Prisons: classification.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact details of how the research entity is selected and what criteria they must meet are not fully explained in this summary.

Prison Classification Study

This law requires a study to review and improve how people in state prisons are classified based on security levels.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to contract with an independent research entity to conduct a study reassessing the entire security classification system.
• The Office of the Inspector General must select the research entity according to specific criteria, including having expertise in California's corrections policies and data.
• The study will include policy recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of the classification system.
• Requires the report from this study to be made public before January 1, 2030.

Who It Names or Affects

• People working for or involved with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
• Independent research entities that meet certain criteria

Terms To Know

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

The state agency responsible for managing California's prisons.

Office of the Inspector General

An office that checks on government agencies to make sure they are following rules correctly.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what will happen after January 1, 2031.
• The exact details of how the research entity is chosen and what criteria they must meet are not fully explained in this summary.

Official Summary Text

AB 1759, as amended, Elhawary.
Prisons: classification.
Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to evaluate a person who is newly committed to a state prison and classify incarcerated persons based on the evaluations, and, when reasonable, assign or reassign an incarcerated person to the institution of the appropriate security level and gender population nearest the incarcerated person’s home, unless other classification factors make that placement unreasonable.
This bill would require the department to contract with an independent research entity to conduct a study to reassess the entire security classification system, as specified. The bill would require the study to contain policy recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of the classification system, as specified. The bill would require the
Office of the Inspector General to select the
selected
research entity to perform the study according to specified criteria, including, among others, that the entity
has research institutions based in the California State University or the University of California
is governed by the University of California Board of Regents
and has demonstrated expertise on Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation policy and data. The bill would require the report to be published on or before January 1,
2028.
2030, and would repeal the provisions as of January 1, 2031.

Current Bill Text

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