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Home My WebLink AboutBOARD STANDING COMMITTEES - 04282014 - PPC Agenda Pkt PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE April 28, 2014 1:00 P.M. 651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez Supervisor Federal D. Glover, Chair Supervisor John Gioia, Vice Chair Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee 1.Introductions 2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes). 3. APPROVE Record of Action from the March 24, 2014 meeting. 4. CONSIDER accepting a report from the Sheriff's Office regarding Inmate Welfare Fund programs, inmate telecommunications and visitation policies and related funding at County Adult Detention Facilities. (Assistant Sheriff Matthew Schuler, Sheriff's Office) 5.The next meeting is currently scheduled for to be determined. 6.Adjourn The Public Protection Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Public Protection Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Public Protection Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th floor, during normal business hours. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time. For Additional Information Contact: Timothy Ewell, Committee Staff Phone (925) 335-1036, Fax (925) 646-1353 timothy.ewell@cao.cccounty.us PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE 3. Meeting Date:04/28/2014 Subject:RECORD OF ACTION - March 24, 2014 Submitted For: PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE, Department:County Administrator Referral No.: N/A Referral Name: RECORD OF ACTION Presenter: Timothy Ewell, Committee Staff Contact: Timothy Ewell, (925)335-1036 Referral History: County Ordinance requires that each County body keep a record of its meetings. Though the record need not be verbatim, it must accurately reflect the agenda and the decisions made in the meeting. Referral Update: Attached for the Committee's consideration is the Record of Action for its March 24, 2014 meeting. Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s): APPROVE Record of Action from the March 24, 2014 meeting. Fiscal Impact (if any): No fiscal impart. This item is informational only. Attachments Record of Action - March 24, 2014 PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE March 24, 2014 1:00 P.M. 651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez Supervisor Federal D. Glover, Chair Supervisor John Gioia, Vice Chair Agenda Items:Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee Present: Federal D. Glover, Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Staff Present:Timothy M. Ewell, Senior Deputy County Administrator 1.Introductions Meeting Commenced - 1:02pm 2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes). The Committee received public comment. 3.APPROVE Record of Action from the December 9, 2013 meeting. Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia AYES: Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia Passed 4.APPROVE Record of Action from the February 24, 2014 meeting. Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia AYES: Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia Passed 5.1. ACCEPT the “Design and Implementation Plan For a West County Reentry 5.1. ACCEPT the “Design and Implementation Plan For a West County Reentry Resource Center,” as recommended and amended by the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) and as amended by Attachment D. 2. ACCEPT the “Proposed Plan for an East and Central County Networked System of Services for Returning Citizens,” as amended by Attachments B and C, as recommended by the CCP except with respect to the “sole sourcing” component of the Plan. 3. CONSIDER recommending the approval of the Plans to the Board of Supervisors (Mar. 25, 2014), and providing staff direction on the implementation of the plans. Vice Chair John Gioia, Chair Federal D. Glover AYES: Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia Passed 6.ACCEPT the Draft Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Implementation of the Plan for the establishment of a West County Reentry Resource Center. 1. PROVIDE direction to staff on the RFQ process, timeline and contents of the Draft RFQ as needed. 2. AUTHORIZE the issuance of an RFQ for the Implementation of the Plan for the establishment of a West County Reentry Resource Center. 3. Vice Chair John Gioia, Chair Federal D. Glover AYES: Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia Passed 7.ACCEPT the plan for issuance of Request for Qualifications (RFQs) for the Implementation of the Plan for the Central and East County Networked System of Services. 1. PROVIDE direction to staff on the RFQ process, timeline and contents of the RFQs as needed. 2. AUTHORIZE the issuance of RFQs to implement the Proposed Plan for an East &Central Networked System of Services for Returning Citizens. 3. Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia AYES: Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia Passed 8.ACCEPT a status report on Community Programs funded by AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia AYES: Chair Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair John Gioia Passed 9.The next meeting is currently scheduled for April 28, 2014 at 1:00 pm. 10.Adjourn Adjourned - 2:36pm The Public Protection Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Public Protection Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Public Protection Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th floor, during normal business hours. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time. For Additional Information Contact: Timothy Ewell, Committee Staff Phone (925) 335-1036, Fax (925) 646-1353 timothy.ewell@cao.cccounty.us PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE 4. Meeting Date:04/28/2014 Subject:Update on Inmate Welfare Programs, Inmate Telecom/Visitation Policies offered at County Adult Detention Facilities Submitted For: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner Department:Office of the Sheriff Referral No.: N/A Referral Name: Update on Inmate Welfare Programs, Inmate Telecom/Visitation Policies offered at County Adult Detention Facilities Presenter: Assistant Sheriff Matthew Schuler Contact: Assistant Sheriff Matthew Schuler, 925-335-4643 Referral History: On July 16, 2013, the Board of Supervisors referred a review of the Inmate Welfare Fund (IWF) and inmate visitation policies to the Public Protection Committee for review. The Inmate Welfare Fund is authorized by Penal Code § 4025 for the “…benefit, education, and welfare of the inmates confined within the jail.” The statute also mandates that an itemized accounting of IWF expenditures must be submitted annually to the County Board of Supervisors. On August 12, 2013, the Public Protection Committee received a report from the Sheriff’s Office on, among other things, the inmate telecommunications system in adult detention facilities located within the County. The Committee requested a follow up presentation from the Sheriff’s Office at the September PPC meeting to discuss the contract with Praeses, LLC specifically for reconciliation of inmate telecommunications services. On September 9, 2013, the Committee received an update from the Sheriff's Office regarding consulting services provided by Praesus, LLC to assist in developing an RFP for inmate telecommunications services. During that meeting, the Committee requested a list of programs provided by the Sheriff's Office in Adult Detention Facilities and source of funding. On October 14, 2013, the Committee received a presentation from the Sheriff's Office on programming offered at each of the three County Adult Detention Facilities and identified the related funding source. The Committee requested that the Sheriff's Office return at a future date to continue the discussion and provide information regarding the RFP to be released for a inmate telecommunications provider. Referral Update: The Sheriff's Office will provide an update to the Committee regarding Inmate Welfare Fund The Sheriff's Office will provide an update to the Committee regarding Inmate Welfare Fund programs, inmate telecommunications and visitation policies and related funding at County Adult Detention Facilities. Assistant Sheriff Matthew Schuler will be available to discuss the item and answer any questions that the Committee may have. Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s): ACCEPT a report from the Sheriff's Office regarding Inmate Welfare Fund programs, inmate telecommunications and visitation policies and related funding at County Adult Detention Facilities. Fiscal Impact (if any): No fiscal impact. This report is informational only. Attachments Inmate Programming with Funding Source 2012/13 Inmate Welfare Fund Annual Report Assembly Bill 1876 - as amended April 10, 2014 Penal Code Section 4025 Inmate Welfare Fund Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, and Fund Balance Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2013 Receipts: GTL Telephone Commissions $693,778 Canteen Commissions 713,651 WCDF Inmate Industries 69,222 MCDF Frame Shop 8,146 Investment Interest 977 Miscellaneous 6,761 Total Receipts $1,492,535 Disbursements: Entertainment Purchase of TV’s/VCR’s/DVD’s/Accessories $ Public Performance License & Movie Rental 2,666 Inmate Work Crew Refreshments/Treats 16,302 Sub-Total $ 18,968 Recreation Table/Board Games/Sports Equipment Satellite TV Service $29,741 Sub-Total $ 29,741 Education and Welfare Bay Area Chaplains Contractual Services $115,058 Office of Education Contractual Services 495,271 Library Program 214,984 Inmate Legal Services 43,779 MCDF Landscape Program 36,182 WCDF Inmate Industries 201,038 BART and Bus Tickets 53,250 MCDF Frame Shop Program 19,496 Sub-Total $1,179,058 Personal Care/Hygiene Hair Clippers, Curling Irons, Hair Dryers, Electric Razors, etc.$12,341 Sub-Total $ 12,341 Equipment Maintenance Furniture, Electronic, etc. $10,266 Sub-Total $ 10,266 Other Staff Salaries/Benefits $142,060 Staff Travel Expenses 1,524 Communication 1,481 Office Supplies 142 Office Equipment 1,279 Specialized Services & Supplies 22,198 Sub-Total $ 168,684 Total Disbursements $1,419,058 Receipts less Disbursements $ 73,477 Cash Reserved for Operating Expenses $1,365,571 Total $1,439,048 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2014 california legislature—2013–14 regular session ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1876 Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk February 19, 2014 An act to add Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 22120) to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, relating to county jails detention facilities. legislative counsel’s digest AB 1876, as amended, Quirk. County jails: Jails and juvenile facilities: telephone service contracts. Existing law imposes specified procedural and substantive content requirements on contracts entered into by local agencies, including cities and counties. This bill would require any contract to provide telephone services to any person detained or sentenced to a jail or juvenile facility to be negotiated and awarded to an entity that meets the jail or juvenile facility’s technical and functional requirements for services, and that provides the lowest cost of service to any person who pays for the telephone service. The bill would additionally prohibit a county jail from accepting a any contract to provide telephone services to any person detained or sentenced to a jail or juvenile facility from including any commission or other payment from a telephone company as an incentive to adopt a contract for providing telephone services to inmates of the jail to the entity operating the jail or juvenile facility. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. 98 The people of the State of California do enact as follows: line 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 22120) line 2 is added to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, to line 3 read: line 4 line 5 Chapter 3.2. County Jails Contracts For Telephone line 6 Services in Jails and Juvenile Facilities line 7 line 8 22120. A county jail shall not accept a commission or other line 9 payment from a telephone company as an incentive to adopt a line 10 contract for providing telephone services to inmates of the jail. line 11 22120. (a) Any contract to provide telephone services to any line 12 person detained or sentenced to a jail or juvenile facility shall be line 13 negotiated and awarded to an entity that meets the jail or juvenile line 14 facility’s technical and functional requirements for services, and line 15 that provides the lowest cost of service to any person who pays line 16 for the telephone service. line 17 (b) A contract to provide telephone services to any person line 18 detained or sentenced to a jail or juvenile facility shall not include line 19 any commission or other payment to the entity operating the jail line 20 or juvenile facility. line 21 (c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the line 22 following meanings: line 23 (1) “Jail” means a county jail, a municipal jail, or a privately line 24 operated jail. line 25 (2) “Juvenile facility” means any juvenile hall, camp, ranch, line 26 or other facility where a person is detained as a result of a petition line 27 pursuant to Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions line 28 Code. O 98 — 2 —AB 1876 PENAL CODE - PEN CHAPTER 1. County Jails [4000. - 4030.] ( Heading of Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 50. ) 4025. (a) The sheriff of each county may establish, maintain and operate a store in connection with the county jail and for this purpose may purchase confectionery, tobacco and tobacco users’ supplies, postage and writing materials, and toilet articles and supplies and sell these goods, articles, and supplies for cash to inmates in the jail. (b) The sale prices of the articles offered for sale at the store shall be fixed by the sheriff. Any profit shall be deposited in an inmate welfare fund to be kept in the treasury of the county. (c) There shall also be deposited in the inmate welfare fund 10 percent of all gross sales of inmate hobbycraft. (d) There shall be deposited in the inmate welfare fund any money, refund, rebate, or commission received from a telephone company or pay telephone provider when the money, refund, rebate, or commission is attributable to the use of pay telephones which are primarily used by inmates while incarcerated. (e) The money and property deposited in the inmate welfare fund shall be expended by the sheriff primarily for the benefit, education, and welfare of the inmates confined within the jail. Any funds that are not needed for the welfare of the inmates may be expended for the maintenance of county jail facilities. Maintenance of county jail facilities may include, but is not limited to, the salary and benefits of personnel used in the programs to benefit the inmates, including, but not limited to, education, drug and alcohol treatment, welfare, library, accounting, and other programs deemed appropriate by the sheriff. Inmate welfare funds shall not be used to pay required county expenses of confining inmates in a local detention system, such as meals, clothing, housing, or medical services or expenses, except that inmate welfare funds may be used to augment those required county expenses as determined by the sheriff to be in the best interests of inmates. An itemized report of these expenditures shall be submitted annually to the board of supervisors. (f) The operation of a store within any other county adult detention facility which is not under the jurisdiction of the sheriff shall be governed by the provisions of this section, except that the board of supervisors shall designate the proper county official to exercise the duties otherwise allocated in this section to the sheriff. (g) The operation of a store within any city adult detention facility shall be governed by the provisions of this section, except that city officials shall assume the respective duties otherwise outlined in this section for county officials. (h) The treasurer may, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 53600), or Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, deposit, invest, or reinvest any part of the inmate welfare fund, in excess of that which the treasurer deems necessary for immediate use. The interest or increment accruing on these funds shall be deposited in the inmate welfare fund. (i) The sheriff may expend money from the inmate welfare fund to provide indigent inmates, prior to release from the county jail or any other adult detention facility under the jurisdiction of the sheriff, with essential clothing and transportation expenses within the county or, at the discretion of the sheriff, transportation to the inmate’s county of residence, if the county is within the state or within 500 miles from the county of incarceration. This subdivision does not authorize expenditure of money from the inmate welfare fund for the transfer of any inmate to the custody of any other law enforcement official or jurisdiction. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 251, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.) PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10007.] ( Part 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) TITLE 4. COUNTY JAILS, FARMS AND CAMPS [4000. - 4351.] ( Heading of Title 4 amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 50. )