The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - The administration proposes to expand MCRP by contracting with an 80 t o 100 b ed facility in Alameda County that would be activated in June 2021. The Governor ’s budget for 2020 ‑ 21 i ncludes about $280,000 from the General Fund to begin operating the new facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

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

Feb 19, 2019 - However, as of December 2018, about 53, 000 —or 47  p ercent —of inmates read below the 9th grade level. Given that the existing literacy programs support 26, 000 i nmates, there are likely tens of thousands of inmates reading below the 9th grade level who are not receiving literacy instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - For example, the number of health care positions per inmate has nearly doubled —from 0. 06 i n 2010 ‑ 11 t o 0. 11 i n 2018 ‑19 (the most recent complete data available). We note, however, that the number of non ‑health care staff declined over the same time period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145

Potential Impacts of Recent State Asset Forfeiture Changes

Jan 6, 2020 - In 2018, distributions rebounded with a $48. 4  m illion increase (or 53  p ercent) from 2017. As we discuss below, virtually all of this 2018 i ncrease is tied to a single asset forfeiture case that is likely unrelated to S B  443 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4128

The 2021-22 Budget: State Correctional Population Outlook

Nov 19, 2020 - Since the beginning of the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic, the state inmate population declined by about 25,400 ( 21  p ercent) —from about 123, 100 i nmates on February 28, 2020 t o 97, 700 o n October 31, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4304

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - As of January 10, 2018, CDCR housed about 4, 300 i nmates in two out ‑of ‑state contract facilities —about 1, 300 i nmates in Tutwiler, Mississippi and about 3, 000 i nmates in Eloy, Arizona. CDCR also housed about 4, 100 i nmates in several contract facilities located in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - Between July 2018 and June 2019 (the most recent data available), Medi ‑Cal applications were submitted for about 29, 900 o f the 36, 400 i nmates who were released. Of the 29,900 applications submitted, about 24,000 ( 80  p ercent) were approved, 90 (less than 1  p ercent) were denied, and the remaining 5,700 ( 19  p ercent) were pending at the time of  release.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - For example, Proposition  57 (201 6) r estricted the type of youth who could be tried as adults to only those who commit a felony when they were age 16 o r 17 o r commit certain significant crimes listed in state law (such as murder, robbery, and certain sex offenses) when they were age 14 o r 15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

The 2020-21 Budget: Effectively Managing State Prison Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2020 - However, the administration later reversed its decision to close the prison and the Governor ’s budget for 2020 ‑ 21 i ncludes $5. 9  m illion (General Fund) for health care facility repairs for CRC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4186

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - However, the final pieces of a cost ‑benefit analysis —specifically ( 1)  c alculating the monetary value of identified benefits, ( 2)  i dentifying the corresponding costs, and ( 3)  i dentifying the net benefit of the various self ‑help delivery methods by case type —are not included in the report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362