Bill Text: CA SB601 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Corrections: prisons: accountability report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-03-01 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. Veto sustained. [SB601 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB601-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 601	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 5055.5 to the Penal Code, relating to
prisons.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 601, Hancock. Corrections: prisons: accountability report.
   Existing law provides that the supervision, management, and
control of the state prisons, and the responsibility for the care,
custody, treatment, training, discipline, and employment of persons
confined therein are vested in the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
   This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a Corrections
Accountability Report on January 10, March 15, and a fiscal year-end
report, containing specified information regarding each institution,
including, among other information, the total budget, including
actual expenditures, staff vacancies and the number of authorized
staff positions, overtime, sick leave, and the average length of
lockdowns, and to post those reports on the department's Internet Web
site, as provided.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5055.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   5055.5.  (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall develop a Corrections Accountability Report as
described in subdivisions (b) and (c) for each institution on January
10, March 15, and a fiscal year-end report and post those reports on
the department's Internet Web site. The department shall post both
current fiscal-year reports and reports for the immediately preceding
three fiscal years for each institution. The department shall also
post corrections made to inaccurate or incomplete data to current or
previous reports.
   (b) Each report shall include the three-year statewide recidivism
rate, a brief biography of the warden, including whether he or she is
an acting or permanent warden, contact information for the warden,
and a brief description of the prison, including the total number of
inmates.
   (c) Each report shall be created using, when possible, information
collected using the Compstat (computer assisted statistics) reports
for each prison, or other verifiable information collected by the
department, and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the
following indicators:
   (1) Total budget, including actual expenditures, staff vacancies,
overtime, sick leave, and number of authorized staff positions.
   (2) Rehabilitation programs, including capacity, enrollment, and
diploma and GED completion rate.
   (3) Average length of lockdowns.
   (4) Number of deaths, specifying homicides, suicides, unexpected
deaths, and expected deaths.
   (5) Number of use of force incidents.
   (6) Number of inmate appeals, including the number being
processed, overdue, and dismissed.
   (7) Number of inmates in administrative segregation.
   (8) Total contraband seized, specifying the number of cellular
telephones.