Amended in Senate April 20, 2015

Senate Bill No. 601

Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 27, 2015

An act to begin insert amend Section 3016 of, and to end insert add Section 5055.5 begin delete to end delete begin insert to, end insert the Penal Code, relating to prisons.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 601, as amended, Hancock. Corrections: prisons: begin delete accountability report. end delete begin insert reports. end insert

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. begin insert Existing law requires the Secretary to establish the Case Management Reentry Pilot Program for specified offenders who are likely to benefit from a case management reentry strategy. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to submit a final report of the findings from its evaluation of the pilot program to the Legislature and the Governor by a specified date. end insert

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This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to submit a final report of the findings from its evaluation of the Case Management Reentry Pilot Program to the Legislature and the Governor by no later than July 31, 2017.

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This

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begin insert The end insert bill would begin insert also end insert require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a begin delete Corrections Accountability Report end delete begin delete on January 10, March 15, and a fiscal year-end report, end delete begin insert Data Dashboard on a quarterly basis end insert 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 begin delete average length of lockdowns end delete begin insert number of use of force incidents end insert , 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:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 3016 of the end insert begin insert Penal Code end insert begin insert is amended to
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3016.  

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall establish the Case Management Reentry Pilot
Program for offenders under the jurisdiction of the department
who have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment under Section
1170 and are likely to benefit from a case management reentry
strategy designed to address homelessness, joblessness, mental
disorders, and developmental disabilities among offenders
transitioning from prison into the community. The purpose of the
pilot program is to implement promising and evidence-based
practices and strategies that promote improved public safety
outcomes for offenders reentering society after serving a term in
state prison and while released to parole.

(b) The program shall be initiated in at least three counties over
three years, supported by department employees focusing primarily
on case management services for eligible parolees selected for the
pilot program. Department employees shall be experienced or
trained to work as social workers with a parole population.
Selection of a parolee for participation in the pilot program does
not guarantee the availability of services.

(c) Case management social workers shall assist offenders on
parole who are assigned to the program in managing basic needs,
including housing, job training and placement, medical and mental
health care, and any additional programming or responsibilities
attendant to the terms of the offender’s reentry requirements. Case
management social workers also shall work closely with offenders
to prepare, monitor, revise, and fulfill individualized offender
reentry plans consistent with this section during the term of the
program.

(d) Individualized offender reentry plans shall focus on
connecting offenders to services for which the offender is eligible
under existing federal, state, and local rules.

(e) Case management services shall be prioritized for offenders
identified as potentially benefiting from assistance with the
following:

(1) Food, including the immediate need and long-term planning
for obtaining food.

(2) Clothing, including the immediate need to obtain appropriate
clothing.

(3) Shelter, including obtaining housing consistent with the
goals of the most independent, least restrictive and potentially
durable housing in the local community and that are feasible for
the circumstances of each reentering offender.

(4) Benefits, including, but not limited to, the California Work
Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, general
assistance, benefits administered by the federal Social Security
Administration, Medi-Cal, and veterans benefits.

(5) Health services, including assisting parolee clients with
accessing community mental health, medical, and dental treatment.

(6) Substance abuse services, including assisting parolee clients
with obtaining community substance abuse treatment or related
12-step program information and locations.

(7) Income, including developing and implementing a feasible
plan to obtain an income and employment reflecting the highest
level of work appropriate for a reentering offender’s abilities and
experience.

(8) Identification cards, including assisting reentering offenders
with obtaining state identification cards.

(9) Life skills, including assisting with the development of skills
concerning money management, job interviewing, resume writing,
and activities of daily living.

(10) Activities, including working with reentering offenders in
choosing and engaging in suitable and productive activities.

(11) Support systems, including working with reentering
offenders on developing a support system, which may consist of
prosocial friends, family, and community groups and activities,
such as religious activities, recovery groups, and other social
events.

(12) Academic and vocational programs, including assisting
reentering offenders in developing and implementing a realistic
plan to achieve an academic education, or vocational training, or
both.

(13) Discharge planning, including developing postparole plans
to sustain parolees’ achievements and goals to insure long-term
community success.

(f) The department shall contract for an evaluation of the pilot
program that will assess its effectiveness in reducing recidivism
among offenders transitioning from prison into the community.

(g) The department shall submit a final report of the findings
from its evaluation of the pilot program to the Legislature and the
Governor no later than begin delete three years after the enactment of Assembly
Bill 1457 or Senate Bill 851 of the 2013−14 Regular Session. The
report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code. end delete begin insert July 31, 2017. end insert

(h) Implementation of this article is contingent on the availability
of funds and the pilot program may be limited in scope or duration
based on the availability of funds.

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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 begin delete Corrections Accountability
Report end delete begin insert Data Dashboard end insert as described in subdivisions (b) and (c)
for each institution on begin delete January 10, March 15, and a fiscal year-end
report end delete begin insert a quarterly basis end insert 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 begin delete the three-year statewide recidivism
rate, end delete a brief biography of the warden, including whether he or she
is an acting or permanent warden, begin delete contact information for the
warden, end delete and a brief description of the prison, including the total
number begin insert and level end insert of inmates.

(c) Each report shall be created using begin delete , when possible, end delete begin insert the
following end insert information begin insert already end insert collected using the begin delete Compstat end delete
begin insert COMPSTAT end insert (computer assisted statistics) reports for each prison begin delete ,
or other verifiable information collected by the department, end delete and
shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following indicators:

(1)  begin delete Total budget, including actual expenditures, staff end delete begin insert Staff end insert
vacancies, overtime, sick leave, and number of authorized staff
positions.

(2) Rehabilitation programs, including begin insert enrollment end insert capacity,
begin insert actual end insert enrollment, and diploma and GED completion rate.

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(3) Average length of lockdowns.

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(4)

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begin insert (3) end insert  Number of deaths, specifying homicides, suicides,
unexpected deaths, and expected deaths.

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(5)

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begin insert (4) end insert  Number of use of force incidents.

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(6)

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begin insert (5) end insert  Number of inmate appeals, including the number being
processed, overdue, begin delete and end delete dismissed begin insert , and upheld end insert .

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(7)

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begin insert (6) end insert  Number of inmates in administrative segregation.

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(8)

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begin insert (7) end insert  Total contraband seized, specifying the number of cellular
telephones begin insert and drugs end insert .

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(d) Each report shall also include the following information,
which is not currently collected or displayed by COMPSTAT:

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(1) Total budget, including actual expenditures.

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(2) Number of days in lockdown.

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