The California state prison system is a system of prisons, fire camps, contract beds, reentry programs, and other special programs administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Division of Adult Institutions to incarcerate approximately 117,000 people as of April 2020.[1] CDCR owns and operates 34 prisons throughout the state and operates 1 prison leased from a private company.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had a $15.8B budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, which was 7.4% of the state budget ,[2] and $13.6 billion ($13.3 billion General Fund and $347 million other funds) for CDCR in 2021-22.[3] The state's prison medical care system has been in receivership since 2006, when a federal court ruled in Plata v. Brown that the state failed to provide a constitutional level of medical care to its prisoners. Since 2009, the state has been under court order to reduce prison overcrowding to no higher than 137.5% of total design capacity.
- ^ "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight April 30, 2020" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. April 30, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "Enacted Budget Detail". California Budget. June 27, 2019. Archived from the original on May 10, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "Governor's Enacted State Budget Fiscal Year 2021-22" (PDF). CCJBH: 16 – via Criminal Justice & Behavioral Health Systems.