CHAPTER 5. The Corrections Standards Authority [6024. - 6048.5.]
Heading of Chapter 5 amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 55.
§§ 6024–6048.5 · 40 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 6024–6034 · 26 sections
- § 6024 (a) Commencing July 1, 2012, there is hereby established the Board of State and Community Corrections. The Board of State and Community Corrections shall be an…
- § 6025 (a) Commencing July 1, 2012, the Board of State and Community Corrections shall be composed of 12 members, as follows: (1) The Chair of the Board of State and…
- § 6025.1 (a) Members of the board, with the exception of the Chair of the Board of State and Community Corrections, shall receive no compensation, but shall be…
- § 6025.5 The Director of Corrections, Board of Prison Terms, the Youthful Offender Parole Board, and the Director of the Youth Authority shall file with the Board of…
- § 6025.6 The Board of Corrections may delegate any ministerial authority or duty conferred or imposed upon the board to a subordinate officer subject to those…
- § 6026 The Corrections Standards Authority shall be the means whereby the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may correlate its individual programs for…
- § 6027 (a) It shall be the duty of the Board of State and Community Corrections to collect and maintain available information and data about state and community…
- § 6028 Upon request of the Board of Corrections or upon his own initiative, the Governor from time to time may create by executive order one or more special…
- § 6028.1 Each such special commission may investigate any and all matters relating to the subjects specified in the order creating it. In the exercise of its powers the…
- § 6028.2 The Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency may furnish for the use of any such commission such facilities, supplies, and personnel as may be…
- § 6028.3 All such special commissions shall make all their reports and recommendations to the Board of Corrections. The Board of Corrections shall consider such reports…
- § 6028.4 The Governor shall report to each regular session of the Legislature the names of any persons appointed under Section 6028 together with a statement of…
- § 6029 (a) The plans and specifications of every jail, prison, or other place of detention of persons charged with or convicted of crime or of persons detained…
- § 6029.1 (a) There is hereby created the County Jail Capital Expenditure Fund. Moneys in the County Jail Capital Expenditure Fund shall be expended by the Board of…
- § 6029.5 The Board of Corrections is authorized to expend money from the County Jail Capital Expenditure Fund, created pursuant to Sections 4412 and 6029.1, on joint…
- § 6030 (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall establish minimum standards for local correctional facilities. The board shall review those standards…
- § 6031 (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall, at a minimum, inspect each local detention facility in the state biennially. (b) Any duly authorized…
- § 6031.1 (a) Inspections of local detention facilities shall, at a minimum, be made biennially. Inspections of privately operated work furlough facilities and programs…
- § 6031.2 The Board of Corrections shall file with the Legislature on December 30, in each even-numbered year, reports to the Legislature which shall include information…
- § 6031.3 The Board of Corrections is authorized to apply for any funds that may be available from the federal government to further the purposes of Sections 6030 to…
- § 6031.4 (a) For the purpose of this title, “local detention facility” means any city, county, city and county, or regional facility used for the confinement for more…
- § 6031.5 For the purposes of this chapter, the term “correctional personnel” means either of the following: (1) Any person described by subdivision (a) or (b) of…
- § 6031.6 (a) Any privately operated local detention facility responsible for the custody and control of any local prisoner shall, as required by subdivision (a) of…
- § 6032 (a) There is hereby established within the Board of State and Community Corrections the California Juvenile Justice Data Working Group. The purpose of the…
- § 6033 The Board of State and Community Corrections shall, by January 1, 2018, develop recommendations for best practices and standardization for counties on how to…
- § 6034 (a) There is hereby created the position of Director of In-Custody Death Review within the Board of State and Community Corrections. Subject to Senate…
ARTICLE 2. Standards and Training of Local Corrections and Probation Officers §§ 6035–6036 · 2 sections
- § 6035 (a) For the purpose of raising the level of competence of local corrections and probation officers and other correctional personnel, the board shall adopt, and…
- § 6036 For purposes of implementing this article, the board shall have the following powers: (a) Approve or certify, or both, training and education courses at…
ARTICLE 3. Corrections Training Fund § 6040 · 1 section
- § 6040 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a Corrections Training Fund. Upon appropriation from the fund, moneys shall be used exclusively for the costs of…
ARTICLE 4. Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants §§ 6045–6045.9 · 5 sections
- § 6045 (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand…
- § 6045.2 (a) A county shall be eligible to apply for either an adult mentally ill offender grant or a juvenile mentally ill offender grant or both in accordance with…
- § 6045.4 (a) The application submitted by a county shall describe a four-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be provided under the grant. The board…
- § 6045.6 The board shall establish minimum requirements, funding criteria, and procedures for awarding grants, which shall take into consideration, but not be limited…
- § 6045.9 The board may use up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated for purposes of this article to administer this program, including technical assistance to counties…
ARTICLE 5. Second Chance Program §§ 6046–6046.3 · 4 sections
- § 6046 (a) The purpose of this article is to build safer communities by investing in community-based programs, services, and initiatives for formerly incarcerated…
- § 6046.1 For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the Board of State and Community Corrections. (b) “Fund” means the…
- § 6046.2 (a) The Second Chance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The board shall be responsible for administering the fund. Moneys in the fund are hereby…
- § 6046.3 (a) The board shall administer a competitive grant program to carry out the purposes of this article that focuses on community-based solutions for reducing…
ARTICLE 7. Standards for Mental Health Care in Local Correctional Facilities §§ 6048–6048.5 · 2 sections
- § 6048 Commencing July 1, 2024, the board shall develop and adopt regulations setting minimum standards for mental health care at local correctional facilities that…
- § 6048.5 As used in this article, “qualified mental health care professional” means a physician, physician assistant, nurse, nurse practitioner, psychologist licensed…