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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 601	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, as amended, Hancock. Corrections: prisons:  report
card.   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  department
report card   Corrections Accountability Report 
containing specified information regarding each institution,
including, among other information, the number of inmates disciplined
and the number of inmate appeals related to disciplinary actions, on
a monthly basis and to post the report  card  once
a month on the department's Internet Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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  department report card
  Corrections Accountability Report  as described
in subdivision (b) for each institution on a monthly basis and post
the report  card  once a month on the department's
Internet Web site. The department shall post both current and all
previous monthly  report cards   reports 
for each institution on the Internet Web site.
   (b) Each report  card  shall be created using,
when possible, information collected using the Compstat (computer
assisted statistics) reports for each prison and shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following information: 
   (1) A brief biography of the warden, whether he or she is an
acting or permanent warden, and contact information for the warden.
 
   (2) A brief description of the prison and the total number of
inmates currently residing at the prison.  
   (3) 
    (1)  The number of prisoner incidents at the prison.

   (4) 
    (2)  The number of inmates disciplined. 
   (5) 
    (3)  The number of inmate appeals of disciplinary
actions. 
   (6) 
    (4)  Academic programs, including capacity, enrollment,
attendance, waiting lists, if any, and number of programs completed.

   (7) 
    (5)  Inmate reading levels. 
   (8) 
    (6)  Vocational programs, including capacity,
enrollment, waiting lists, if any, and program outcomes. 
   (9) 
    (7)  Substance abuse and treatment programs, including
the number of beds, the percentage of beds occupied, the number of
meetings held, and the attendance at those meetings. 
   (10) 
    (8)  The number of staff vacancies. 
   (11) 
    (9)  Overtime and sick leave totals. 
   (12) 
    (10)  The number of  workers  
workers'  compensation claims, including the number of staff
persons on leave due to accepted or pending claims. 
   (13) 
    (11)  Work orders for repairs. 
   (14) 
    (12)  The adverse actions regarding staff. 
   (15) 
    (13)  Contraband seized. 
   (16) 
    (14)  The budget for the prison, including whether the
operations are under or over budget.