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Corrections Department tells Rubio CCFs will shut down

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation this week responded to a letter from State Sen. Michael Rubio, the Bakersfield Democrat, regarding closure of some Community Correctional Facilities, which contract with the state to hold low-level prisoners.

In brief, the letter said closures looming in August for city-owned facilities in Delano and Coalinga would go forward as planned. About 190 people work at the Delano and Coalinga sites.

"The state cannot extend or continue contracts for a population that will no longer be under its supervision," wrote Matthew Cate, secretary of the corrections department, referring to Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to shift low-level prisoners back to county supervision. That upcoming shift has reduced the need for CCFs, a spokeswoman for the governor said last week.

No decision has yet been made on two other CCFs in Rubio's district that are privately owned sites in McFarland, Cate's letter said.

Rubio had asked for an explanation of why the facilities were facing closure. CCFs house prisoners for less money than state prisons and provide jobs in communities hit hard by the recession, Rubio wrote.

See related story at:

http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1158262751/Delano-inmate-beds-to-be-cut-as-state-plans-to-shifts-prisoners

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