BILL NUMBER: SB 441	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ducheny

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act relating to corrections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 441, as introduced, Ducheny. Corrections: Department of
Community Corrections.
   Existing law generally regulates the supervision of parolees and
probationers.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create the Department of Community Corrections
and that would transfer parole and probation programs and services
to that department.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would do all of the following:
   (a) Enact an act that shall be known and may be cited as the
California Community Corrections Act of 2009.
   (b) Establish the Department of Community Corrections.
   (c) Transfer all adult parole services, without regard to whether
the parole program has been formally created by statute, currently
operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to the
Department of Community Corrections.
   (d) Transfer all county probation services to the Department of
Community Corrections.
   (e) Authorize the Governor to make final decisions regarding the
placement of specific programs and offices that are not formally
created by statute or specified in this measure in a way that is
consistent with the intent of the Legislature in establishing the
Department of Community Corrections, and the spirit of this measure.
   (f) Create stronger, more focused leadership, increased public
safety, and reduced recidivism by prioritizing parolee and
probationer integration through the provision of targeted risk
reduction strategies and appropriate coordination of case management,
educational and vocational training, job placement, community-based
treatment, and rehabilitation services.
   (g) Create a department that has sufficient focus and
collaboration on public safety and parolee and probationer
rehabilitation to create a more effective and efficient public safety
infrastructure, thereby resulting in decreased crime rates,
incarceration rates, and recidivism.