Corrections Realignment Progress

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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

ET M TA

132,887

167%

RG

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Fiscal year 2011-12 funding: $9,490,067,000

ET

202%

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ET

TA

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.

Approx.

Approx.

Approx.

Approx.

Approx.

Approx.

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

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