California Rehabilitation Center

CRC has and is located next to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division. As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, CRC had a total of 1,169 staff and an annual operating budget of $118 million. It has Level II ("Open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage") housing. As of July 31, 2022, CRC was incarcerating people at 107.2% of its design capacity, with 2,322 occupants. CRC is currently run as a "non-designated" facility, meaning inmates are neither SNY (Special Needs Yard) or GP (General Population). ==Programs==

The best-known of CRC's programs are the "six structured Substance Abuse Programs." It is the "only [California] prison to house felons along with low-level, drug-addicted inmates." The drug treatment programs are thought to be associated with lower recidivism rates. However, the report specifically mentioned the "Quest male civil addict program" at CRC, for which "12-month recidivism rates... were lower for non-participants than for participants." The center runs an actors studio called the Actors' Gang program. The studio participates in Commedia dell'arte, overseen by Tim Robbins and Sabra Williams. ==History==

On the site where CRC now stands, the Lake Norconian Resort opened in 1929 as "the opulent playground of some of Hollywood's biggest names." The Norconian hotel closed in 1940, then served as a Navy hospital between 1941 and 1957. however, in 2002 "CRC vacated the building after learning it had to be seismically retrofitted." In March 2007 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the prison, citing its "huge overcrowding problem" in a speech on his "prison and county jail-building program." About 800 female CRC inmates were moved to California Institution for Women, Central California Women's Facility, and Valley State Prison for Women. In August 2025, it was announced that the California Rehabilitation Center would be closed by Fall 2026. The complete shutdown of the CRC is expected to reduce the state's annual General Fund expenditures by roughly $150 million. ==Notable inmates==

• Archie Bryant – Currently serving a 16 year sentence for his part in the conspiracy to commit murder case of Sunny Han. • Tim Lambesis – Pled guilty to soliciting the murder of his wife, released on parole after serving two years of his six year sentence. • Kellen Winslow II- Former NFL player and a first round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns. On February 19, 2021, Winslow agreed and accepted a 14-year prison sentence for one count of rape and two counts of assault. == See also ==