The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature require CDCR to provide it with key information to inform its deliberations about whether the $91  million for separating employee leave cashout payments will be needed in 2029 ‑30 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - In contrast, if the system was at 100  percent of its design capacity, there would be enough budgeted assignments to serve 91  percent of its population. The report did not reach a conclusion about what percent of the population should have an assignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - In addition, the budget includes a $91  million reauthorization of lease revenue authority to construct a mental health crisis facility at CIM and a $11.5  million augmentation in lease revenue authority for an ongoing project to construct heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - As of January  18,  2023, CDCR was responsible for incarcerating a total of about 95,600   people —91 ,300  men, 3,900 women, and 400  nonbinary people. Most of these people —about 91, 000 —are housed in 1  of 32 prisons owned and operated by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686