The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 23, 2023 - Various changes that the California Department of Co rrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) —which operates state prisons —has made over the years to implement Proposition  57 have caused temporary increases in the PRCS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - Inmates who meet certain criteria, such as those who ( 1)  a re in the first 5 years of a sentence of 25 years or more to life, ( 2)  h ave a history of escape, or ( 3)  h ave committed a severe rule violation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023

State Education Funding Still at Risk Due to Dispute Over Prison Inmate Services [Publication Details]

Sep 1, 1997 - This could place more than $300 million in federal funds for special education in California's public schools at risk. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2762

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - Participants would also have access to high school courses through CCC ’s existing contract with the John Muir Charter School. Allow Some CCC Corpsmembers to Participate in Selected Trainings. In addition to parolees, the program would allow up to 20 CCC corpsmembers at a time to participate in select trainings and certification opportunities to be identified by CCC and CalFire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

Recent Report Compares California Inmate Health Care Costs to Rest of Nation

Jan 18, 2018 - In addition to having the highest inmate health care costs, California ’s costs (on a per inmate basis) grew significantly faster since 2009 ‑10 than the national average —25  percent versus 3  percent nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3733

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - For example, the Legislature could decide to provide the Consumer Law Section with 75  p ercent of funding for the section from the UCL and 25  p ercent from the General Fund in one year based on its anticipated workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

Review of School Crime Reporting [Publication Details]

May 15, 2002 - Review of School Crime Reporting [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/893

Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs

Dec 6, 2017 - For example, the Legislature could consider providing funding based on an average of multiple years instead of attendance in a single year or could consider providing the high est of two years of funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3720

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 19, 2019 - CDCR expects the proposed mentor program to improve literacy levels by increasing access to literacy education, leading to higher TABE scores and high school diplomas/equivalencies. Under the proposed program, each instructor would train 20 i nmate literacy mentors beginning in July 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940