BILL NUMBER: SB 601	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 5055.5 to the Penal Code, relating to
prisons.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 601, as amended, Hancock. Corrections: prisons: accountability
report.
   Existing law provides that the supervision, management, and
control of the state prisons, and the responsibility for the care,
custody, treatment, training, discipline, and employment of persons
confined therein are vested in the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
   This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a Corrections
Accountability Report  on January 10, March 15, and a fiscal
year-end report,  containing specified information regarding
each institution, including, among other information, the total
budget, including actual expenditures, staff vacancies  and the
number of authorized staff positions  , overtime, sick leave
 ; and the number of authorized staff positions  ,
and the average length of lockdowns,  on January 10, March
15, and a fiscal year-end report,  and to post those reports
on the department's Internet Web site, as provided.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5055.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   5055.5.  (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall develop a Corrections Accountability Report as
described in subdivisions (b) and (c) for each institution on January
10, March 15, and a fiscal year-end report and post those reports on
the department's Internet Web site. The department shall post both
current fiscal-year reports and reports for the immediately preceding
three fiscal years for each institution. The department shall also
post corrections made to inaccurate or incomplete data to current or
previous reports.
   (b) Each report shall include the three-year  statewide 
recidivism rate, a brief biography of the warden, including whether
he or she is an acting or permanent warden, contact information for
the warden, and a brief description of the prison, including the
total number of inmates.
   (c) Each report shall be created using, when possible, information
collected using the Compstat (computer assisted statistics) reports
for each prison  , or other verifiable information collected by
the department,  and shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following indicators:
   (1) Total budget, including actual expenditures, staff vacancies,
overtime, sick leave, and number of authorized staff positions.
   (2) Rehabilitation programs, including capacity, enrollment, and
diploma and GED completion rate. 
   (3) Medical inspection grade.  
   (4) 
    (3)  Average length of lockdowns. 
   (5) 
    (4)  Number of deaths, specifying homicides, suicides,
unexpected deaths, and expected deaths. 
   (6) 
    (5)  Number of use of force incidents. 
   (7) 
    (6)  Number of inmate appeals, including the number
being processed, overdue, and dismissed. 
   (8) 
    (7)  Number of inmates in administrative segregation.

   (9) 
    (8)  Total contraband seized, specifying the number of
 cell phones   cellular telephones  .