The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - This includes ongoing funding for: (1) salary increases ($25.3 million) of mental health positions, (2) to establish the Office of the Receiver ($8.2 million) and (3) other consulting‑related expenses ($356,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - There clearly is very high interest among people to become state correctional officers. The high level of interest in the job despite its challenging working conditions likely reflects that, compared with other jobs that have similar education requirements, the state provides correctional officers compet itive salaries and benefits as well as job security.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - According to the administration, the proposed resources are an estimate based on the IT budgets of other state departments and will be reassessed as part of the Governor ’s May Revision. $2. 1  m illion in one ‑time moving costs to relocate the current DJJ headquarters to a larger building to accommodate the increase in staff. $900, 000 o ngoing to lease the expanded office space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - However, as discussed above, the Receiver will be studying potential pay increases as part of the action plan. Depending on the findings of that analysis, the Receiver may propose pay increases, which would give the Legislature an opportunity to evaluate whether they are necessary at that time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - As shown in Figure  4 , these assignments include jobs, treatment and reentry programs, career technical education, adult basic education, community college, and high school equivalency courses. In total, CDCR identified 52,955 such assignments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

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

Jan 18, 2018 - Based on differences in advertised salaries for vacant correctional physician positions, California does appear to have high physician pay compared to some states. For example, salaries for correctional physicians in California appeared to exceed those advertised in North Carolina by over 30  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3733

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - The new courthouse would provide a benefit to people in San Joaquin County by improving court access for those living in Tracy and shifting workload from other courthouses back to Tracy, which could reduce wait times for services in other parts of the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - According to the administration, program participants would be paid and receive ( 1)   3 m onths of classroom instruction in basic forestry and firefighting, ( 2)   3 m onths of industry ‑recognized firefighting training and certification (while also being available to support fire suppression and resource management efforts as needed), and ( 3)   1 2 m onths of full ‑time assignment as part of an engine crew.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - The court expressed concern about vacancy rates in medical positions and noted that there were vacancy rates as high as 80  percent for registered nurses at some prisons. To reduce the chronic medical vacancies, the Receiver increased salaries across several medical positions to be more competitive and to improve recruitment and retention.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

State Correctional Spending Increased Despite Significant Population Reductions

Feb 4, 2020 - This change, adopted as part of the 2017 ‑ 18 b udget package, was intended to improve care primarily by streamlining the process of transferring inmates into the program. The shift resulted in a roughly 1, 400 p osition increase in CDCR health care staffing and a $ 260  m illion increase in CDCR spending between 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4145