AB 602, as amended, Gallagher. Board of State and Community Corrections.
Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to collect and maintain available information and data about state and community correctional policies, practices, capacities, and needs, as specified. Existing law also requires the board, in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and the California State Sheriffs’ Association, to collect and analyze data regarding local plans implementing the 2011 public safety realignment.
This bill would require the board, in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts,begin insert the California District Attorneys Association,end insert the California State Association of Counties, the California State Sheriffs’ Association, and the Chief Probation Officers of California, to collect and analyze data regarding recidivism rates of all persons who receive a felony sentence punishable by imprisonment in county jail or who are placed on postrelease community supervision. The bill would also require the board to make this data available on the board’s Internet Web site.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 6027 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
(a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall
4collect and maintain available information and data about state
5and community correctional policies, practices, capacities, and
6needs, including, but not limited to, prevention, intervention,
7suppression, supervision, and incapacitation, as they relate to both
8adult corrections, juvenile justice, and gang problems. The board
9shall seek to collect and make publicly available up-to-date data
10and information reflecting the impact of state and community
11correctional, juvenile justice, and gang-related policies and
12practices enacted in the state, as well as information and data
13concerning promising and evidence-based practices from other
14jurisdictions.
15(b) Consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 6024, the board
16shall also:
17(1) Develop recommendations for the improvement of criminal
18justice and delinquency and gang prevention activity throughout
19the state.
20(2) Identify, promote, and provide technical assistance relating
21to evidence-based programs, practices, and promising and
22innovative projects consistent with the mission of the board.
23(3) Develop definitions of key terms, including, but not limited
24to, “recidivism,” “average daily population,” “treatment program
25completion rates,” and any other terms deemed relevant in order
26to facilitate consistency in local data collection, evaluation, and
27implementation of evidence-based practices, promising
28evidence-based
practices, and evidence-based programs. In
29developing these definitions, the board shall consult with the
30following stakeholders and experts:
31(A) A county supervisor or county administrative officer,
32selected after conferring with the California State Association of
33Counties.
34(B) A county sheriff, selected after conferring with the California
35State Sheriffs’ Association.
P3 1(C) A chief probation officer, selected after conferring with the
2Chief Probation Officers of California.
3(D) A district attorney, selected after conferring with the
4California District Attorneys Association.
5(E) A public
defender, selected after conferring with the
6California Public Defenders Association.
7(F) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
8Rehabilitation.
9(G) A representative from the Administrative Office of the
10Courts.
11(H) A representative from a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy
12institute with experience and involvement in research and data
13relating to California’s criminal justice system.
14(I) A representative from a nonprofit agency providing
15comprehensive reentry services.
16(4) Receive and disburse federal funds, and perform all
17necessary and appropriate services in the performance of its duties
18as
established by federal acts.
19(5) Develop comprehensive, unified, and orderly procedures to
20ensure that applications for grants are processed fairly, efficiently,
21and in a manner consistent with the mission of the board.
22(6) Identify delinquency and gang intervention and prevention
23grants that have the same or similar program purpose, are allocated
24to the same entities, serve the same target populations, and have
25the same desired outcomes for the purpose of consolidating grant
26funds and programs and moving toward a unified single
27delinquency intervention and prevention grant application process
28in adherence with all applicable federal guidelines and mandates.
29(7) Cooperate with and render technical assistance to the
30Legislature,
state agencies, units of general local government,
31combinations of those units, or other public or private agencies,
32organizations, or institutions in matters relating to criminal justice
33and delinquency prevention.
34(8) Develop incentives for units of local government to develop
35comprehensive regional partnerships whereby adjacent jurisdictions
36pool grant funds in order to deliver services, such as job training
37and employment opportunities, to a broader target population,
38including at-risk youth, and maximize the impact of state funds at
39the local level.
P4 1(9) Conduct evaluation studies of the programs and activities
2assisted by the federal acts.
3(10) Identify and evaluate state, local, and federal gang and
4youth
violence suppression, intervention, and prevention programs
5and strategies, along with funding for those efforts. The board shall
6assess and make recommendations for the coordination of the
7state’s programs, strategies, and funding that address gang and
8youth violence in a manner that maximizes the effectiveness and
9coordination of those programs, strategies, and resources. By
10January 1, 2014, the board shall develop funding allocation policies
11to ensure that within three years no less than 70 percent of funding
12for gang and youth violence suppression, intervention, and
13prevention programs and strategies is used in programs that utilize
14promising and proven evidence-based principles and practices.
15The board shall communicate with local agencies and programs
16in an effort to promote the best evidence-based principles and
17practices for addressing gang and youth violence through
18suppression, intervention, and
prevention.
19(11) The board shall collect from each county the plan submitted
20pursuant to Section 1230.1 within two months of adoption by the
21county boards of supervisors. Commencing January 1, 2013, and
22annually thereafter, the board shall collect and analyze available
23data regarding the implementation of the local plans and other
24outcome-based measures, as defined by the board in consultation
25with the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Chief Probation
26Officers of California, and the California State Sheriffs’
27Association. By July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the board
28shall provide to the Governor and the Legislature a report on the
29implementation of the plans described above.
30(12) Commencing on and after July 1, 2012, the board, in
31consultation with the
Administrative Office of the Courts, the
32California State Association of Counties, the California State
33Sheriffs’ Association, and the Chief Probation Officers of
34California, shall support the development and implementation of
35first phase baseline and ongoing data collection instruments to
36reflect the local impact of Chapter 15 of the Statutes of 2011,
37specifically related to dispositions for felony offenders and
38postrelease community supervision. The board shall make any
39data collected pursuant to this paragraph available on the board’s
40Internet Web site. It is the intent of the Legislature that the board
P5 1promote collaboration and the reduction of duplication of data
2collection and reporting efforts where possible.
3(13) Commencing on and after July 1, 2016, the board, in
4consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts,begin insert
the
5California District Attorneys Association,end insert the California State
6Association of Counties, the California State Sheriffs’ Association,
7and the Chief Probation Officers of California, shall collect and
8analyze data regarding recidivism rates of all persons who receive
9a sentence pursuant to paragraph (2) or (5) of subdivision (h) of
10Section 1170 or who are placed on postrelease community
11supervision on or after July 1, 2016. The data shall include, as it
12becomes available, recidivism rates for these offenders one, two,
13and three years after their release in the community. The board
14shall make any data collected pursuant to this paragraph available
15on the board’s Internet Web site on a quarterly basis beginning on
16September 1, 2017. As used in this paragraph, the term
17“recidivism” shall have the same meaning as the definition of the
18term developed pursuant to paragraph
(3).
19(c) The board may do either of the following:
20(1) Collect, evaluate, publish, and disseminate statistics and
21other information on the condition and progress of criminal justice
22in the state.
23(2) Perform other functions and duties as required by federal
24acts, rules, regulations, or guidelines in acting as the administrative
25
office of the state planning agency for distribution of federal grants.
26(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to include, in the
27provisions set forth in this section, funds already designated to the
28Local Revenue Fund 2011 pursuant to Section 30025 of the
29Government Code.
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