September 27, 2008
State has no plans to close youth site
The director of the state's youth correctional system said Friday that, contrary to assertions made earlier this week by the prison healthcare receiver, his agency has no plans to close the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility and in fact intends to transfer an additional 80 wards to the site if it remains open.
In a letter to Ventura County officials sent Tuesday, Receiver J. Clark Kelso announced he intends to move forward with plans to convert the facility to a 1,500-bed specialized adult healthcare facility that would house inmates with chronic medical and mental health illnesses.
Kelso wrote he did not begin looking at the 60-acre site near Camarillo until after his staff was "informed by CDCR (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) officials that the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility would be closed…"
LINK - VenturaCountyStar.com
