How Many Prisons Are In California 2024. California is closing prisons because it's incarcerating fewer people, but its corrections spending is as high as ever. Gavin newsom's administration closed the prison in 2021, the first of several that could be shut down because of a steep decline in the state's incarcerated.

Closing five prisons will save the state budget over $1 billion, according to the lao report. The potential closure of several.