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

Feb 25, 2025 - Resource Teams. Based on a model developed in Norwegian prisons, “resource teams ” aim to reduce isolation and violence for the highest ‑risk, highest ‑need people in prisons. Officers on resource teams receive specialized training on the nature of mental illness and trauma, de ‑escalation techniques, and strategies for motivating people to engage in rehabilitative programming and mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - Additionally, the administration ind icates it does not anticipate proposing future changes to the baseline. This means it would not be adjusted for policy changes such as Proposition  36 (2024). Proposition  36 increased punishment for various theft and drug crimes, which could make it easier for people to fail-to-prison while on county felony supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - In addition, $8  million of the $20  million General Fund provided in 2023-24 was repurposed to support the continuation of the Hope and Redemption Team Program with $4  million being provided each year in 2024-25 and 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924