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Downsize this: California prisons to close and shrink

A guard tower near the perimeter of a California prison. (Photo: Joseph Sohm, via Shutterstock)

Under a 2022-23 state budget, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is launching a process to close prisons and deactivate facilities within others. One on the chopping block is Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, a city of 18,000, in eastern Riverside County, that is closing in March 2025.

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