Facility at Correctional Training Facility set to close

SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION) The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced a second prison closure within a year Wednesday, but it also two facility closures, including one in Soledad.

The California Correctional Center in Susanville will be closing its doors in June 2022 due to a decrease in the number of inmates in recent years, but the Level I facility at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad is also slated to close by June 30, 2022.

The CTF closure is due to a population reduction, according to the CDCR. The California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi is facing a similar facility closure. The CTF facility is currently at 61% capacity.

The CDCR says inmates in the Level I facilities will not be released early but instead placed into another prison. Credits earned will transfer with them and they will be able to finish courses in progress.

According to the CDCR, Level I facilities and camps have open dormitories and a low-security perimeter. They are considered facilities with the lowest level of security.

The CDCR says the closures are expected to save about $45 million annually and that the state's prison population is the lowest it has been in more than 30 years.