Check out more recent reporting in Cal Matters, from the article: 

"Today, the system is under a court order to limit the number of prisoners to 137.5% of its capacity. The Legislative Analyst’s Office last month reported that prisons have space for 98,000 people, meaning the corrections department has about 8,000 more beds than it needs." 

The LAO report advised lawmakers to reject major infrastructure improvements at prisons that could be shut down, recommending the closure of CTF Soledad due to costly repairs and annual savings of $150 million from closure. 

FULL ARTICLE HERE