5225 Corrections and Rehabilitation
Major Program Changes
  • Adult Inmate and Parolee Population-The average daily inmate population is projected to decrease from 163,799 in 2010-11 to 163,152 in 2011-12, a decrease of 647 inmates, or 0.4 percent. The decrease in the adult inmate population is primarily due to a decrease in parole violators returned to custody. The average daily parolee population is projected to decrease from 113,690 in 2010-11 to 107,002 in 2011-12, a decrease of 6,688 parolees, or 5.9 percent. The decrease in the adult parole population is primarily due to non-revocable parolees being discharged from parole. The fiscal impact of the changes in population in 2010-11 is an increase of $108.3 million General Fund and an increase of $171,000 other funds. In 2010-11 the fiscal impact is an increase of $101.6 million General Fund and a decrease of $88,000 other funds.

  • Juvenile Ward and Parolee Population-The average daily ward population is projected to decrease from 1,304 in 2010-11 to 1,269 in 2011-12, a decrease of 35 wards, or 2.7 percent. The decrease in the ward population is primarily due to fewer new commitments. The average daily juvenile parolee population is projected to decrease from 1,554 in 2010-11 to 1,464 in 2011-12, a decrease of 90 parolees, or 5.8 percent. The decrease in the parole population is primarily due to fewer releases to parole as a result of the declining ward population. We note that the parole population projections do not account for the juvenile parole reforms that were included in the 2010 Budget Act that transferred responsibility for supervising wards released from the Division of Juvenile Justice to the counties beginning January 2011. The 2011 May Revision will include adjustments to reflect this policy change.

  • Local Jurisdiction for Low Level Offenders-A decrease of $485.8 million as a result of a proposed change in mission for the state prison system. Under the proposal, persons convicted of nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex offenses, and without any previous convictions for such offenses, would fall under local jurisdiction and the State would be responsible for inmates convicted of the most serious offenses. The savings amount includes a one-time reduction of $150 million for rehabilitative programs, but this funding would be restored in 2012-13, after CDCR has reconfigured its program delivery model to accord with its changed population mix.

  • Elimination of the Division of Juvenile Justice-A decrease of $86.7 million, of which $8.7 million is for Proposition 98, for the elimination of the Division of Juvenile Justice. The state currently houses about 1,300 wards, compared to about 10,000 in the mid-1990s. The population continues to decline because of efforts by local jurisdictions to keep offenders locally, as well as statutory changes that prohibit counties from committing non-serious, nonviolent, and non-sex offenders to the Division.

  • Structural Shortfall-The Budget includes $395.2 million to reflect the true operational costs within CDCR's adult institution budgets. This augmentation will allow the Department to fully fund the salaries and wages of authorized Correctional Officers, Sergeants, and Lieutenants, operate a minimal level of swing space beds, restore erosions to the purchasing power of CDCR's base overtime funding, address health care guarding and transportation deficits, and fully fund the Office of Legal Affairs for the costs they incur related to settlements, judgments, and other court-ordered costs.

  • Revised Receiver's Medical Services Program Savings- The 2010 Budget Act included a reduction to the Medical Services Program that would have achieved an estimated $820 million in savings. However, the Receiver indicates that the Program will not be able to achieve this level of savings, and requested a restoration of $726 million, reflecting a savings of only $94 million of the $820 million target.

  • Reduction to Receiver's Medical Services Program Budget-The Budget includes a reduction of $82.6 million in 2010-11 and $163.2 million in 2011-12 to the Receiver's Medical Services Program, which represents five-percent and ten-percent reductions, respectively. Through administrative actions and statutory changes, the Receiver has implemented various measures that have led to some savings, but the Medical Services Program continues to be costly, at about $11,000 per inmate annually. The proposed reductions could be achieved through other cost-savings measures.

  • Community Corrections Performance Incentive Grants-The Budget includes $59.2 million for the California Community Corrections Performance Incentive Act of 2009 (SB 678). SB 678 established a system of performance-based funding that shares state General Fund savings with county probation departments when they demonstrate success in reducing the number of adult felony probationers going to state prison because of committing new crimes or violating the terms of probation.

  • California Institution for Women Mental Health Beds-The Budget provides $1.5 million in 2010-11 and $10.1 million in 2011-12 for CDCR's Mental Health Program for the operation of 45 licensed intermediate care and acute level beds at the California Institution for Women. This is the Administration's first step to demonstrate to the Coleman v. Schwarzenegger Court that CDCR is committed to and capable of providing inpatient treatment. This responsibility currently resides with the Department of Mental Health, but given court pressure and CDCR's goal of taking over the operation of these types of beds, these resources are critical to CDCR's success.

  • Pre-Activation and Administrative Activities for Projects Authorized by Assembly Bill 900-Assembly Bill 900 (Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007), the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act, authorized funding for various construction projects. The Budget includes approximately $11.7 million for pre-activation and administrative activities to support the following projects: 1) 64 Intermediate Care Facility beds at California Medical Facility; 2) 50 Mental Health Crisis Beds at California Men's Colony; 3) 1,000 Infill Beds at Estrella; and, 4) 1,722 Beds at the Correctional Health Care Facility. These resources are critical to ensure that the facilities are licensed and operational once construction is complete.

  • Receiver Medication Management-The Budget includes $11.9 million on a two-year limited-term basis to provide additional nursing staff to ensure that medication is delivered to inmates in a timely manner without the use of more expensive registry and overtime.