Program Enhancements and Other Budget Adjustments
Comprehensive Sex Offender Management Plan

The Administration is committed to ensuring that the public is protected from sex offenders. Consistent with the overwhelming mandate from voters in enacting Proposition 83, the Administration proposes a Sex Offender Management Plan to address this population of inmates and parolees in order to ensure the safety of all Californians, especially children.

Proposition 83 changed the punishment and monitoring of convicted sex offenders. It increased penalties by broadening the definition of certain sex offenses, providing for longer penalties related to specified sex offenses, prohibiting the use of probation in lieu of prison for some sex offenses, eliminating early release credits for some inmates convicted of certain sex offenses, and extending parole for certain types of sex offenders.

Proposition 83 requires lifetime monitoring of specified sex offenders using GPS devices, and places geographical restrictions on where convicted sex offenders may reside. Proposition 83 also changed the laws governing Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs) by making more sex offenders eligible for commitment to state mental hospitals as SVPs and altering the standards for release of SVPs from state mental hospitals.

Prior to the passage of Proposition 83, the Governor convened the High Risk Sex Offender (HRSO) Task Force, which made a number of recommendations relating to the handling of HRSO inmates and parolees. Some of these recommendations were enacted in 2006 legislative measures. The Comprehensive Sex Offender Management Plan is comprised of HRSO Task Force recommendations, related legislation, and implementation of Proposition 83. The Budget includes a total of $30.4 million General Fund in 2006-07 and $122.8 million General Fund in 2007-08 and ongoing for CDCR to implement the Comprehensive Sex Offender Management Plan, specifically:

  • $25.1 million in 2006-07 and $68.1 million in 2007-08 for the Division of Adult Parole Operations to provide GPS monitoring and supervision for 9,000 sex offender parolees pursuant to Proposition 83. These augmentations provide active GPS monitoring and 20:1 parole agent supervision ratios for 3,300 HRSO parolees and passive GPS monitoring and 40:1 parole agent supervision ratios for 5,700 other sex offenders. Active GPS allows offenders to be tracked "near real time" on a computer that is configured to reflect the offenders' location on a map. If the offender violates pre-configured boundaries, an alert is registered and relayed to the parole agent. With active GPS monitoring, detection and alert notification are immediate and the officer can attempt to contact the offender or alert law enforcement within minutes. Passive GPS tracks an offender's daily activities, allows for a "download" of this information, and the monitoring service generates a report for the parole agent the following day.
  • $5.3 million in 2006-07 and $7.5 million in 2007-08 for the Division of Adult Institutions, the Division of Adult Parole Operations, and the Board of Parole Hearings to address increased screening and hearing caseloads resulting from the changes to SVP laws contained in Proposition 83.
  • $42.7 million in 2007-08 for the Department to contract for the treatment of HRSO parolees, per the recommendations of the HRSO Task Force.
  • $1.7 million in 2007-08 to provide contracted biannual polygraph testing for HRSO parolees.
  • $1.6 million in 2007-08 to provide training for parole agents on the Sex Offender Containment Model, polygraph testing, and the State Approved Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO), pursuant to recommendations of the HRSO Task Force and the provisions of Chapter 337, Statutes of 2006 (SB 1128).
  • $600,000 in 2007-08 for the Department to assign four parole agents to SAFE Teams based in each parole region, and to provide staffing support for community outreach and communication efforts related to the placement and monitoring of sex offenders.
  • $600,000 in 2007-08 for the Sex Offender Management Board, pursuant to an HRSO Task Force recommendation that was enacted by Chapter 338, Statutes of 2006 (AB 1015).
Additional funding for the implementation of Proposition 83 is included in the Department of Mental Health budget.
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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS for Corrections and Rehabilitation Back to Top

 Major Accomplishments in 2006-07
 Proposed CDCR Spending for 2007-08
 Program Enhancements and Other Budget Adjustments
  California Sentencing Commission
  Restructuring the State's Approach to Incarceration and Parole Supervision
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  Division of Juvenile Justice
  Critical Information Technology Projects
  Population Policy Adjustments
  Court and Lawsuit-Related Issues
  Other Workload Issues
  Incarceration of Undocumented Felons
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