LAO 2004-05 Budget Analysis: Criminal Justice Issue-by-Issue TOC
Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill
Judiciary/Criminal Justice Issue-By-Issue Contents
Overview
Expenditure Proposal and Trends
Spending by Major Program
Major Budget Changes
Crosscutting Issues
Valdivia Remedial Plan For Parole Revocation
Background
Implementation Plan
Impact of Valdivia Plan on State and Local
Governments
Analyst's Recommendation
Elimination of Inspector General Not Justified
Background
Inadequate Justification for Elimination of OIG
Recommendation
Options for Strengthening the Office of the Inspector
General
Reducing TANF Block Grant for Probation Could Have
Unintended Consequences
Office of Criminal Justice Planning Elimination: Update
Background
Interim Plan to Eliminate OCJP
Issues for Governor's Reorganization Plan
Reorganization Plan Is Delayed
Departmental Issues
State Trial Court Funding (0450)
Information Technology at the Judicial Council: An
Assessment
Introduction
Information Technology Is Important to the Courts
Major Court IT Projects Underway
Court IT Process Is Too Risky
Court Not Required to Follow Process Intended To Protect
State Against Failed Projects
Court IT Project Process Is Lacking
Court Should Use the State's IT Process
Department of Corrections (5240)
Budget Overview
Budget Proposal
Current-Year Deficiency
Major Additional Savings in Corrections Budget May Be
Difficult to Achieve in Budget Year
Inmate and Parole Population Management Issues
Inmate Population Projected to Decline
Caseload May Require Further Adjustment
The "New Parole Model"
Summary
Background
California's Parole System
California's Parole Failure Rate Highest in Nation
Costs of Parolee Failure
2003 Parole Reforms—The "New Parole Model"
Prerelease Planning
Reentry Services
Mentally Ill Parolee Case Management
Intermediate Sanctions
Findings and Recommendations
Department Should Report on Impacts of Implementation
Delays
Opportunities for Additional Savings by Expanding Parole
Reforms
Corrections Overtime Expenditures
Summary
Background
Costs Associated With CDC Overtime
Previously Identified Drivers of CDC Overtime
Actions Taken by Legislature and CDC
Findings
Vacancies in Many Posted Positions Affect Overtime
Correctional Officer Contract Contributes to Overtime
Costs
Overtime Spending Reflects Institution Factors
Some Prison Activities Regularly Result in Overtime Costs
Institution Staffing Not Based on Activities and
Population
Recommendations
Fill Posted Position Vacancies
Direct State to Renegotiate Unit 6 Contract
Examine Staffing Formulas for Prisons and Prison
Activities
Improve Institution Accountability
Relief Factor Proposal Lacks Sufficient Detail
Background
Governor's Relief Factor Proposal
LAO Comments
Analyst's Recommendation
Department of the Youth Authority (5460)
Budget Proposal
Who Is in the Youth Authority?
Facility Closures
Background
Ward and Parolee Populations Continue to Decline
Impact of Governor's Proposals on Ward Population
Governor's Budget Accelerates Closures
Nelles Closure Has Merit
Should Youth Authority Be Required to Close Another
Facility?
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