Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007 (AB 900) Implementation and Impact on County Mental Health Robin Dezember Chief Deputy Secretary Health Care Operations California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

HISTORY OF AB 900  POPULATION PRESSURE IN CDCR  CDCR DEMOGRAPHICS  FOCUS ON REHABILITATION AND REDUCTION OF RECIDIVISM  ELEMENTS OF AB 900 – TWO PHASES

PRISON BED DEVELOPMENT  AB 900 ADDS 53,000 NEW LOCAL JAIL AND STATE PRISON BEDS AS FOLLOWS: 16,000 “IN-FILL” BEDS 16,000 REENTRY BEDS 13,000 JAIL BEDS 8,000 MEDICAL/MENTAL HEALTH BEDS 8,000 OUT OF STATE BEDS (TEMPORARY)

AB 900 Phase I Requirements:  4,000 infill beds under construction  First 4,000 infill beds provide rehabilitation services  2,000 reentry beds are under construction  2,000 substance abuse treatment slots established with community aftercare

TWO STRIKE TEAMS FOCUS ON BED PLANNING FOCUS ON REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMS

PAROLE REFORM  NON-SERIOUS/NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS WITH NO HISTORY OF VIOLENCE OR SEX OFFENSES, WHO HAVE 12 MONTHS CLEAN TIME WILL BE DISCHARGED FROM PAROLE.  IMPACT ON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH

FEMALE OFFENDERS  GENDER-SPECIFIC TREATMENT  THE DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT 4,500 BEDS FOR LOW-LEVEL FEMALE OFFENDERS IN COMMUNITY REENTRY CENTERS STATEWIDE.

JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM $23 MILLION AVAILABLE TO COUNTIES IN BLOCK GRANTS

AB 900 Phase I Accomplishments:  Prison drug treatment slots have averaged at least 75 percent participation over previous six months  Reception center assessment has been operational for more than six months  Prison-to-Employment Plan

AB 900 Phase I Accomplishments: The California Rehabilitation Oversight Board (C-ROB) has been operational for one year (meet quarterly), and is regularly reviewing CDCR’s programs

AB 900 Phase I Accomplishments:  75 percent of CDCR management slots have been filled for six months  Full-time inmate participation in academic and vocational programs has increased by 10 percent from April 1, 2007

California Logic Model

AB 900 NEXT STEPS  CHOOSING EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS  BUILDING COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY FACILITIES  ASSESSMENT OF ADULT INMATE NEEDS FROM RECEPTION CENTER TO PAROLE  OUT-OF-STATE PROGRAMS  PRISON MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BEDS  CONTINUAL SEARCH FOR BEST PRACTICES

IMPACT ON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH  MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN RE- ENTRY FACILITIES  RECOVERY-BASED APPROACHES  LINKAGE FROM RE-ENTRY TO PAROLE SERVICES  LINKAGE FROM PAROLE SERVICES TO AVAILABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES

IMPACT ON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH continued  NOT ALL INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WILL BE RELEASED FROM RE-ENTRY FACILITIES  BENEFITS WORKERS IN 18 PRISONS IN THE NEXT MONTH AND ALL PRISONS IN THE NEXT YEAR