SB 261, as introduced, Hancock. Community correctional centers.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to contract for the establishment and operation of community correctional facilities that offer programs for the treatment of addiction to alcohol or controlled substances, based on the therapeutic community model, under certain conditions. Existing law requires each facility under contract to provide programs that prepare each inmate for successful reintegration into society.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 6250.5 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
(a) Thebegin delete Director of Correctionsend deletebegin insert Secretary of the
4Department of Corrections and Rehabilitationend insert may contract for
5the establishment and operation of community correctional
6facilities that offer programs for the treatment of addiction to
7alcohol or controlled substances based on the therapeutic
8community model, only if the cost per inmate of operating the
P2 1facilities will be less than the cost per inmate of operating similar
2state facilities. The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose
3of a therapeutic community program, which emphasizes alcohol
4and controlled substance rehabilitation, is to substantially increase
5the likelihood of
successful parole for those inmates.
6(b) Each facility under contract pursuant to this section shall
7provide programs that prepare each inmate for successful
8reintegration into society. Those programs shall involve constant
9counseling in drug and alcohol abuse, employment skills, victim
10awareness, and family responsibility, and generally shall prepare
11each inmate for return to society. The programs also shall
12emphasize literacy training and use computer-supported training
13so that inmates may improve their reading and writing skills. The
14program shall include postincarceration counseling and care in
15order to ensure a greater opportunity for success.
16(c) The department may enter into a long-term agreement, not
17to exceed 20 years, for transfer of prisoners to, or placement of
18prisoners in, facilities under contract pursuant to this section.
19(d) The department shall provide for the review ofbegin delete anyend deletebegin insert
anend insert
20 agreement entered into under this section to determine if the
21contractor is in compliance with the terms of this section. The
22review shall be conducted at least every five years. The department
23may revoke any agreement if the contractor is not in compliance
24with this section.
25(e) Notwithstanding the Public Contract Code or Article 10
26(commencing with Section 1200) of Title 15 of the California Code
27of Regulations, the Department of Correctionsbegin insert and Rehabilitationend insert
28 shall select an independent contractor to conduct an annual audit
29and cost comparison evaluation of any programs established under
30this section.begin delete Anyend deletebegin insert Aend insert contract for annual audits and evaluation shall
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provide that the annual report, whether in final or draft form, and
32all working papers and data, shall be available for immediate
33review upon request by the department.
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