The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - For example, under the administration ’s current plans to implement Proposition  57, some inmates in inpatient psychiatric programs who were not earning good-time credits —which reduce an inmate ’s sentence for adhering to prison rules —or were earning these credits at lower rates, may become eligible to earn credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter-term, intensive treatment for inmates who show signs of a major mental illness or higher-level symptoms of a chronic mental illness. Currently, there are 372 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, CDCR psychologists, according to the state Auditor, earn between $56 and $85 per hour —well above the average hourly rate paid in other states. According to 2023 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California is the highest paying state for psychologists with the average hourly wage at $64 per hour, whereas psychologists nationwide earned a median of $53 per hour (21  percent less).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - When working for IWL, inmates earn between $0.35 and $1. 00 p er hour. In addition, some IWL inmate workers participate in IWL ’s pre ‑apprenticeship program through which they earn seven weeks off of their prison sentence.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Unit 6 members hired before 2013 earn a pension benefit based on what is referred to as the 3 percent at 50 formula whereby an employee earns 3 percent of their final compensation for every year of service if they retire at the age of 50 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

The 2017‑18 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 57

Apr 6, 2017 - Offenders convicted under this provision are referred to as “third strikers. ” Federal Court Ordered California to Limit Prison Population In November 2006, plaintiffs in two ongoing class action lawsuits —now called Plata v.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3648

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - The remaining people are released from prison to the supervision of county probation officers —referred to as Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS). People generally remain on PRCS for a maximum of two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

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

Feb 23, 2023 - The remaining people are released from prison to the supervision of county probation officers —referred to as Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS). People generally remain on PRCS for a maximum of two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4703

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In higher education, these data are commonly referred to as student persistence rates. Figure  7 shows persistence rates for several cohorts that started their CCC education at CDCR. On average, incarcerated students have notably lower persistence rates compared with the average for CCC students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913