Section 3068 Of Article 3. Paroles From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The Department of Corrections shall operate the
Preventing Parolee Crime Program with various components, including,
at a minimum, residential and nonresidential multiservice centers,
literacy labs, drug treatment networks, and job placement assistance
for parolees.
(b) The Department of Corrections shall, commencing in the 1998-99
fiscal year, initiate an expansion of the program to parole units
now lacking some or all of the elements of the program, where doing
so would be cost-effective, as determined by the Director of
Corrections, to the extent that funding for the expansion becomes
available.
(c) In addition to the assignment by the Department of Corrections
of any other parolee to the Preventing Parolee Crime Program, the
parole authority may assign a conditionally released or paroled
prisoner to the Preventing Parolee Crime Program in lieu of the
revocation of parole. The parole authority shall not assign a
conditionally released or paroled prisoner to the Preventing Parolee
Crime Program in lieu of the revocation of parole if the person has
committed a parole violation involving a violent or serious felony. A
special condition of parole that requires the parolee to participate
in a live-in program shall not be imposed without a hearing by the
Board of Prison Terms.
(d) (1) The Department of Corrections, in consultation with the
Board of Prison Terms and the Legislative Analyst's office, shall,
contingent upon funding, contract with an independent consultant to
conduct an evaluation regarding the impact of an expansion of the
Preventing Parolee Crime Program to additional parole units on public
safety, parolee recidivism, and prison and parole costs, and report
the results to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2004.
(2) The Department of Corrections shall sample several parole
units in which the program has been added to examine the program's
impact upon the supervision, control, and sanction of parolees under
the jurisdiction of the sampled parole units. These results shall be
compared with a control group of comparable parole populations that
do not have Preventing Parolee Crime Program services.
(3) The report, whether in final or draft form, and all working
papers and data, shall be available for immediate review upon request
by the Legislative Analyst.
(4) The department in consultation with the Board of Prison Terms
shall submit a multiyear evaluation plan for the program to the
Legislature six months after an appropriation is made for the
evaluation provided for in paragraph (1).