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At-a-Glance: Corrections Realignment Progress Corrections realignment addressed two issues: a US Supreme Court mandate to reduce overcrowding in CA prisons; and the need to lower state spending in all areas to balance the state budget.
Court-Ordered Targets
188%
180%
181%
CDCR Budget
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132,887
167%
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Fiscal year 2011-12 funding: $9,490,067,000
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202%
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for CDCR Inmate Population Reduction
Fiscal year 2013-14 funding: $8,965,377,000 (a reduction of $525M)
120,946
155%
147%
137.5%
CDCR Budgeted Jobs Approx.
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162,500 inmates
150,000 inmates
144,000 inmates
144,200 inmates
133,000 inmates
124,000 inmates
117,000 inmates
110,000 inmates
Nov. 11, 2006
Aug. 4, 2009
June 22, 2011
Oct. 1, 2011
Dec. 27, 2011
June 27, 2012
Dec. 27, 2012
June 27, 2013
Three-Judge Panel Requested
At Time of Court Order
At Time of Public Safety 6 Month U.S. Supreme Realignment Population Court Ruling Begins Target
12 Month Population Target
18 Month Population Target
Final Population Target
Approx.
*Court-ordered population figures did not include prisoners in firecamps or private facilities.
Fiscal year 2011-12 position authority: 66,201 Fiscal year 2013-14 position authority: 58,773 (a reduction of 7,428 positions) *CDCR Office of Public & Employee Communications
202% –137.5% In 2009 the US Supreme Court mandated that CA prisons reduce their level of overcrowding to 137.5% of capacity. That’s a reduction of 40,000 inmates by December 2013.
Health Care for Offenders To address prisoner health care concerns, the state has invested more than $1 billion in new health care facilities and new treatment space, including a 1,722-bed facility that will open in July 2013.
*Source: http://cdcr.ca.gov/realignment/
Realignment reduces prison population Realignment reduced the total inmate population (including firecamps and private facilities) from 162,576 in September 2011 to 132,512 in February 2013 – slightly over 30,000 inmates. During the same period, it halved the parole population from 126,806 to 63,632. The effects of realignment won’t be fully realized until full implementation in 2015.
Provisions of Realignment All state prison felons will continue to serve
their entire sentence in state prison. All felons convicted of current or prior serious
or violent offenses, sex offenses, and sex offenses against children will go to state prison.
70 additional crimes, not defined in the Penal
Code as serious or violent offenses were added as offenses that would be served in state prison rather than in local custody. All parole revocations will be served in county
jail for a maximum of 180 days. Parole can flash incarceration at local level for
up to 10 days. May 2013
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Fiscal Impact from Realignment
Some offenders will continue to be under state parole supervision:
CDCR estimated savings through Realignment
$3,631,300 $2,681,425 $1,603,890 $1,004,806 $473,300
Inmates paroled from life terms to include third-strike offenders; Offenders whose current commitment offense is violent or serious,
as defined by California’s Penal Code §§ 667.5(c) and 1192.7(c); High-risk sex offenders, as defined by CDCR; Mentally Disordered Offenders
Realignment Projected to Significantly Realignment Projected to Significantly Decrease Inmate Population Decrease Parole Population
Academic and Career Tech Inmate Enrollment Growth Academic : July 2012: 24,775 and December 2012: 30,901 (an increase of 6,126)
+100
Career Technical Ed: July 2012: 3,800 and December 2012: 3,903
Revenues for Realignment (in millions) 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Sales tax $5,107 $5,320 $5748 $6,228 VLF 462 496 492 492 Proposition 63 763 - - Revenues $6,332 $5,816 $6,240 $6,720 VLF = vehicle license fee *Source: LAO Report, The 2012-13 Budget: The 2011 Realignment of Adult Offenders – An Update
Rehabilitative Programs Post realignment, CDCR reinvested in rehabilitative programs. CDCR increased academic enrollment by nearly 7,000 offenders and career technical education enrollment by over 100. In total, over 35,000 inmates participate in educational programs. *CDCR Office of Public & Employee Communications