HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03201990 - 2.1 ► TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Costa
a'.
DATE: March 20, 1990
County
SUBJECT: JUVENILE FACILITIES STATUS REPORT
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Accept the report of the County Administrator and the County Probation
Officer on the status of Juvenile Facilities;
2. Accept the report on Electronic Monitoring Surveillance for Juvenile
Offenders;
3. Authorize an appropriation adjustment to implement Level I for the
remainder of Fiscal Year 1989-90;
4. Approve P-300 to establish the necessary positions; and .
5. Direct the County Probation Officer to develop a fee schedule by April 30,
1990 (similar to the one used by the Sheriff's Department) to offset the
costs of the Electronic Monitoring Surveillance program.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Based on a start date of May 1, 1990, the cost of Electronic Monitoring
Surveillance for the balance of this fiscal year will be $23,851. The cost to
continue Level I through fiscal year 1990-91 is $119,594.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
On February 13, 1990 the Board of Supervisors directed the County Administrator
and the County Probation Officer to investigate the effect of the closure of the
Boy's Treatment Center on overcrowding issues at Juvenile Hall; investigate the
possibility of obtaining private funding for juvenile justice needs: seek the
cooperation of Central Labor Council and Building Trades Industry to establish a
partnership similar to previous one with painting contractors; provide training
for Juvenile Hall residents and at the same time upgrade facilities; and
establish data for a presentation to County's Legislators regarding the need to
provide more state funding for juvenile justice needs.
The County Probation Officer has provided two reports which address the
questions raised by the Board of Supervisors. The first report, "Contra Costa
County Probation Department Program Description of Electronic Monitoring
Surveillance for Juvenile Offender" addresses the issue of overcrowding at
Juvenile Hall. The report recommends that a twenty unit electronic monitoring
program linked with the Sheriff's electronic monitoring program begin
immediately.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES Signature:
1
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other
Signature(s)-
Action of Board on: MAR 2 0 1990 Approved as Recommended Other X
DIRECTED staff to prepare letter to Congressman George Miller
thanking him for discussing Juvenile Justice needs with
Supervisor Schroder and working with Gerald Buck on the
resolution of funding issues .
Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent- Abstain- Attested: MAR 2 0 1990
cc- County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
County Probation Officer the Board of Supervisors
Office of Revenue Collection and County Administrator
By: !. �.//i DEPUTY
3 Page Two
The second report, "Juvenile Facilities Status Report" addresses overcrowding as
well as other concerns of the Board. The 20 bed Monticello Living Unit is being
used 7 days a week for sleeping; Byron Boys' Ranch, which has a maximum capacity
of 74 youth, has a population in the mid-fifties; Intensive Home Supervision is
being used; and a program for Electronically Monitored Home Confinement has been
proposed.
The report explores the potential of outside the County funding resources in the
private sector, as well as other potential funding sources; use of volunteers;
the State's role in providing probation services locally; Apprenticeship
Programs; and Technical Assistance and Research.
I
'Prbba"tion Department Contra Gerald S. Buck
Cournp Frooauon Officer
Administrative Offices Costa
10th Floor County
Administration Building
651 Pine Street
Martinez, California 94553-1289
(415) 646-2700
To: Phil Batchelor, @ Date: 3/5/90
County Administrator
Fro n,: Gerald S. Buck, Subject: Juvenile Facilities
County Probation Officer Status Report
Although the February census at Juvenile Hall was a little below
that of January, the facility remains at or beyond its operational
capacity. Population averages since November have been:
Ave. Daily Pop. Low High
November 109 83 122
December 105 81 131
January 130 105 152
February 128 113 144
There have been no unusual incidents at Juvenile Hall in the past 30
days.
The Byron Boys ' Ranch population has dropped off to the mid-fifties
allowing the waiting list to be negated. The Girls ' Treatment
Center remains filled to its capacity, including some preplacement
cases .
Incidents Analysis and Report:
Under separate cover February 15 , 1990 , we provided a complete
report of incidents between November ist and January 30th.
Electronic Monitoring Proposal:
Under a separate cover dated February 28 , 1990 , we submitted a
project proposal for the implementation of electronically monitored
home confinement, including staff and budget augmentation needs.
Phil Batchelor -2- 3/5/90
MeasuresiTaken,, Planned and Proposed to Alleviate Juvenile Hall
Population, Tensions and Violence:
Measure Probation Budget
-Cov, rage
1. Greater use of Monticello backup Funded thru 7/1/90
unit. Opened 3 p.m. - 7 a.m. on
2/20/90. Planning to open 24 hours,
7 days effective 4/1/90 if needed.
2 . Use of Boys ' Ranch beds. for youth in Funded thru 7/1/90
Juvenile Hall underway. Bed space is
available.
3 . Additional temporary help staff for Funded thru 7/1/90
home supervision of 45 youth released
from Juvenile Hall implemented.
4 . Continued use of "Andersen House" six Not funded, Dept.
bed preplacement private facility. absorbing cost of
100% occupancy guarantee to provider. $35, 000 in FY 89-90 .
5. Provision of needed Mental Health Not funded.
services. Director of Health Services
requested to assess needs and determine
costs. Await report.
6 . Implement electronically monitored home Not funded, requested.
confinement 5/1/90 .
7 . Intensive supervision of *high risk Not funded.
cases and institutional aftercare.
8. Privately operated 20 bed Transition Not funded.
Center using AFDC-FC effective 7/1/90 .
9 . Reduce Juvenile Probation supervision Not funded.
caseloads to acceptable standards per
risk/need classification.
Board of Supervisors Comments, Suggestions and Direction of 2/13/90
and 2/6/90:
A. Use of 20 Bed Monticello Living Unit at Juvenile Hall:
The Board of Supervisors has not provided funds to Probation for
the use of this living unit. In order to put into use partially
in FY 1989-90, it was necessary to close the Boys ' Treatment
Center 11/1/89 and to shift savings to the Juvenile Hall budget.
This has permitted use of the unit at three levels when needed:
Phil Batchelor -3- 3/5/90
Level I - Sleeping only.
Level II - Afternoon, evening and sleeping.
Level III - 24 hour, 7 days/week operation.
The unit has been used for sleeping all year in order to
minimize the need to sleep three residents in a two person room
on other units.
On 2/20/90 the unit was opened for more hours at Level II using
it as an "honors" unit for the better behaved Juvenile Hall male
residents.
Plans are in place to fully operationalize the unit 4/1/90 if
needed. The unit is staffed by hiring additional temporary
employees who are dispersed throughout the facility.
Insufficient authorized positions prohibit the hiring of regular
employees to staff the unit. Funds are available in the
Probation Department budget to operate the unit full time 4/1/90
to 7/1/90.
Greater use of the unit has reduced population density tension
and has allowed more vulnerable residents to be separated from
those who are more aggressive. It is proposed that regular use
of Monticello be staffed and funded in FY 90-91 and thereafter
so long as there is a need.
B. Use of Available Boys ' Ranch Beds:
The Byron Boys ' Ranch has a maximum capacity of 74 youth.
Recently the population has been in the mid-fifties. Staff are
constantly screening adjudicated Court wards (male) who might be
suitable for housing at the unsecure Boys ' Ranch. This resource
will continue to be used to its capacity. Funds for additional ,
staff to accommodate residents above 64 are needed for FY 90-91 .
C. Maximize Use of Intensive Home Supervision as an Alternative to
Juvenile Hall:
Temporary help staff are used to maintain small caseloads for
the 45 youth in this status. The cost for this is absorbed by
the Department and has not been funded by the Board of Super-
visors. Limited funds are available for regular staff via the
State funded CJSSP.
D. Electronically Monitored Home Confinement:
A proposal has been submitted to institute a program of 20 slots
effective 5/1/90 at a cost of $23 , 851 for FY 89-90 and an annual
cost of $119 , 594. It is also projected that the program could
be expanded to 40 slots at a total annual cost of $191 , 820 .
Phil Batchelor -4- 3/5/90
E. Use of Volunteers:
The Probation Department remains committed to the use of
volunteers in its facilities and in Probation field services and
victim/witness programs. The Senior Tutors in Detention Program
remains active at the Ranch and Girls' Center. When the Boys'
Center closed it instituted a program at Pride House which has
been a great success.
In addition, the Juvenile Hall Auxiliary and the Chaplaincy
Program make extensive use of volunteers in Juvenile Hall. In
all, 2 ,717 hours of service were received from volunteers in the
past three months by an average of 141 individuals volunteering
their time to youth in our care.
Yet more could be done if we had the services of a volunteer
coordinator as we once did before out budget cuts. We have
contacted Jim Rydingsword who has indicated he would make the
services of his volunteer coordinator available to us to assist
in the recruitment, screening, training and support of
volunteers.
In addition, Judge Minney has made a commitment to pursue the
involvement of the professional community as volunteers along
the line of the Volunteers in Parole Program of the California
Youth Authority. We will provide .whatever assistance we can to
develop such a program.
F. Explore Potential of Outside the County Funding Resources in the
Private Sector:
We have been attempting to reach Dr. Jerry De Angelis of Health
Care Delivery Services to determine whether or not there remains
to be a possibility of this agency, in conjunction with Dr . Saul
Kest, developing additional residential programming on the
County grounds of the Juvenile Hall Complex. To date we've not
yet been able to make this contact.
G. Briefing and Tours of Juvenile Hall by the County' s Legislative
Delegation - State' s Role in Providing Probation Services
Locally:
Invitations have been extended to Senator Boatwright, Assembly-
man Campbell, Assemblyman Baker and Congressman George Miller to
visit our facility and learn more about our situation. To date
none have responded or visited.
The Chief Probation Officers of California are hosting a
Legislative Reception at the State Capitol March 7 , 1990 . Each
of our State representatives has been invited to attend.
Phil Batchelor -5- 3/5/90
Attached are materials I prepared which will be a handout to all
who attend. You' ll see that the Blue Ribbon Commission on
Prison Overcrowding has made several suggested steps to
alleviate overcrowding and massive costs of prison construction
and operation. Many relate to the State sharing in the costs of
Probation Services. To institute this a Community Corrections
Act is proposed which would provide a State subsidy to Probation
costs. Should legislation be introduced to this effect, Contra
Costa County should make a major investment in lobbying its
enactment.
H. Apprenticeship Programs for Youth:
We are supportive of such programs and the exterior painting
project was a successful venture. There are, however, a limited
number of maintenance tasks which are suitable for an appren-
ticeship program. We remain alert to opportunities. We've also
been increasing our vocational experience programs at the Ranch
with the help of County Schools and the General Services
Department.
I . Other Potential Funding Sources:
1 . Contacts are being made with cities and schools to
encourage the development of prevention and diversion
services. An "Adopt a Probation Officer" initiative has
commenced in the County wherein we would provide a special
duty officer if another governmental entity is willing to
pay the cost.
2 . Bond Initiative Legislation 1990 - The Chief Probation
Officers, along with the California Youth Authority and the
good offices of Senator Robert Presley, is pursuing
legislation, SB 1094, which would place another bond
initiative before the voters in November for jails and
juvenile facilities. We are actively lobbying to maximize
the portion of the bond fund which would be dedicated to
local juvenile facilities. Independent architects have
found that $280 million is needed in California to remodel,
upgrade or replace county juvenile facilities operated by
Probation Departments. Contra Costa County should actively
lobby enactment of SB 1094 and should lobby for the bond
funds needed for juvenile facilities.
3 . AB 2939 ( Campbell) , sponsored by Contra Costa County, will,
if enacted, allow expansion of Family Preservation Services
and Placement Diversion through the use of State funds.
There is substantial potential for Probation to be
positively impacted by the bill' s passage.
Phil Batchelor -6- 3/5/90
4 . Use of Title IVe Social Services funds for administrative
and case management costs to Probation for placement
services . The Contra Costa County Department of Social
Services is putting such costs for Probation into its plan
for next year which will have to be approved by the State
and Fcderal agencies. In addition, I and Mr. Rydingsword
serve on a State Advisory Council to the State Department
of Mental Health. One purpose of this council is to
leverage more federal funds for seriously emotionally
disturbed youth being provided services by Probation
Departments . We' re told there is a potential for $13
million to this cause statewide.
J. Technical Assistance and Research:
1. California Youth Authority - We have requested technical
assistance from CYA in the form of an assessment of our
Juvenile Hall population and our procedures. A copy of my
letter dated 2/23/90 has previously been provided to your
office. We are asking that such an assessment be completed
in 60 days.
2 . Analysis of Boys' Ranch and private placement youth
population - We have made preliminary contact with the
National Council on Crime and Delinquency and the Institute
for Social Change at U. C. Berkeley to examine the
feasibility of research under their auspices . Both are
interested, but lack the resources needed to proceed.
We have also been in contact with architects and planners
at "The Design Partnership" (John Kibre) to explore their
interest in conducting an analysis of the relationship
between negative behavior by residents and the density of
population and configuration of the facility.
On 2/26/90 we learned of an OCJP RFP for Juvenile Justice
Research which has $173 , 000 available through grants to
conduct this type of research. We hope to be able to
submit a proposal by the deadline of March 15 , 1990 .
3 . Congressman George Miller has offered to assist us in
securing a consultant to examine the workings of this
County' s Juvenile Justice System. We' ll soon be meeting
with his staff to explore this further.
4 . The 1982 Juvenile Corrections Master Plan is being updated
by the CJA/CAO under the guidance of a multi-disciplinary,
cross governmental advisory group and an architectural
advisor. This work should be completed by the summer of
1990 . It will concentrate on the facilities, future needs
and alternatives to incarceration.
Phil Batchelor -7- 3/5/90
As you can see from the length of this status report, several
measures have been taken, others require funding and yet others are
pending and have long range potential.
Our goals have not changed:
I . Keep youth out of the Juvenile Justice System_ through
prevention and diversion.
II . Keep youth out of detention through use of safe and
creative alternatives to confinement.
III . Minimize time in confinement through selective use of
early release.
IV. Maximize the effectiveness of community based Corrections
to avoid need for detention and to minimize recidivism.
GSB:ds
Attachments
cc: Judge John C. Minney
Juvenile Justice Commission
Youth Services Board Dept. Heads
Rich Rose, CYA
Greg Miller, CJA
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT
.PROGRAM DESCRIPTION OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING
SURVEILLANCE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS
GERALD S. BUCK - COUNTY PROBATION OFFICER
I . INTRODUCTION - JUVENILE INSTITUTIONAL OVERCROWDING
The problem of overcrowding at our juvenile
institutions has been on-going for the last several years.
During the last few months, the problems have become
increasingly acute resulting in institutional tension and
stress, and several incidents of violence. The Probation
Department has dealt with institutional overcrowding by
implementing innovative diversion and early release
programs. To a significant degree, these programs have been
successful in stabilizing the institutional population;
however, with the increasing social problems of teenage drug
use and sales, and the violence associated with this drug
life style, the need to detain seriously delinquent and
disturbed youngsters has become epidemic. With this
dramatic change in our institutional population, the need
has developed for the Probation Department to implement
additional alternatives to incarceration programs able to
handle higher risk youngsters.
The use of electronic monitoring with juvenile
offenders has significant potential to assist in controlling
institutional overcrowding and in improving community
surveillance and monitoring of juveniles. This technology
offers the Probation Department the opportunity to screen
additional youngsters for home release who previously would
have been considered unacceptable for early return to the
community.
In June of 1989, the Sheriff' s Department implemented
its electronic monitoring program, the "CUSTODY ALTERNATIVE
BUREAU, ELECTRONIC HOME DETECTOR PROGRAM" as a means of
dealing with jail overcrowding and maximizing use of
alternatives to incarceration consistent with public safety.
It is the intent of the Probation Department to join with
the Sheriff' s Department in its use of the Vorec
Corporation' s Voicenet Electronic Monitoring System.
The Probation Department is proposing a two level
approach to use of electronic monitoring for juvenile
offenders: Level I will immediately impact the Juvenile
Hall population by releasing minors home on electronic
monitoring; and Level II will early release juvenile wards
from our county institutions on electronic monitoring as
part of a furlough program impacting the institutional
population.
II . THE GENERAL USES OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING
The Contra Costa County Probation Department has been
. following the development of electronic monitoring
technology over the last several years. We have observed
that there has been dramatic increase in its use,' first with
1
adult offenders and. more recently . with juveniles. Studies
show that electronic monitoring systems are labor intensive
requiring additional personnel and equipment costs, but that
these costs are significantly lower than maintaining
offenders in institutional facilities. It is a sound cost
avoidance financial approach.
Electronic monitoring monitors an offender' s compliance
with curfew restrictions mandated in the terms of his/her
release. It offers an alternative to incarceration, and an
intermediate sanction without jeopardizing community safety.
It is a means of insuring strict compliance to detention
and/or probation orders and it is a proactive means of
supervising juvenile offenders in the community. Studies
indicate that electronic monitoring allows minors to remain
at home keeping families intact, increases family
cooperation, allows minors to remain in the community and
attend the community schools, avoids less delinquently
oriented minors from being incarcerated with "hard core"
delinquents, and allows families to function together to
keep minors at home.
Electronic monitoring has frequently been used in
conjunction with home supervision and intensive supervision
programs. Our survey shows electronic monitoring being used
as follows: During pre-court detention as an enhancement to
home supervision and home detention programs; as an adjunct
to probation or as an intermediate sanction in probation
violation matters; used in conjunction with commitments to
institutions where electronic monitoring can be used prior
to actual commitment to a facility, or as part of an early
release program from county institutions; and used with
serious juvenile offenders as a condition of probation.
III . WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF' S DEPARTMENT
The county entered into an agreement with the Vorec
Leasing International Corporation on June 23, 1989, and the
Sheriff' s department implemented its electronic monitoring
program shortly thereafter. The Sheriff ' s electronic home
detention program is under the jurisdiction of the Custody
Alternative Bureau of the Sheriff' s Department and is housed
at the Martinez Post Office, 1000 Ward Street, Martinez.
The Voicenet system consisting of two independent computer
systems is housed at this facility with program personnel.
The Sheriff ' s Voicenet System has the ability to handle
200 offenders. Currently the Sheriff ' s Department has
twenty offenders on the program and it is projected that
eventually they will reach fifty, far below the system' s
capacity.
2
Lt. Thomas Lambert, Officer in Charge of this program,
has expressed full cooperation with the Probation Department
in the joint use of this system. He indicated he will
assist us in every way possible. There has been some
preliminary discussion about sharing of clerical staff with
the Sheriff' s Department.
IV. THE VOICENET ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM
The Voicenet system developed by the Vorec Corporation
is a hybrid system which combines the features of continuous
signaling and programmed contact. The Sheriff' s Department
selected this system because of its integrated
active/passive capabilities. Voicenet is a computer
controlled system that uses biometric voice identification
to ensure that clients are "where they are supposed to be" .
It is a computer controlled system that also has a
continuous-signal monitoring system. The "active" dimension
of the system is composed of a radio-frequency transmitter
that fits on the offender' s ankle and transmits to the voice
clarification unit from anywhere inside an assigned radius.
Any interruption in the signal prompts the unit to run a
voice test before calling the violation into the central
monitoring station. Each voice verification unit is polled
by the computer daily and files a log of all voice tests,
radio frequency interruptions and telephone line and power
outages. The computer prints out a daily report, as well as
weekly and/or monthly reports.
All of the computer equipment for the Voicenet system
is now housed at the Sheriff' s office in Martinez . The
Probation Department plans to share the data control system
(IBM PS 60 computer system) with the Sheriff and install our
own violation station at Juvenile Hall with purchase of the
smaller computer (IBM PS 30) . We have decided to locate our
electronic monitoring violation station at the site of our
Home Supervision program at Juvenile Hall because of similar
functions and our hall' s central location to our client
population. Due to limited space, we will be requesting
that a second trailer be added to the Juvenile Hall
Intake/Home Supervision program unit to house the new
equipment and additional staff.
V. JUVENILE ELECTRONIC MONITORING
An electronically-monitored home confinement program
for juveniles implemented in Contra Costa County will serve
the following purposes:
1. Have an alleviating affect on the high population
at Contra Costa Juvenile Hall:
2. Provide a relatively safe alternative to secure
3
custody for , those minors who present a reasonably
low risk to • the persons and property of the
community.
3. Provide juveniles with the earliest possible
opportunity to reunify with families, reenter the
community, and return to the routine of school.
We will be developing a two level program. the first
to be implemented will be our Level I program, "ELECTRONIC
MONITORING HOME CONFINEMENT PROGRAM" . This program will be
an adjunct to our existing Home Supervision program at
Juvenile Hall and will commence operations as soon as
possible. Our Level II program, "ELECTRONIC MONITORING
COMMUNITY TRANSITION FURLOUGH PROGRAM" , to be implemented in
the future, will early release appropriate juvenile wards
from our county institutions on electronic monitoring. This
will have the effect of directly impacting our county
institutions' population.
A. LEVEL I - ELECTRONIC MONITORING HOME CONFINEMENT
PROGRAM
As a means of directly impacting our Juvenile
Hall population, we will be implementing our
Electronic Monitoring Home Confinement Program.
Following screening by .designated staff, this
program will be available to appropriate minors
who are being detained at Juvenile Hall on new
arrests, on violation of probation matters, and on
arrest warrants. This program will be available
for use by the Probation Department' s Intake
Probation Officers, Field Probation Officers, Home
Supervision Counselors, and the Juvenile Court
following appropriate screening procedures and
agreements/contracts between authorities and the
parents/guardians and the juveniles.
The successful implementation of this program
will be dependent upon careful screening by
Electronic Monitoring Staff. Our research would
indicate that program success will be dependent on
screening the "right" minors for the electronic
monitoring program for a limited time period up to
30 days..
The minors released on the Electronic
Monitoring Home Confinement Program will be
monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with
an established minimum number of face-to-face and
school verification contacts. Those minors who
violate the terms and conditions of the Home
Confinement Contract will be returned to Juvenile
Hall.
4
One Home Confinement Officer, one Probation
Aide, and one experienced level clerk will be
assigned to this operation and attached to the
Intake/Home Supervision Unit at Juvenile Hall. It
is projected that the three staff members will be
able to adequately handle 20 minors in the program
performing the below listed general tasks:
1. Case screening
2. Instructions to parents and minors
3 . Agreements and/or contracts
4. Interview information and collection of
minor' s daily routine schedule
5. Set up of electronic monitoring
equipment
6. Computer data input
7 . Monitoring computer output
8. Face to face field contacts
9. School verification
10. Retrieval of electronic monitoring
equipment
11. Violation Reports
So as not to automatically eliminate minors
who may not have home telephones, we are
considering the feasibility of having telephone
lines installed where appropriate and/or deploying
the electronic equipment in such a way where
telephone lines are not required. The Voicenet
System can be accessed at the home by a field
officer using a lap top computer. The use of
VorecIs electronic system is flexible and can be
used differently for individual cases. We will
receive technical assistance and training from the
Vorec Corporation and the Sheriff ' s Department.
The experience of other counties indicates
that juveniles are on the electronic monitoring
systems an average of 20 days. At full
5
implementation with a .,case load of 20 juveniles,
therefore, this program would potentially be able
to handle 365 juveniles per year.
B. LEVEL II - ELECTRONIC MONITORING COMMUNITY
TRANSITION FURLOUGH PROGRAM
This Level II approach will be directed at
our county institutions, primarily our Byrons Boys
Ranch. We need to develop a more structured
community transition program. We can improve our
community surveillance efforts with the
introduction of electronic monitoring, offering us
the opportunity to furlough some wards on
electronic monitoring that we previously would not
have considered for early release.
To implement the Electronic Monitoring
Community Transition Furlough Program, we will be
required to employ a second Home Confinement
Officer. This officer will be responsible for
supervising up to 20 wards.
This Home Confinement Officer will be housed
at our Juvenile Hall with the other electronic
monitoring staff, as there is a functional need to
be centrally located with other personnel from the
program. Structured appropriately, this offers
the program the ability to improve overall daily
coverage by scheduling our employees on different
shifts. Though a second Home Confinement Officer
is needed for this project, we are not projecting
a need for an additional aide and clerk. Once
established, this computer generated technology
program will be able to handle the Community
Transition Furlough Program wards without
additional clerical support. The additional field
checks required, with the addition of Level II ,
will be handled by team deployment of surveillance
staff .
As in the Home Confinement Program,
institutional staff and the electronic monitoring
team will be required to select appropriate wards
for the program. The tasks described above will
also hold true for this program. In this
transition program, though, electronic monitoring
staff will have the direct assistance of
supervising Deputy Probation Officers who have
case responsibilities for wards released from our
institutions. In West County, most of these wards
6
will be assigned to the Juvenile Intensive
Supervision program, providing even more
structure, contacts, and support.
VI . COST RECOVERY
The Probation Department will attempt to retrieve some
of the costs associated with electronic monitoring from
parents of our minors, based upon ability to pay. It was
learned that Riverside and Orange Counties do not charge
fees for electronic monitoring of juveniles; however, we are
of the opinion that equipment costs should be passed on to
the parents. At. Level I , we are projecting revenue
potential of about $14,000 per year. If the collection of
fees is feasible, we will be requesting that the Office of
Revenue Collection provide the services of determining
ability to pay and collection of fees.
VII . CONCLUSION
During the last several years, the advancement of
electronic monitoring as an alternative to incarceration and
an enhancement to community supervision and surveillance has
been just short of phenomenal. Though most agencies have
followed the pattern of implementing electronic monitoring
first with adult offenders, recently the courts and juvenile
authorities have begun implementation of electronic
monitoring programs with juveniles. Authorities have
approached the use of this technology with juveniles with
some reservation because of the maturity level of minors and
the political implications of placing electronic devices on
"kids" . These concerns, however, appear unfounded. The
research seems to show that electronic monitoring appears to
be as effective with juveniles as with adults with proper
screening and implementation, and there appears to be
minimum stigma associated with juveniles wearing anklets
which are easily covered by clothing. In some instances, it
has been reported that teenagers have handled negative peer
pressure by showing friends the attached anklet or wristlet
and expressing they had to refrain from anti-social
behavior. This is positive use of authority.
7
The Probation Department has been faced with issues of
juvenile institutions 'overcrowding over the last several
years. We have dealt with this problem by utilizing several
diversion and/or early release programs. But with a
noticeable change in our institutions population and the
closing of our Boys Center, we are now required to seek
additional alternatives to incarceration.
These alternatives are in the area of community home
detention type programs, and we are recommending the two
level approach as described above. Though electronic
monitoring is being recommended primarily as a means of
reducing institution population pressures, Probation
Officers are also seeking assistance in improving community
supervision and surveillance efforts on their large case
loads.
The Sheriff ' s Department has now been operating its
electronic monitoring program for some seven months. They
have agreed to cooperate with us by sharing the Voicenet
system, reputed to be the "best" system available. We will
share some equipment, purchase some of our own, and
cooperate in a joint innovative program.
Electronic monitoring is not inexpensive. It is,
however, less costly than institutions and will enhance
surveillance and supervision of probation juveniles in the
community. The applicability of electronic monitoring in
juvenile probation can be far reaching as it has the
potential to be utilized at a number of different junctures
in the juvenile court system offering us a new technological
corrections alternative.
8
ELECTRONIC MONITORING COST ESTIMATES
LEVEL I
PERSONNEL• .
FY 89-90 FY 90-91
4/1 5/1 6/1 7/1/90-9/30/90 10/1/90-6/30/91
GC III $11,055 $7,370 $3,685 $11,055 $34,891 $45,946
PROB AIDE $7,449 $4,966 $2,483 $7,449 $23,464 $30,913
1/2 CLK EXP $3,792 $2,528 $1,264 $3,792 $11,943 $15,735
TOTAL $22,296 $14,864 $7,432 $22,296 + 70,298 = 92,594
ONE-TIME EQUIPMENT:
(1) , IBM PS/2 Model 30 $1750
(1) IBM Color Monitor $420
(1) Hayes 1200 Modem $425
(1) IBM Pro Printer XL $420
$3,015
(1) Uninterruptable Power Supply $1,500
(2) Direct Dial Voice Grade Lines $200
$1 ,700
$4,715
ANNUALIZED OPERATION:
20 Electronic Monitoring Sets @$3.56/da:x365days $26,280
2. Direct Dial Voice Grade Lines @$30/mo.x12 $720
$27,000
START-UP LEVEL I:
FY 89-90 FY 90-91
4/1 5/1 6/1 7/1/90-6/30/91
Personnel $22,296 $14,864 $7,432 + $92,594
Equipment $4715 $4715 - $4715 + -0-
Operation $6408 $4272 $2136 + $27,000
33,419 $23,851 $14,283 $119,594
LEVEL II
ADDITIONAL GROUP COUNSELOR III AND 20 ELECTRONIC MONITORING SETS
FY 90-91
2 GC III $91,892
1 Prob Aide $30,913
1 20/40 Clk Exp. $15,735
Operation $53,280
$191,820
I
3C7
CHIEF PROBATION OFFICERS OF CALIFORNIA
10TH ANNUAL
LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION
March 7 , 1990
"Get Tough on Crime: Support Community Corrections"
GET TOUGH ON CRIME: SUPPORT PROBATION
A state that does not provide adequate support
for all components of the Criminal justice
System is soft on crime !
Failure to invest in community based Probation
Services, caseloads of 2, 000, absence of Probation
investigations, and a lack of intermediate
sanctions is being soft on crime!
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
ON
. INMATE POPULATION MANAGEMENT
"The Criminal Justice System in California is out of balance
and will remain so unless the entire State and local
CrLminal Justice System is addressed from prevention through
discharge of jurisdiction. "
"Without significant changes in Criminal Justice policies
and practices , it is estimated that an additional $5 . 22
billion will be necessary to build sufficient prisons , jails
and State youth facilities to meet the demand by 1994 . 1"
Major Finding: Probation Departments are inadequately
funded
'Alms
'Affop-
AMMW�
AFMr
Afflf
AW
VAIMEW !CHIEF FPROBATIOt,.,' OFFICERS of CALIFORNIA
CPOC LEGISLr`=VE PLATFORM
1989-91
PLANK ONE: CPOC will pursue legislation which will provide
funding for Probation Services which is linked
to elements of the Justice System it supports .
Such funding may include state and/or local
revenues which would provide necessary and
mandated services required to improve the cost
effective administration of justice and
corrections.
PLANK TWO: CPOC will pursue leoiSlation which recognizes
the need for locally operated, coTanuni tv based
juvenile detention and treatment facilities and
which recognizes that such facilities cannot be
1u_1 _L,,, funded b-,, county -revenue resources. s
Plan}: w-J -11 include the foilowing -: egislative
nu, s U 4L t s
mnlementation off Prop. 86 ( ' 98"
-ion opera�_-ea
Sh.ared fund' ng -fc- 'Prc_-
camps , -ranches and scho:,-Is -
-Dursu-'_ Of
7en _C_
n 4e_s a n. C.
—c- ' - Z- es
r7-;Z- w-- 1 be p-roac-- ve - n ' 7— pursu` i an"
c-- leg isiague reme_-f'ies to c_-_-recz_non
o-verc_-owdlng at the state an-1
oca v e ch e n tr a-z I ccs-
e-ffective use c_ comur-Unizy
wLil, in cooperation, assoc-'La-
' ons , oraan� za-_i an(i agencies , sppc�*rt a tax
n-, ,z-,. a v e wh', c h w sou-ce of:
reven--le for t_'he -fun_`,_2ng c--: -and
Comomun .-Z-,- zased ccrreczlonal services .
12/6%88
1989 LEGISLATIVE PROGRM
-he Chief Probation Officers of California, in pursuit of its
Legislative Platzfcrm, w-4 -1 -1 pl_-rsue and support legislation whi-c"n
1 . Implement Proposition 86 in a manner which provides
optimum ut-i -liz-azion of bond -funds to improve the
provision of locally run juvenile detention and
c 0__r e C _4 on a I facilities .
Permit -.he use c-f c.-FDC_rr board and care funds -,:c,-
the purpose off implementing programs wn_4ch -w-ill
nrevenz and divert --*.,,-- need to remove delinuuenzs
from their fam-flies to be placed in �`cSzzer care .
M, Cr
-ease of SK- -, n s
d'e'_a ed n Tuve: I; I e_ I..as upon c e r _L f:i c a-,L 41 on -:'-,a
i-._-Jen ile System has exceeded. i :s
car�acizy by 20% or More .
4 . impo-sizion of :Eees _or services
- -* s-s and wi' �_-h due process
,.? --n an abilizy to pa-, e..:
Z`e
on y v I c m s a n a i n e s s e s c h I r r h z; J or
L.."1.. release G'« c. zenceLs :rcm, S-:a7ze
( C�
r
r
0
AtIr
its
"lo
o
y \ g
r I
c
o N �
o �
b
O
a_ 43 rL 0
-j"o m a U 0 Op
3 9� cn
2 !t PC;
CLQ — 41
C 0 E IP E a)
Cl
6.
w p 43
M EE
cl U U cc
cl
Lo C, C, Q N ro
T— Uw 0
rr—
W
m �
mU—
m U-
0
co
VCQBE � n)
OO ip m
U E- 0 -5
co
N
cr) :3 U-
CID 1p --- ------ w
cl 0)
Ul C>
C'o
L;
Z:
C-0
d6. 71
a;
L;
w w C DCA
<
J.- c—
V3 u co
in
CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPENDITURES
1982/83 TO 1987/88
PERCENT CHANGE
200
1840
180
160
140
120 0
Lu 106%
100
O
U
L
80 CD 66
�- CHANGE IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES
Luz
L
62%
60
a 510
o 470 410
40 Q c
z ~ O o
C � L
O N U z H
Ln Lu
20 1 -1 N Q n
C = o
C C
O
_ G
0
GOVERNOR' S PROPOSED BUDGET 1990-91
FOR YOUTH AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL AGENCY
Change From
1989-90
Department of Corrections
General Fund $ 2. 2 billion + 130
Prison Bonds 58 million +1160
Department of Youth Authority
General Fund $398 million + 5 .70
Bond Funds 2 million + 180
Board of Corrections
General Fund $556 , 000 + 3%
Jail Bonds 203 million + 390
Total YACA $2, 939 ,731 , 000 + 14 . 60
Jail Budgets Total 1987-88 $714 million Up 14 . 80
from 1986-87
Probation Budgets Total 1987-88 $549 million Up 2 . 60
from 1986-87
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
"The Commission has concluded that the function of Probation
in California must be expanded into a system of adequately
funded, highly structured correctional supervision within
the community. "
"Although Probation is the overwhelming disposition of
choice in most felony cases, Probation Departments receive
increasingly smaller proportionate shares of the Criminal
Justice budget. In the last 20 years:
Courts - up 196%
Prosecution - up 179%
Law Enforcement - up 169%
Probation - up 98%1"
"The direction of fewer resources to Probation Departments
has resulted in overwhelming increases in caseload size. An
increase of from 50 to 70 per officer in 1980 has risen to
100 to 400 in 1989 . 11
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
MAJOR RECOMMENDATION
That the Legislature adopt a Community Corrections Act to:
- Provide . State funds to local government to
- Expand community based intermediate sanctions or punishment
options for
- Offenders who are short-term new prison commitments, less
serious juvenile offenders, adults who would otherwise be
committed to jail, and certain parole violators.
- The goal of this act would be to enhance community
responsibility for their offenders and to maintain public
safety by dealing with some of the causes of recidivism.
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACT
Community Corrections refers to those locally operated programs
which provide for offender supervision and programming in lieu of
confinement in a State operated institution, either by diverting
offenders at sentencing or expanding options for early release
from prison. (Blue Ribbon Commission)
A Community Corrections Act is a statewide mechanism through
which funds are granted to local units of government to plan,
develop and deliver correctional sanctions and services at the
local level. The overall purpose of this mechanism is to provide
local sentencing options in lieu of imprisonment in State
institutions. (McManus & Barclay, 1981)
EIGHT ELEMENTS WHICH CHARACTERIZE
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACTS
1 . A clearly defined target group of prison-bound offenders -
Usually non-violent adults and juveniles who fit a profile.
2 . A subsidy to a local unit of government -
A State-local partnership of State funded locally
administered programs and supervision.
3 . A performance factor or enforcement mechanism -
Funds tied to targeted offenders and penalties for exceeding
State commitment limits .
4 . Local involvement in planning -
Community advisory groups to develop policies and
procedures .
5 . An annual comprehensive plan -
A product of local agencies and advisory groups ; as an
expression of local commitment.
6 . A formula =or calculating subsidy_ amounts -
A basis for allocation of funds , charge backs or withholding
conditions linked to incarceration rates , at risk population
and crime rates .
7 . Voluntary participation on the part of local aovernments -
Financial incentives encourage but do not mandate.
8 . Restrictions on use of subsidy funds -
Prohibitions to spend on jails and supplantation.
STATES THAT HAVE LEGISLATION
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
Arizona* Kansas Ohio
Colorado Kentucky* Oregon
Connecticut Maryland Pennsylvania*
Florida Minnesota Tennessee
.Illinois Nevada* Virginia
Indiana New Mexico Wisconsin*
Iowa New Jersey*
Community Corrections legislation in these states was created for
a variety of purposes, with both broad and narrow focus. Several
states* have integrated formulas for state funding of. locally
administered supervision programs.
California has the County Justice System Subvention Program ( 1978
AB 90) . CJSSP came on the scene in the year of Proposition 13
and has not resulted in program expansion, nor has it resulted in
any diminishment of state commitments. It did aid in avoiding
further reductions in community based programs and supervision.
At the local level, Probation must compete with other justice
agencies and community based programs. Probation receives about
55% of CJSSP funds. These funds have not been increased for
several years and have not kept pace with inflationary costs.
Probation has utilized CJSSP funds primarily for the construction
of juvenile camps, ranches and schools and for intensive
supervision programs.
It should be noted that AB 90 ( 1978 ) was also enacted to provide
funds for new local mandates as required by AB 3121 ( 1977 ) .
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
ON
INMATE POPULATION MANAGEMENT
Executive Summary of Final Report
January 30, 1990
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Inmate Population Management has completed its work, and its final
report has been released to the Legislature. The Commission was established in 1987 by Senate Bill 279 by
Senator Robert Presley. The Commission was established to examine prison and jail overcrowding,inmate
population projections, options for criminal punishment, and make recommendations to the Governor and
Legislature.
The following presents a summary of the Commission's predominant conclusion,major findings,and major
recommendations.
PREDOWNANT CONCLUSION
The criminal justice system in California is out of balance and will remain so unless the
entire state and local criminal justice system is addressed from prevention through
discharge of jurisdiction. Judges and parole authorities lack sufficient intermediate
sanctions to make balanced public safety decisions.
This conclusion is supported by the following:
• In sentencina decisions judges lack sufficient intermediate sanctions between routine
probation and local or state incarceration. Judges must balance punishment, public safety,
and effectiveness; and, given limited resources have increasingly selected incarceration.
Similarly, parole authorities lack sufficient intermediate sanctions when making decisions
on parole violators. Parole authorities must now choose between continuing a parole violator
on parole or returning him to prison for up to one year. They must also balance punishment,
public safety, and effectiveness; and, given limited resources, have dramatically increased
reincarceration as their choice.
• The Commission has determined that insufficient prevention efforts,intermediate sanctions
and programs for those incarcerated exist; and as a result, there are offenders on probation
and in prisons and jails who judges and parole authorities would and should manage
differently if these additional sanctions were available.
• The Commission further concludes that it is in the state's interest to fund, regulate, and
monitor the expansion of these additional intermediate options in an effort to reduce the rate
of increase of state prison and jail populations without compromising public safety.
1
MAJOR FLNDLNGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Commission has developed many findings and recomm---ndations, of which the following are
considered the most significant.
Major Findings
The following are the most significant Commission findings on overcrowded prisons, youth, and jail
facilities:
• The currently authorized building program for CDC, CYA, and local jails will have
completed approximately 80,000 beds with an expenditure in excess of$6 billion by the early
1990s.
• In 1994, when currently authorized construction is completed, prisons will be more
overcrowded than they are today (168% vs. 189%), and jails will only be slightly less
overcrowded, given the current population projections.
• CDC's inmate population has increased from about 22,500 in 1979 to over 86,000 today.
• CDC, CYA,jail inmate, and juvenile halls, camps and ranches populations are projected to
increase from 172,030 today to 249,263 in 1994.
1989 1994 -% Increase
CDC 86,746 136,640 58%
CYA 8.329 9,478 14%
Jails 67,956 9 3.00 3 37%
Juvenile 8.999 10.142 131X=
172,030 249,263 45%G
NOTE: Juvenile halls. camps and ranches data is the average daily population for
all of calendar year 1988. County jail populations as of June 30., 1989 for comparison
purposes. Population figures for CDC and C'Y'A are as of November 5, 1989,
• Without significant changes in criminal justice policies and practices, it is estimated that an
additional $5.22 billion will be necessary to build sufficient prisons,jails, and state youth
facilities to meet the demand by 1994.
Building to % New Bed Cost
I
of Car)acitv of Shortfall (In Millions)
CDC 130% 39,000 $3,500
CYA 100% 2,522 127
Jails 100% 21,403 1490
62,925 $5,217
• CDC's annual operation budget increased from approximately$300 million in 1980 to about
$1.8 billion today and is projected to exceed $4 billion by I994-199 .
• State and local corrections must be viewed as a system in developing corrections policy.
Prison overcrowding is contributed to by probation underfunding and jail overcrowding and
underfunding. The corrections system is presently lacking sufficient integrated strategies to
manage probation,jail, and prison populations.
• Court ordered population caps on 18 county jails in California(accounting for approximately
73 percent of the jail population) are contributing to prison overcrowding because jails no
longer retain state parole violators as they once did.
• An increasing share of the state general fund budget is allocated to corrections, from about
2 percent in FY 1981-82 to over 6 percent in FY 1989-90.
• The relationship between public safety, recidivism, and substance abuse is undeniable and
significant. Drug and alcohol abuse is a major contributor to the increase in parole violators
and new commitments to CDC, CYA and local corrections. However, CDC has very few
drug and alcohol treatment programs in its prisons or available to parolees to intervene with
this major contributor to criminality. There is presently no legislative mandate or adequate
resources for the corrections systern to do anything significant with substance abusers while
they are confined.
• There is substantial inmate idleness due to a lack of programming and work opportunities and
the resources to fund such ventures. unemployment is a major problem among parolees and
contributes to their likelihood to recidivate.
• Approximately 20,000 new commitments and parole violators. who were released from
prison in 1988 spent less than three months in prison: 32.000 served less than six months:and
46.000 served less than onenear. The Commission questions the public safety value and cost
effectiveness of such very short stays in prison if other effective intermediate sanctions were
available.
• Parole violators returned to prison in 1978 totalled 1,011, increased to 34,014 in 1988, and
are projected to increase to over 83,000 by 1994.
• Insufficient intermediate sanctions between probation and incarceration are available to
judges and parole authorities for certain offenders.
• Certain individuals with no history of violence and noncareer offenders are likely target
populations for intermediate sanctions or punishment options other than prison. These
include less serious juvenile offenders, the short-term stay new commitment (less than one
year with emphasis on those serving less than six months with CDC),the substance abusing
offender, and the parole violator returned to prison for less than six months, particularly
technical violators.
3
•
The proliferation of sentencing and enhancement laws as developed by the Legislature has
resulted in a "piecemeal" approach to sentencing without attention to any precise sentenc-
ing structure. The result has been the development of an extremely complex system which
now has become veru difficult to administer.
Major Recommendation
The Commission has formulated approximately 40 recommendations of which the following are considered
the most significant:
• The Commission recommends the Legislature adopt a Community Corrections Act to
provide state funds to localities through grants and contracts,to significantly expand public
or community based intermediate sanctions or punishment options such as electronic
surveillance, house arrest, intensive probation supervision, work furlough. mother-child
programs, community service, victim restitution centers and programs, community deten-
tion, and substance abuse residential and non-residential treatment programs. The target
offender population for this act would be very short-term new prison commitments, some
less serious juvenile offenders, and certain parole violators and offenders who would
otherwise be sentenced to county jail. The goal of this act would be to enhance community
responsibility for their offenders and to maintain public safety by dealing with some of the
causes of recidivism.
• The Commission recommends that CDC, CYA and local corrections also significantly
expand their intermediate sanctions or punishment options for parole violators through the
regular state budget process.
Z7 -
•
The Commission recommends the creation of a Sentencing Law Review Commission
consisting of representatives of all segments of the criminal justice system to review and
make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature regarding certain adult and juvenile
sentencing issues including:
Clarification and simplification of the state sentencing structure:
The efficacy of establishing a sentencing ---id or -uidelines incorporating local and
state punishment options.
Establishing an ongoing monitoring process to review the effects of existing or
revised sentencing laws and advising the Governor and Legislature; and
The effects of jail population caps on public safety, prison, and Jails.
• The Commission recommends that CDC, CYA, the Board of Corrections, and local
correctional agencies should immediately develop and implement a state and local correc-
tions substance abuse strategy to systematically and aggressively deal with subs.tance
abusing offenders while they are under correctional supervision, because this is perhaps the
most significant contributing factor to prison and jail overcrowding.
4
Other Significant Recommendations
• The Board of Prison Terms and the Youthful Offender Parole Board should establish clear
guidelines governing criteria used by CDC and CYA Parole Divisions to assist them in
making parole decisions. Additionally, CDC must develop specific and consistent criteria
to be used in determining which parolees should be continued on parole and which should
be referred to the BPT.
• CDC, CYA, the Board of Corrections, and local correctional agencies should establish a
Corrections Coordinating Council to initiate the development of a state and local strategy for
inmate population management and construction. This Coordinating Council should
develop and pursue implementation of policies, procedures and strategies for more effi-
ciently managing and coordinating the state's incarcerated population at state and local
levels, as well as identifying overall state and local corrections construction needs. The
Commission recommends the Corrections Coordinating Council should include the follow-
ing issues in its ongoing effort:
Methods which would result in an improved balance between expanded intermediate
sanctions and construction of facilities.
Methods by which location of community corrections facilities could be expedited.
Methods by which state and local cooperation in construction, financing, and use
could result in a more effective corrections system.
• The California Judicial Council should be requested to prepare specific strategies and
recommendations for the Governor and the Legislature regarding how best to make the
California courts more effective and eliminate unnecessary delay in the processing,trial and
disposition of civil and criminal cases.
• Legislation should be enacted to allow the courts an optional disposition for juvenile
offenders currently committed to the CYA for less serious offenses defined by W&I Code
707 (a). This option would allow a short t-.-,m fixed period of intensively programmed
incarceration in the CYA followed by intensive community supervision.
• State funding of Youth Service Bureaus should be expanded.
• Local governments in major urban areas should be mandated to provide sites within the
community for community correctional facilities,parole offices,prisons and jails in numbers
proportionate to the number of offenders from that area in the correctional system.
• There should be a high priority placed on inmate employment. Additionally, CDC should
acquire legislative authorization to allow private sector involvement in prison-based
business.
• To assist in their successful reintegration into society and foster a sense of responsibility,
inmates should be required to save a portion of their wages earned while in prison.
5
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
ON
INMATE POPULATION MANAGEMENT
Major Findings
• Public safety is the overriding concern of the Commission
• Lack of integrated strategies to manage probation, jail and
prison populations
• Lack of array of punishment options
• Judges lack options in sentencing
• Current sentencing; law is overly complex
• Lack of programs for substance abusing offenders
6 tn
• Increasing; numbers of parole violators returning to prison
• Increased number of short-term new commitments to
prison
- There is a specific group of offenders who would be better
served in community-based intermediate sanctions
• Crime and its punishment are a community responsibility
- Lack of coordination between state prison and local jail
construction
0 Probation departments are inadequately funded
a Lack of opportunities for inmate employment; inmates are
idle
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
ON
INMATE POPULATION MANAGEMENT
— Major Recommendations —
• Adopt a Community Corrections Act
• Develop and expand intermediate sanctions
• Establish a Sentencing Law Review Commission
• Develop a state and local Corrections Substance Abuse
Strategy
• Develop and expand intermediate options for parolees
• Develop specialized programs and an accelerated reception
system for short-term inmates
• Establish a Corrections Coordinating Council to develop a
state and local strategy for inmate population management
and construction
• California Judicial Council to prepare strategies to reduce
court delays
• Expand probation into a system of adequately funded and
highly structured correctional supervision
• Increase inmate employment
• Require mandatory siting of correctional facilities
i
— INMATE POPULATION PROJECTIONS —
Percent
1989 1994 Increase
CDC 869746 136,640 58 %
CYA 8,329 99478 14 %
County Jails 67,956 93,003 37 %
Juvenile Facilities,
Halls, Camps and
Ranches 8,999 10,142 13 %
Total 172,030 2499263 45 %0
Source: CDC, CYA and Board of Corrections
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
TIME IN PRISON BEFORE RELEASE*
(Excluding Jail Credits)
Cumulative Totals Released to Parole During
Calendar Year 1988
# and % of Releases
Parole Violators
Months Returned New
In Prison to Custody Commitments
3.0 15,617 (52.4%) 5,116 . (15.9%)
6.0 24,289 (81.5%) 8,462 (26.3 %)
9.0 27,031 (90.7%) '1 12.870 (40.0%)
J
12.0 11 27,866 (93.5 %) 18,146 (56.4%)
Male Inmates Only
L—
Source: CDC Offender Information Services
CALIFORNIA DEPART-HENT OF CORRECTIONS
INMATE POPULATION GROWTH
THOUSANDS
160 -'
® ACTUAL
140 - ® PROJECTED
120 -
100
80 -
60 -
j
� I
40
20
1983 1985 1987 1989 1990 1992 1994
Source: CDC Offender Information Services
r ,4
CLIFOR-NIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
PAROLE VIOLATORS
RETURNED TO PRISON/CUSTODY (Pt%-RTC.)
THOUSANDS
100
1994 - 83, 395
80 -
60 -
1990 - 55,835
40 i
1988 - 34; 14
I
I
20 j
1978 - 1 .011
0
60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 8`? 84 86 88 90 92 94
i
PV-RTC PV-RTC HISTORIC AVG
Source: CDC Offender Information Services
PERCENT OF ARRESTEES
TESTING POSITIVE FOR ONE OR MORE
ILLEGAL DRUGS (EXCLUDING MARIJUANA)
100 0
f'7 01-fo
80M — 73%
69/'
66,
590, 61
6 0 c/7. —
40� J
i
2 0 c' —
II I
i
i
0
LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO
10/87- 11/87* 1/88-2/88
4/88-5/88 * SAN DIEGO — SEP 87
i
Source: National Institute of Justice