detention.
California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield — are also located in Kern County and run by The Geo Group, another private prison operator.
Justice Department investigation leads to more FCI Dublin corrections officers charged with sexual abuse of women at the former California prison, feds say.