California Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2027 budget has been criticized for not adequately addressing the high costs and human consequences of incarcerating a growing elderly prison population, as the state prison system increasingly functions as a de facto nursing home.
The California Policy Lab and the Committee on the Revision of the Penal Code have released the California Prison Population Data Dashboards, a public resource providing interactive access to ten years of data about California’s state prison population, including detailed breakdowns by race, gender, age, offense type, and county of conviction.
Senate Bill 75, authored by Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas and co-sponsored by A New Way of Life Reentry Project, has cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee and is now headed to the Assembly floor, and if passed, it would establish the Reentry Pilot Program, providing incarcerated people with pre-apprenticeship training in construction trades and a pathway to employment.
California’s reentry programs have been credited with lowering recidivism rates by 34% for men and 44% for women, while the state has invested $1.7 billion to combat crime and increase police hiring.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced the permanent closure of the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco by fall 2026, citing a historic drop in the state’s prison population and years of grassroots organizing advocating for the closure.
Governor Newsom has decided to close the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco by fall 2026, saving taxpayers over a billion dollars in capital improvement costs and allowing the state to prioritize funding for essential programs.
Harvard-Yale Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety has developed peer-facilitated self-help programs for prisoners in California, providing them with the tools to foster self-awareness, ethical renewal, and constructive positive change.
Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed closing another California state prison as a fiscal necessity and to invest in community-based justice, with CURB advocating for transparency and reinvestment in the process.
California’s prison system is unprepared for climate-related disasters, with outdated evacuation plans, inadequate transportation, and overcrowding exacerbating the risks to incarcerated individuals.
Under Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration, California has shifted its death row policy, transferring condemned individuals to rehabilitation centers and opening access to programs and educational opportunities, while victims’ rights groups have expressed anger and frustration at these changes.
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