Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In fall 2023, we visited several prisons (both men’s and women’s). We met with students, faculty, and staff. During these visits, students shared their challenges, such as having instruction disrupted by prison security incidences that required them to return to their cells and encountering technology glitches (such as having difficulty finding areas of the prison with a strong enough Wi‑Fi signal for their laptops).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Finally, the Orange CJC project is already in progress and addresses key safety issues in a building with large numbers of people visiting on a daily basis. …But CJC Proposal Raises Questions About Appropriate Oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2011 Realignment of Adult Felony Populations: Results and Key Takeaways

Jun 30, 2026 - However, the decline remains in 2020 and 2021 —likely driven by pandemic ‑era changes —before returning to pre ‑pandemic levels in 2022. We also see in Figure  4 that sentences to jail more than doubled between 2010 and 2012, while sentences to prison decreased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5191

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - The remaining amount reflects adjustments to baseline funding for DOJ legal workload, including the following: About $8  million ongoing special funds for increased investigations and prosecutions of antitrust violations in technology, gasoline and oil, and agriculture sectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

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

Feb 22, 2024 - This  funding level was established in 2022 ‑23 based on a three ‑year average of CDCR ’s actual utility expenditures and is updated annually through a technical adjustment using CPI. Prior to 2022 ‑23, utility funding was adjusted in proportion to increases or decreases in the prison population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

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

Feb 23, 2026 - During a tele ‑mental health visit in prison, an incarcerated patient is escorted to a medical room within the prison where they communicate via audio and video with the mental health provider over a secure network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - The budget package also requires annual reporting on how such funding was spent as well as one-time reporting on the revenue loss for each individual fee eliminated. $25  million in 2021 ‑22 (increasing to $50  million annually in 2022 ‑23) associated with 17 fees eliminated by the budget package as of January 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Antitrust Gasoline Pricing, Agriculture, and Technology Enforcement DOJ requests resources to support increased workload to investigate and prosecute antitrust violations in the technology, gasoline and oil, and agriculture sectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - However, beginning in 2022-23, expenditures began outpacing revenues, shrinking the fund balance. The Governor ’s budget estimates that the DROS Special Account will be insolvent in 2026-27 if no action is taken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act provided $85  million annually for three years to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to support competitive grants for local law enforcement to combat organized retail, motor vehicle, and cargo theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055