Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Internet and Wi ‑Fi Connectivity. The state provides $5  million ongoing funding for students to have access to Wi ‑Fi in common areas of a prison, such as day rooms, dining halls, gyms, libraries, and classrooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - Efficiency metrics can draw comparisons between various pieces of data (such as cost per case by case type) and reflect jurisdictional decisions for acceptable benchmarks for how workload is completed (such as the percent of cases resolved wi thin a specific number of days from attorney appointment).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - Psychologists have identified various common, systematic errors in thinking that tend to arise when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them. These errors —referred to generally as cognitive biases —often operate without people ’s awareness or conscious control and can reduce the accuracy of decisions and judgements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658