BILL ANALYSIS Ó Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair SB 601 (Hancock) Hearing Date: 05/26/2011 Amended: 04/26/2011 Consultant: Jolie Onodera Policy Vote: Public Safety 5-2 _________________________________________________________________ ____ BILL SUMMARY: SB 601 would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to develop a department report card containing specified information for each institution on a monthly basis and post the report card once a month on the department's website. The bill would require both the current and previous monthly reports for each institution to be posted on the department's website. _________________________________________________________________ ____ Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Fund Monthly accountability Minor, absorbable costs to CDCR General reports for each institution _________________________________________________________________ ____ STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED. This bill requires the development of a report card to be created using, when possible, information collected using the Compstat (computer statistics) reports for each institution, including but not limited to the following information: 1) A brief biography of the warden, whether he or she is an acting or permanent warden, and contact information for the warden; 2) A brief description of the prison and the total number of inmates currently residing at the prison; 3) The number of prisoner incidents at the prison; 4) The number of inmates disciplined; 5) The number of inmate appeals of disciplinary actions; 6) Academic programs, including capacity, enrollment, attendance, waiting lists, if any, and number of programs completed; 7) Inmate reading levels; 8) Vocational programs, including capacity, enrollment, waiting lists, if any and program outcomes; 9) Substance abuse and treatment programs, including the number of beds, the percentage of beds occupied, the number of meetings held, and the attendance at those meetings; 10) The number of staff vacancies; 11) Overtime and sick leave totals; 12) The number of workers SB 601 (Hancock) Page 3 compensation claims, including the number of staff persons on leave due to accepted or pending claims; 13) Work orders for repairs; 14) The adverse actions regarding staff; 15) Contraband seized; 16) The budget for the prison, including whether the operations are under or over budget. The CDCR indicates that most of the information required under the provisions of this bill is currently captured in Compstat (with the exception of the warden biography information and brief description of the prison). As a result, the CDCR indicates the costs to create, update and monitor the report card data for all institutions to be posted on the department's website would be minor and absorbable within existing resources. The author's amendments would: Strike all references in the bill to "department report card" and replace it with "Corrections Accountability Report"; Delete the monthly reporting requirement for the following specified data elements - warden information, a brief description of the prison and the total number of inmates currently residing at the prison.