Section 1228 Of Chapter 3. California Community Corrections Performance Incentives From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) In 2007, nearly 270,000 felony offenders were subject to
probation supervision in California's communities.
(b) In 2007, out of 46,987 new admissions to state prison, nearly
20,000 were felony offenders who were committed to state prison after
failing probation supervision.
(c) Probation is a judicially imposed suspension of sentence that
attempts to supervise, treat, and rehabilitate offenders while they
remain in the community under the supervision of the probation
department. Probation is a linchpin of the criminal justice system,
closely aligned with the courts, and plays a central role in
promoting public safety in California's communities.
(d) Providing sustainable funding for improved, evidence-based
probation supervision practices and capacities will improve public
safety outcomes among adult felons who are on probation. Improving
felony probation performance, measured by a reduction in felony
probationers who are sent to prison because they were revoked on
probation or convicted of another crime while on probation, will
reduce the number of new admissions to state prison, saving taxpayer
dollars and allowing a portion of those state savings to be
redirected to probation for investing in community corrections
programs.