5225 Corrections and Rehabilitation
Major Program Changes
  • Adult Inmate and Parolee Population-The average daily inmate population is projected to increase from 170,641 in 2008-09 to 171,778 in 2009-10, an increase of 1,137 inmates or 0.7 percent. The increase in adult inmate population is largely due to an increase in sentence length for new admissions from the court and a slight increase in parole violators with new terms and parole violators returned to custody. This increase is partially offset by a decrease in new admissions from the courts. The average daily parole population is projected to decrease from 122,872 in 2008-09 to 118,832 in 2009-10, a decrease of 4,040 parolees, or 3.3 percent. The decrease in the adult parole population is largely due to an increase in discharges from parole and a decrease in releases from prison to parole. The fiscal impact of the change in population in 2008-09 is an increase of $23.8 million General Fund and an increase of $412,000 other funds. In 2009-10 the fiscal impact is an increase of $17.5 million General Fund and a decrease of $427,000 other funds.

  • Juvenile Offender and Parolee Population-The average daily population for juvenile facilities is expected to decrease from 1,786 in 2008-09 to 1,551 in 2009-10, a decrease of 235 juvenile offenders, or 13.2 percent. The average daily juvenile parole population is projected to decrease from 1,979 in 2008-09 to 1,774 in 2009-10, a decrease of 205 parolees, or 10.4 percent. The decrease in juvenile offenders and parolees is the result of shifting the responsibility for housing and supervising non-serious and non-violent juvenile offenders to local jurisdictions beginning September 1, 2007. The fiscal impact of the change in population in 2008-09 is an increase of $3 million General Fund, a decrease of $141,000 Proposition 98 General Fund, and a decrease of $11,000 other funds. In 2009-10, the fiscal impact is a decrease of $23.3 million General Fund, a decrease of $2.7 million Proposition 98 General Fund, and a decrease of $167,000 other funds.

  • Prison and Parole Reforms-The Budget includes a decrease of $9.6 million General Fund in 2008-09 and $598.4 million General Fund in 2009-10 related to various prison and parole reforms as proposed by the Administration in the Special Session. This savings would be generated through enhanced credit earnings for inmates, including providing continuous day for day credits for inmates who are in jail pending transfer to a state prison and providing program credits for each program successfully completed by an eligible inmate, eliminating parole for non-serious, non-violent, and non-sex offenders, and by adjusting the threshold value for property crimes to reflect inflation since 1982.

  • New Special Fund for Substance Abuse Programs-The Budget includes $219 million from the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Prevention Fund to be used by the CDCR in place of General Fund to fund the Department's current substance abuse programs for both inmates and parolees.

  • Juvenile Probation Funding-The Budget includes a reduction of $63.3 million General Fund in 2008-09 and $151.8 million General Fund in 2009-10 for local juvenile probation activities as proposed by the Administration in the Special Session. The reduction of General Fund resources is partially offset by a backfill of Vehicle Licensing Fee funds of $38.2 million in 2008-09 and $135.9 million in 2009-10, resulting in total funding of $126.7 million in 2008-09 and $135.9 million in 2009-10 for this purpose.

  • Juvenile Camp Funding-The Budget proposes to eliminate funding to support juvenile camps and ranches beginning in February 2009 as proposed by the Administration in the Special Session. This results in General Fund savings of $12.3 million General Fund in 2008-09 and $29.4 million General Fund in 2009-10.

  • Medical Services Budget-The Budget includes a ten percent unallocated reduction to the Receiver's Medical Services Program, which results in General Fund savings of $180.8 million in 2009-10.

  • Correctional Officer Overtime Adjustment-The Budget includes $35.7 million General Fund in order to adjust the CDCR's overtime base to reflect prior increases in Correctional Officer pay.

  • Division of Juvenile Justice Base Staffing Adjustment-The Budget includes a General Fund reduction of $6.6 million which will be achieved by eliminating positions that are no longer necessary because of the decreasing juvenile population within DJJ facilities. These positions are not required by the Farrell v. Tilton lawsuit and will not impact the DJJ's ability to meet requirements of this lawsuit.