June 4, 2011
Delano, Coalinga public CCFs set to close (over 1,100 beds vacant)
California has a huge prisoner surplus. Meanwhile, the state is shedding low-cost inmate beds.
Huh?
"It just doesn't make sense," said Delano City Manager Abdel Salem.
Some 594 beds at the city-owned Delano Community Correctional Facility are headed for mothballs when a state contract ends in August. About 87 workers will be laid off, worsening the city's 38 percent unemployment rate...
LINK - Bakersfield.com
