On or before January 10, 2021, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall notify the budget committees of each house and the Legislative Analyst’s Office of a specific state-owned and operated prison for closure. On or before January 10, 2022, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall notify the budget committees of each house and the Legislative Analyst’s Office of a second specific state-owned and operated prison for closure. In identifying prisons for closure, the department shall consider the following criteria:
(a) The department shall prioritize closure of prisons with relatively high operational costs or costly infrastructure needs compared to inmate capacity, flexible housing assignment capacity, and long-term operational value.
(b) The department shall consider the cost of rebuilding the capital investments that have already been made in the prison at other prisons, to the extent that those capital investments would need to be rebuilt at other prisons should the prison in question be closed.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 29, Sec. 19. (SB 118) Effective August 6, 2020.)