CLOSE PRISONS - SAVE BILLIONS - PROTECT VITAL SERVICES

Check out CURB’s Overview of the 2025-26 #MayRevise Corrections Budget to learn about how billions in wasted prison spending could be redirected towards areas currently facing devastating cuts.  tinyurl.com/25-26mayrevise

We have less than one month until the state’s final enacted budget comes out in June. This is a critical time to uplift our budget priorities and advocate for the budget our communities deserve. You can take quick action today at bit.ly/budgetaction25

As a result of sustained community pressure, the May Revise takes one important step in the right direction: it proposes to close one additional state prison by October 2026, with projected annual savings of $150 million.

This affirms what we have always known - prison closures are a cost-effective budget solution. Prior closures, deactivations, and contract terminations have already saved the state an estimated $900 million annually.

However, as California confronts a $12 billion budget shortfall, the May Revise protects prison spending while proposing deep cuts to life-saving programs and services. This contradiction is striking.

Despite a declining prison population, Corrections spending has grown by 39% (2015-16), expanding incarceration budgets while incarcerating fewer people.

‼️As our communities face escalated oppression from state violence, California can and must do more to protect our people. Read more in the #CAbudget overview and join us in urging the state to redirect dollars away from corrections and toward healthcare, survivor services, rehabilitative grants, affordable housing, immigrant legal services, and much more.