The Director of Corrections with the approval of the Board of Corrections, is authorized to establish a State prison for the confinement of males under the custody of the Director of Corrections.

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 Governor, upon recommendation of the Director of Corrections, in accordance with Section 6050, shall appoint a warden for the California Training Facility. The director shall appoint, subject to civil service, those other officers and employees as may be necessary.

The Director of Corrections may remove a warden at his or her own discretion at any time.

The Director of Corrections shall construct and equip in accordance with law, suitable buildings, structures and facilities for said institution.

The provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 2000) apply to the institution and to the persons confined therein insofar as those provisions may be applicable.

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.