Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - In February 2006, a few years prior to the state ’s fiscal crisis caused by the Great Recession, the federal court appointed a Receiver to take over the direct management and operation of the state ’s prison medical system from CDCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

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

Feb 23, 2026 - California ’s prison medical system has been under direct management of a Receiver appointed by a federal court since 2006 because the state was found to be providing unconstitutional levels of care in a case now referred to as Plata v.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Controlling for inflation, Figure 7 shows that average Unit 6 base pay increased by 18 percent between 2003 and 2006 under the terms of the 2001‑06 MOU. Since 2006, inflation has eroded the average Unit 6 base pay such that real base pay in 2022 was almost 9 percent lower than it was in 2006.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - The baseline failure ‑to ‑prison rate of 7.9  percent used in Component 1 is based on the average probation failure ‑to ‑prison rates between 2006 and 2008 when counties could revoke felony probationers to prison regardless of whether they committed a new crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - As shown in Figure  3 , fine and fee revenues deposited into the IMF and its predecessors have steadily declined from nearly $88  million in 2006 ‑07 to an estimated $14.6  million in 2021 ‑ 22 —a drop of 83  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2023-24 budget proposals related to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686