Crimes: supervised release.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide details about the extent of extra work or costs, leaving those points as unknowns.

Supervised Release: Information Sharing and Enforcement

The bill requires the Department of Corrections to share more information with local law enforcement about people on parole or postrelease community supervision, sets stricter rules for revoking release if someone violates it multiple times, and mandates notification when flash incarceration is used.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Corrections to provide local police copies of records from previous periods of parole when a person is released again.
• Makes counties provide all supervision records to the state upon request for people on postrelease community supervision.
• Adds rules that require courts to revoke or modify release if someone violates it three times and commits another crime.
• Allows police to arrest without a warrant anyone who skips a hearing about revoking their supervised release.
• Requires probation departments to inform the court, public defender, district attorney, and sheriff when flash incarceration is used.

Who It Names or Affects

• People on parole or postrelease community supervision in California
• Local law enforcement agencies
• County agencies responsible for postrelease supervision

Terms To Know

Postrelease Community Supervision

A period of time after someone leaves prison where they must follow certain rules set by the state.

Flash Incarceration

A short-term jail sentence used as a punishment for breaking the rules during postrelease community supervision.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much extra work this will be for local agencies.
• It is unclear what specific new costs might arise from these changes.
• The bill does not address who pays for any additional duties imposed on county agencies.

Official Summary Text

SB 759, as amended, Archuleta.
Crimes: supervised release.
(1)
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide specified information to local law enforcement agencies regarding an inmate released by the department to the agency’s jurisdiction on parole or postrelease community supervision, including a record of the offense for which the inmate was convicted that resulted in parole or postrelease community supervision.
This bill would require the department to also provide the local law enforcement agency with copies of the record of supervision during any prior period of parole.
(2)
Existing law requires the department to be the agency primarily responsible for the Law Enforcement Automated Data System and requires county agencies supervising inmates released from prison on postrelease
community supervision to provide any information requested by the department to ensure the availability of accurate information regarding inmates released from state prison. Under existing law, this information may include the issuance of warrants, revocations, or the termination of postrelease community supervision.
This bill would require the county to provide the department, upon request, with all records of supervision. By imposing additional duties on county agencies administering postrelease community supervision, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3)
Existing
Existing
law requires the county agency supervising the release of a person on postrelease community supervision to petition a court to revoke, modify, or terminate postrelease community supervision if the agency determines, following application of its assessment processes, that intermediate sanctions are not appropriate.
This bill would require the county agency supervising the release of a person on postrelease community supervision to also petition a court to revoke, modify, or terminate postrelease community supervision if the person has violated the terms of their release for a 3rd time and the person has committed a new felony or misdemeanor.
The bill would allow a peace officer to arrest a person without warrant who fails to appear at a hearing to revoke, modify, or terminate postrelease community supervision.
By imposing additional duties on county agencies administering
postrelease community supervision, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(4)
Existing law allows each county agency responsible for postrelease supervision to determine appropriate responses to alleged violations, which can include a one to 10 consecutive day period of one to 10 consecutive days of flash incarceration.
This bill would require the probation department to notify the court, public defender, district attorney, and sheriff of each imposition of flash incarceration. By imposing additional duties on county agencies administering postrelease community supervision, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(5)
The
The
California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Current Bill Text

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