Planned closure of Blythe prison draws protest from leaders in Coachella Valley

After the state recently announced that a prison in Blythe will close in a couple years, several Coachella Valley officials have joined in calling ...

March 25, 2023
3:32 AM

After the state recently announced that a prison in Blythe will close in a couple years, several Coachella Valley officials have joined in calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to reverse the decision, which they say could spell the demise of the small town along the California-Arizona border. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced in December that it was beginning the process to close the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe by March 2025 , with plans to offer transfers to the facility's staff and to move the people who are incarcerated there to other facilities.

Tom Coulter