Claim: California's prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it's 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."
Fact-check: TRUE: Rate of Calif.'s prison spending nearly 3x 1970 levels
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Chris Nichols
Date published: 2018-01-25T00:00:00