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Posted: 5:55 PM Oct 26, 2009
Calif. Says 3 Low-Level Prisons No Longer Needed
California officials say a drop in the number of minimum-security inmates is allowing them to end contracts with the companies that operate three private prisons.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California officials say a drop in the number of minimum-security inmates is allowing them to end contracts with the companies that operate three private prisons.
The move will save the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation about $15 million a year. The private prisons in Baker, Bakersfield and McFarland once housed a total of 822 inmates.
Department officials said Monday they may seek new proposals to use the prisons for female inmates.
About 2,500 fewer minimum-security inmates are in prison than a year ago. The department credits a new policy that diverts many parole violators who commit relatively minor offenses to community programs instead of sending them back to prison.
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