California Penal Code 8061 – The board, in collaboration with state, local, and community-based …
The board, in collaboration with state, local, and community-based departments, agencies, and organizations shall do the following:
(a) Describe the parameters of effective community-based punishment programs and the relationship between the state and local jurisdictions in meeting the purposes of this chapter.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 8061
- Board: means the Board of Corrections, unless otherwise indicated. See California Penal Code 8052
- Community-based punishment: means a partnership between the state and a county or a collaboration of counties to manage and provide correctional services, especially those services considered to be intermediate sanctions at the local level of government for targeted, select offender populations pursuant to the community corrections plan of a county or a collaboration of counties. See California Penal Code 8052
- county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
- Intermediate sanctions: means punishment options and sanctions other than simple incarceration in prison or jail or traditional routine probation supervision. See California Penal Code 8052
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
(b) Develop and implement a process by which local jurisdictions are selected and can participate in pilot efforts initiated under this chapter.
(c) Develop and implement the process by which counties participating in accordance with this chapter annually submit their community-based punishment program proposals for approval, modification, or both.
(d) Design and implement a process for annually awarding funds to counties participating pursuant to this chapter to implement their community-based punishment program proposals, and administer and monitor the receipt, expenditure, and reporting of those funds by participating counties.
(e) Provide technical assistance and support to counties and community correctional administrators in determining whether to participate in community-based punishment programs, and in either developing or annually updating their punishment programs.
(f) Facilitate the sharing of information among counties and between county and state agencies relative to community-based punishment approaches and programs being initiated or already in existence, strengths and weaknesses of specific programs, specific offender groups appropriate for different programs, results of program evaluations and other data, and anecdotal material that may assist in addressing the purposes of this chapter.
(g) Adopt and periodically revise regulations necessary to implement this chapter.
(h) Design and provide for regular and rigorous evaluation of the community-based punishment programming undertaken pursuant to approved community-based punishment plans.
(i) Design and provide for analysis and evaluation of the pilot and any subsequent implementation of this chapter, with areas of analysis to include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The relationship between the board and counties or collaborations of counties submitting county community-based punishment plans.
(2) The effectiveness of this chapter in encouraging the use of intermediate as well as traditional sanctions.
(3) The categories of offenders most suitable for specific intermediate sanctions, various aspects of community-based punishment programming, or both.
(4) The effectiveness of the programs implemented pursuant to this chapter in maintaining public safety.
(5) The cost-effectiveness of the programs implemented pursuant to this chapter.
(6) The effect of the programs implemented pursuant to this chapter on prison, jail, and Department of the Youth Authority populations.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 130. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)