The prison authorized to be established by Section 2045 shall be a medium security type institution. Its primary purpose shall be to provide custody, care, industrial, vocational, and other training to persons confined therein. However, the Director of Corrections may designate a portion or all of the prison to serve the same purposes and to have the same security standards as the institution provided for by Article 4 (commencing at Section 2035) of Chapter 1 of Title 1 of Part 3.

The Director of Corrections is authorized to construct and establish a state prison for the confinement of males under the custody of the Director of Corrections.

The facility authorized by Section 2045.10 shall be a combination 1,000-bed Level III and 1,000-bed Level IV prison together with a 200-bed Level I support services facility on the existing grounds of the Correctional Training Facility in Monterey County. The provisions of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code that require consideration of alternatives for a proposed project shall not apply to the project authorized by Section 2045.10.