California Penal Code 1231 – (a) Community corrections programs funded pursuant to this …
(a) Community corrections programs funded pursuant to this chapter shall identify and track specific outcome-based measures consistent with the goals of this act.
(b) The Judicial Council, in consultation with the Chief Probation Officers of California, shall specify and define minimum required outcome-based measures, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
Terms Used In California Penal Code 1231
- Community corrections: means the placement of persons convicted of a felony offense under probation supervision, mandatory supervision, or postrelease community supervision for a specified period. See California Penal Code 1229
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
- CPO: means the chief probation officer for the county or city and county in which an adult offender is subject to probation for the conviction of a felony offense. See California Penal Code 1229
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Evidence-based practices: refers to supervision policies, procedures, programs, and practices demonstrated by scientific research to reduce recidivism among individuals under local supervision. See California Penal Code 1229
- Local supervision: means the supervision of an adult felony offender on probation, mandatory supervision, or postrelease community supervision. See California Penal Code 1229
- mandatory supervision: shall mean the portion of a defendant's sentenced term during which time he or she is supervised by the county probation officer pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170. See California Penal Code 19.9
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
(1) The percentage of persons subject to local supervision who are being supervised in accordance with evidence-based practices.
(2) The percentage of state moneys expended for programs that are evidence based, and a descriptive list of all programs that are evidence based.
(3) Specification of supervision policies, procedures, programs, and practices that were eliminated.
(4) The percentage of persons subject to local supervision who successfully complete the period of supervision.
(c) Each CPO receiving funding pursuant to Sections 1233 to 1233.6, inclusive, shall provide an annual written report to the Judicial Council, evaluating the effectiveness of the community corrections program, including, but not limited to, the data described in subdivision (b).
(d) The Judicial Council, shall, in consultation with the CPO of each county and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provide a quarterly statistical report to the Department of Finance including, but not limited to, the following statistical information for each county:
(1) The number of felony filings.
(2) The number of felony convictions.
(3) The number of felony convictions in which the defendant was sentenced to the state prison.
(4) The number of felony convictions in which the defendant was granted probation.
(5) The adult felon probation population.
(6) The number of adult felony probationers who had their probation terminated and revoked and were sent to state prison for that revocation.
(7) The number of adult felony probationers sent to state prison for a conviction of a new felony offense, including when probation was revoked or terminated.
(8) The number of adult felony probationers who had their probation revoked and were sent to county jail for that revocation.
(9) The number of adult felony probationers sent to county jail for a conviction of a new felony offense, including when probation was revoked or terminated.
(10) The number of felons placed on postrelease community supervision, commencing January 1, 2012.
(11) The number of felons placed on mandatory supervision, commencing January 1, 2012.
(12) The mandatory supervision population, commencing January 1, 2012.
(13) The postrelease community supervision population, commencing January 1, 2012.
(14) The number of felons on postrelease community supervision sentenced to state prison for a conviction of a new felony offense, commencing January 1, 2012.
(15) The number of felons on mandatory supervision sentenced to state prison for a conviction of a new felony offense, commencing January 1, 2012.
(16) The number of felons who had their postrelease community supervision revoked and were sent to county jail for that revocation, commencing January 1, 2012. This number shall not include felons on postrelease community supervision who are subject to flash incarceration pursuant to Section 3453.
(17) The number of felons on postrelease community supervision sentenced to county jail for a conviction of a new felony offense, including when postrelease community supervision was revoked or terminated, commencing January 1, 2012.
(18) The number of felons who had their mandatory supervision revoked and were sentenced to county jail for that revocation, commencing January 1, 2012.
(19) The number of felons on mandatory supervision sentenced to county jail for a conviction of a new felony offense, including when mandatory supervision was revoked or terminated, commencing January 1, 2012.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 26, Sec. 15. (SB 85) Effective June 24, 2015.)