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AB-2534 Inmates: county jails.(2013-2014)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2013–2014 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2534

Introduced by Assembly Member Dababneh

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Section 4115.55 of the Penal Code, relating to inmates.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2534, as introduced, Dababneh. Inmates: county jails.
Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish and operate facilities to be known as community correctional centers, and authorizes the secretary to enter into contracts with appropriate public or private agencies to provide housing, sustenance, and supervision for inmates who are eligible for placement in those facilities.
Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors to enter into a contract with other public agencies, upon agreement with the sheriff or director of the county department of corrections, to provide housing for inmates sentenced to a county jail in community correctional facilities, as specified, and requires that those facilities comply with minimum standards for local detention facilities.
This bill would authorize the board of supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, upon agreement with the sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, to enter into a contract with private agencies to provide housing for those inmates.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 4115.55 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

4115.55.
 (a) Upon agreement with the sheriff or director of the county department of corrections, a board of supervisors may enter into a contract with other public agencies to provide housing for inmates sentenced to a county jail in community correctional facilities created pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 2910) of Chapter 7 of Title 1 or Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Title 7.
(b) Upon agreement with the sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, the board of supervisors of the County of Los Angeles may enter into a contract with private agencies to provide housing for inmates sentenced to a county jail in community correctional facilities created pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 2910) of Chapter 7 of Title 1 or Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Title 7.

(b)

(c) Facilities operated pursuant to agreements entered into under subdivision subdivisions (a) and (b) shall comply with the minimum standards for local detention facilities as provided by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3000) of Division 3 of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations.

SEC. 2.

 The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances concerning the County of Los Angeles, which include all of the following: (1) the county has been under a federal court-ordered population cap for over 30 years to reduce its jail inmate population, which is currently at 143 percent of design capacity; (2) as a result of the implementation of the 2011 Public Safety Realignment, the county’s jail system houses approximately 7,000 additional inmates at any given time, an increase of 25 percent; and (3) due to this population increase, the resulting overcrowding in the county jail system, and the federal court order, inmates sentenced to county jail for a crime punishable pursuant to provisions other than subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code are serving only 10 to 40 percent, inclusive, of their sentence before being released early to the community.