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Newsom closed 5 California prisons. Why lawmakers might want to shut one more

by Adam Ashton | CalMatters

BY THE TIME Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves office, California will have five fewer state prisons than when he came into power. Some California state lawmakers want to make it six.  They’re pointing to a new analysis that shows the state’s incarcerated population has fallen so dramatically that California can close another prison and still have capacity for the 90,000 […]

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