CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 561Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and CooperFebruary 13, 2019 An act to relating to prisons. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 561, as introduced, Burke. Prisons: rehabilitation programs.Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to operate the state prison system. Existing law establishes various rehabilitation programs for inmates in the state prison, including literacy, education, and vocational training programs.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons, and would express the intent of the Legislature to require the department to improve the effectiveness of those programs by, among other things, improving the efficient use of existing resources.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) According to a December 6, 2017, report by the Legislative Analysts Office entitled, Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs, California state prisons house nearly 130,000 inmates.(b) While incarcerated in prison, inmates often participate in various rehabilitation programs that seek to improve the likelihood that inmates will lead a productive, crime-free life upon release from prison by addressing the underlying factors that led to their criminal activity.(c) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers inmates various rehabilitation programs while they are in prison, including education and substance use disorder treatment programs. The primary goal of those programs is to reduce recidivismthe number of inmates who reoffend after they are released from prison.(d) Various studies show that when those programs are well designed and implemented effectively, they can reduce the number of inmates who recidivate, and the resulting savings can more than offset the costs of the programs.(e) The department defines recidivism as being convicted of a subsequent crime within three years of release from prison. Of the 36,000 inmates released in the years 201213, the number of inmates who recidivated was 16,500, or 46 percent.(f) Upon admission to prison, the department assesses an inmates rehabilitative needs and assigns the inmate to relevant rehabilitation programs.(g) As of June 30, 2017, 98 percent of the inmate population received a rehabilitation risk assessment. Of those who received an assessment, roughly one-half had a moderate or high risk of recidivating.(h) In the years 201516, almost one-half of inmates were released without receiving rehabilitation programs for which they had an assessed need.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to do all of the following with respect to rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons:(a) More effectively target rehabilitation programs to inmates with the highest risk of recidivism and the highest need for rehabilitation services.(b) Improve the efficient use of existing rehabilitation resources.(c) Improve performance measures in order to conduct regular oversight.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 561Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and CooperFebruary 13, 2019 An act to relating to prisons. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 561, as introduced, Burke. Prisons: rehabilitation programs.Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to operate the state prison system. Existing law establishes various rehabilitation programs for inmates in the state prison, including literacy, education, and vocational training programs.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons, and would express the intent of the Legislature to require the department to improve the effectiveness of those programs by, among other things, improving the efficient use of existing resources.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 561
Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and CooperFebruary 13, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and Cooper
February 13, 2019
An act to relating to prisons.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 561, as introduced, Burke. Prisons: rehabilitation programs.
Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to operate the state prison system. Existing law establishes various rehabilitation programs for inmates in the state prison, including literacy, education, and vocational training programs.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons, and would express the intent of the Legislature to require the department to improve the effectiveness of those programs by, among other things, improving the efficient use of existing resources.
Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to operate the state prison system. Existing law establishes various rehabilitation programs for inmates in the state prison, including literacy, education, and vocational training programs.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons, and would express the intent of the Legislature to require the department to improve the effectiveness of those programs by, among other things, improving the efficient use of existing resources.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) According to a December 6, 2017, report by the Legislative Analysts Office entitled, Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs, California state prisons house nearly 130,000 inmates.(b) While incarcerated in prison, inmates often participate in various rehabilitation programs that seek to improve the likelihood that inmates will lead a productive, crime-free life upon release from prison by addressing the underlying factors that led to their criminal activity.(c) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers inmates various rehabilitation programs while they are in prison, including education and substance use disorder treatment programs. The primary goal of those programs is to reduce recidivismthe number of inmates who reoffend after they are released from prison.(d) Various studies show that when those programs are well designed and implemented effectively, they can reduce the number of inmates who recidivate, and the resulting savings can more than offset the costs of the programs.(e) The department defines recidivism as being convicted of a subsequent crime within three years of release from prison. Of the 36,000 inmates released in the years 201213, the number of inmates who recidivated was 16,500, or 46 percent.(f) Upon admission to prison, the department assesses an inmates rehabilitative needs and assigns the inmate to relevant rehabilitation programs.(g) As of June 30, 2017, 98 percent of the inmate population received a rehabilitation risk assessment. Of those who received an assessment, roughly one-half had a moderate or high risk of recidivating.(h) In the years 201516, almost one-half of inmates were released without receiving rehabilitation programs for which they had an assessed need.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to do all of the following with respect to rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons:(a) More effectively target rehabilitation programs to inmates with the highest risk of recidivism and the highest need for rehabilitation services.(b) Improve the efficient use of existing rehabilitation resources.(c) Improve performance measures in order to conduct regular oversight.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) According to a December 6, 2017, report by the Legislative Analysts Office entitled, Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs, California state prisons house nearly 130,000 inmates.(b) While incarcerated in prison, inmates often participate in various rehabilitation programs that seek to improve the likelihood that inmates will lead a productive, crime-free life upon release from prison by addressing the underlying factors that led to their criminal activity.(c) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers inmates various rehabilitation programs while they are in prison, including education and substance use disorder treatment programs. The primary goal of those programs is to reduce recidivismthe number of inmates who reoffend after they are released from prison.(d) Various studies show that when those programs are well designed and implemented effectively, they can reduce the number of inmates who recidivate, and the resulting savings can more than offset the costs of the programs.(e) The department defines recidivism as being convicted of a subsequent crime within three years of release from prison. Of the 36,000 inmates released in the years 201213, the number of inmates who recidivated was 16,500, or 46 percent.(f) Upon admission to prison, the department assesses an inmates rehabilitative needs and assigns the inmate to relevant rehabilitation programs.(g) As of June 30, 2017, 98 percent of the inmate population received a rehabilitation risk assessment. Of those who received an assessment, roughly one-half had a moderate or high risk of recidivating.(h) In the years 201516, almost one-half of inmates were released without receiving rehabilitation programs for which they had an assessed need.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) According to a December 6, 2017, report by the Legislative Analysts Office entitled, Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs, California state prisons house nearly 130,000 inmates.(b) While incarcerated in prison, inmates often participate in various rehabilitation programs that seek to improve the likelihood that inmates will lead a productive, crime-free life upon release from prison by addressing the underlying factors that led to their criminal activity.(c) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers inmates various rehabilitation programs while they are in prison, including education and substance use disorder treatment programs. The primary goal of those programs is to reduce recidivismthe number of inmates who reoffend after they are released from prison.(d) Various studies show that when those programs are well designed and implemented effectively, they can reduce the number of inmates who recidivate, and the resulting savings can more than offset the costs of the programs.(e) The department defines recidivism as being convicted of a subsequent crime within three years of release from prison. Of the 36,000 inmates released in the years 201213, the number of inmates who recidivated was 16,500, or 46 percent.(f) Upon admission to prison, the department assesses an inmates rehabilitative needs and assigns the inmate to relevant rehabilitation programs.(g) As of June 30, 2017, 98 percent of the inmate population received a rehabilitation risk assessment. Of those who received an assessment, roughly one-half had a moderate or high risk of recidivating.(h) In the years 201516, almost one-half of inmates were released without receiving rehabilitation programs for which they had an assessed need.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) According to a December 6, 2017, report by the Legislative Analysts Office entitled, Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs, California state prisons house nearly 130,000 inmates.
(b) While incarcerated in prison, inmates often participate in various rehabilitation programs that seek to improve the likelihood that inmates will lead a productive, crime-free life upon release from prison by addressing the underlying factors that led to their criminal activity.
(c) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers inmates various rehabilitation programs while they are in prison, including education and substance use disorder treatment programs. The primary goal of those programs is to reduce recidivismthe number of inmates who reoffend after they are released from prison.
(d) Various studies show that when those programs are well designed and implemented effectively, they can reduce the number of inmates who recidivate, and the resulting savings can more than offset the costs of the programs.
(e) The department defines recidivism as being convicted of a subsequent crime within three years of release from prison. Of the 36,000 inmates released in the years 201213, the number of inmates who recidivated was 16,500, or 46 percent.
(f) Upon admission to prison, the department assesses an inmates rehabilitative needs and assigns the inmate to relevant rehabilitation programs.
(g) As of June 30, 2017, 98 percent of the inmate population received a rehabilitation risk assessment. Of those who received an assessment, roughly one-half had a moderate or high risk of recidivating.
(h) In the years 201516, almost one-half of inmates were released without receiving rehabilitation programs for which they had an assessed need.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to do all of the following with respect to rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons:(a) More effectively target rehabilitation programs to inmates with the highest risk of recidivism and the highest need for rehabilitation services.(b) Improve the efficient use of existing rehabilitation resources.(c) Improve performance measures in order to conduct regular oversight.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to do all of the following with respect to rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons:(a) More effectively target rehabilitation programs to inmates with the highest risk of recidivism and the highest need for rehabilitation services.(b) Improve the efficient use of existing rehabilitation resources.(c) Improve performance measures in order to conduct regular oversight.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to do all of the following with respect to rehabilitation programs operated in state prisons:
### SEC. 2.
(a) More effectively target rehabilitation programs to inmates with the highest risk of recidivism and the highest need for rehabilitation services.
(b) Improve the efficient use of existing rehabilitation resources.
(c) Improve performance measures in order to conduct regular oversight.