History
The West Facility opened in 1954, and the East Facility opened in 1961. Three female former CMC workers won a 1998 settlement for $4.3 million as a result of a sexual harassment lawsuit, which was "the largest such settlement ever for the Department of Corrections." A San Luis Obispo County grand jury produced a 2005 report observing that "while old and overcrowded, CMC was well maintained."
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