Chuckawalla Valley and California Correctional Center, both idle prisons, are liabilities. The state must act quickly.” ...

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and visits while they probe a surge in violence this year.

Joshua L. Peppers, 39, was attacked by another prisoner at the Los Angeles County institution March 7 and died at a medical facility, corrections officials said in a statement.

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and visits while they probe a surge in violence this year.

Major employers The two closures currently announced — Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy and California Correctional Center in Susanville — have a number of things in common.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 prisons because of a statewide surge in violence.

David Moreno, 38, was attacked shortly before 9 a.m. at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, according to a statement from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Major employers The two closures currently announced — Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy and California Correctional Center in Susanville — have a number of things in common.

Joshua L. Peppers, 39, was attacked by another prisoner at the Los Angeles County institution March 7 and died at a medical facility, corrections officials said in a statement.

Major employers The two closures currently announced — Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy and California Correctional Center in Susanville — have a number of things in common.

Major employers The two closures currently announced — Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy and California Correctional Center in Susanville — have a number of things in common.