The obscure State Public Works Board is expected Tuesday to clear the way for a new 800-bed dormitory at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa.

But the $276 million addition will do little to ease overcrowding at Donovan because the state is planning to use the new dormitory to accommodate an influx of inmates when a Riverside County prison closes in 2016.

Donovan houses 3,291 convicts in a facility designed for 2,200, putting it at 150 percent capacity, according to Aug. 31 data supplied by the California Department of Corrections….

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