The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - In other words, it might make future county failure-to-prison rates high for reasons that are outside of the control of the probation departments, again artificially lowering grant awards through the performance payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Normalization involves bringing life in prison as close as possible to life outside of prison to make it easier for people to adjust to life in the community upon release. Normalization can involve changes to physical features (such as adding furniture that  more closely mirrors furniture used outside prison) or changes to experiences, routines, or interactions (such as celebrating cultural events).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Even those confined to life sentences shared that a CCC education had been beneficial in various ways, including by allowing them to serve as mentors to younger incarcerated persons and inspiring family members on the outside to go to college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913