PRISONS -- RELATED PUBLICATIONS
AGING PRISONERS: A CALL FOR REFORM - DEMOGRAPHICS, COSTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -
A hearing held by the Senate Committee's on Aging & Long Term Care, California
Correctional System, and Public Safety. These three committees in the state
Senate are taking a look at the issue of geriatric prisoners and Corrections
quite seriously. Our prison population is getting older and we in California
are paying more to incarcerate these aging prisoner. This hearing gives a
clearer view of what we might do with aging prisoners and possibly helps our
state budget. (Stock # 1262-S; $7.00 - includes tax s/h) (2/03)
REHABILITATING THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY - Informational hearing held by
the Senate Select Committee on the California Correctional System to look at the
failure of CYA. Today the Youth Authority finds itself once again in an
unwanted spotlight of controversy. Unfortunately past scandals have been
allowed to have been blown over with little or no reform. The time has come to
seriously explore whether closing down CYA or drastically altering it to better
meet its mission of rehabilitation. Reports have shown the CYA has failed in
rehabilitating children because when leaving the wards they emerge harder,
angrier, more mentally unstable or more criminally sophisticated, if they emerge
at all. (Stock #1253-S; $6.20 - includes tax & s/h) (2/04
REFORMING CALIFORNIA'S PAROLE SYSTEM - Informational hearing held by the Senate
Select Committee on the California Correctional System to examine the failure of
the system, the threat to public safety and the burden to taxpayers. Our parole
system is out of sync with the rest of the nation, in the number of people that
we place on parole, the number of parolees we return to prison, and the rate at
which our parolees fail the conditions of their parole. (Stock #1251-S; $5.12 -
includes tax & s/h) (1/04)
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY 2003 LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARY MEASURES SIGNED
AND VETOED - The staff of the Senate Committee on Public Safety has prepared
this summary of bills sent to the Governor in 2003 pertaining to the Committee's
subject matter jurisdiction. Most laws will take effect January 1, 2004. Each
of the measures included in this summary in available from several resources:
Legislative Bill Room, State Capitol, Room B-32, Sacramento, CA 95814 have
copies of chaptered bills. Legislative Data Center maintains a website where
bills and analyses are available: //www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html. (Stock
#1232-S; $6.20 - includes tax s/h) (10/03)
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY 2002 BILL SUMMARY MEASURES SIGNED AND VETOED -
The staff has prepared this summary of bills sent to Governor Davis in 2002
pertaining to the Committee's subject-matter jurisdiction. Measures vetoed by
the Governor are included to note disparate views between the Legislature and
Governor. (Stock #1192-S; $7.54 - includes tax s/h) (11/02)
UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - While
California is the birthplace of the computer chip and home of Silicon Valley,
state government's use of information technology has not kept pace with that
legacy. The CDC is such a case. The largest department in state government, it
still struggles with a pair of outmoded and mismatched information technology
systems installed two and three decades ago. In this report the Senate Advisory
Control in State Government concludes that CDC needs significant funding to
construct an information technology system capable of meeting today's needs.
(Stock #1167-S; $4.04 - includes tax s/h) (8/02)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS' BUDGET PROCESS:
CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
FACILITY, CORCORAN & CHUCKAWALLA VALLEY STATE PRISON - This is the second
hearing by the Senate Budget Committee is to discuss how the Department of
Corrections has been running significant deficits for the past several years.
Attending this hearing were the three Wardens from these prisons. (Stock #1161-
S; $3.77 - includes tax s/h) (4/02)
PRISON FACILITY'S BUDGET PROCESS: CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITY AT VACAVILLE,
CORCORAN STATE PRISON, PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON & CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON AT
SOLANO - This hearing by the Senate Budget Committee is to discuss how the
Department of Corrections has been running significant deficits for the past
several years. Attending this hearing were the four Wardens from these prisons,
the Chief Medical Officer and the Associate Warden for Business Services.
(Stock #1160-S; $3.50 - includes tax s/h) (4/02)
CONTROLLING THE COSTS OF CALIFORNIA'S PRISON PHARMACY OPERATIONS - A report by
the Senate Advisory Commission on Cost Control in State Government. This report
discusses the skyrocketing costs of pharmaceutical drugs in California's prison
pharmacies. Costs have increased from $197 per inmate to a projected $768 per
inmate in the same time period. While the Commissioners are aware of
California's current fiscal crisis, they recommend that this year's budget
writers earmark funding for the purchase of commercially available pharmacy drug
management software that can be interfaced with Corrections' existing technology
system. (Stock #1156-S; $5.66 - includes tax s/h) (7/02)
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROVIDING QUALITY TREATMENT CENTER PROGRAMS FOR
CRIMINAL OFFENDERS IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES (NIMBY, PRISON) - Informational
hearing to discuss treatment centers for criminal offenders and the resistance
that is often faced from communities who do not want these facilities in their
neighborhoods. Four important policy issues are: What are the public safety
benefits of providing quality treatment center programs for criminal offenders
in communities? What resistance do these centers face from communities when
trying to establish their program? What are the concerns from communities about
these centers? What can be done to balance the need with those concerns?
SB1537 addresses these issues. (Stock #1153-S; $4.58 - includes s/h) (4/02)
PAYPHONES IN PRISON - The purpose of this hearing by the Joint Committee on
Prison and Operations is to discuss the State payphone contract and it's impact
on the families who have loved ones incarcerated. Constituents, inmates and
juvenile wards have told their Legislative representatives that their phone
bills are much too high. The current system for inmate phone calls requires
them to make all calls collect. These phone calls home are a key part of
maintaining family ties. As a result, the state is making a profit off the
backs of inmate families. These and other issues are discussed in this hearing.
(Stock #1150-S; $3.50 - includes tax s/h)(2/02)
CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - The Joint
Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations held a hearing on
January 17, 2002 along with the Senate & Assembly Budget Subcommittees. They
discussed the Department of Corrections fiscal practices and internal controls.
(Stock #1134-S; $3.77 - includes tax s/h) (1/02)
FOREIGN PRISONERS TRANSFER PROGRAM - Informational hearing by the Joint
Legislative Committee on Prison Construction & Operations and the Senate Public
Safety Committee. Testimony given relating to the treaties which govern the
transfer of foreign prisoners, the way in which California implements those
treaties, and compare the way we implement to other states and hear from the
federal government who is part of the panel presentations. Also at the hearing
are several consulates, Department of Justice from Washington D.C. and Board of
Prison Terms. (Stock #1101-S; $3.50 - includes tax s/h) (6/01)
RECENT SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF WOMEN INMATES –This is an informational hearing held
on January 17, 2001 by the Joint Committee on Prison Construction and
Operations. The purpose of this hearing is to discover what happened to these
women, why did they die and what were the circumstances surrounding their
deaths. Second, to discuss the systematic barriers there are to providing
appropriate legal and medical or prohibiting the legal and medically appropriate
care to inmates and what possible remedies there are. (Stock #1086-S; $4.58 –
includes tax s/h) (1/01)
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION (PRISON) FOR WOMEN: OCTOBER 12, 2000 CHINO, CALIFORNIA –
This was the second of two days of hearings held by the Joint Legislative
Committee on Prison Construction and Operations. The subject matter discussed
was “Battered Women’s Syndrome”, “Medical Care”, “Sexual Misconduct and
Harassment” and “Policy, Appeals, and Internal Affairs”. (Stock #1072-S; $6.47
– includes tax, s/h) (10/00)
VALLEY STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN: OCTOBER 11, 2000 CHOWCHILLA, CALIFORNIA – This
was the first of two days of hearings. This hearing addresses the issues that
are unique to women, as inmates. They include children, contagious infectious
diseases, mental health and pregnancy. Women comprise less than 10 percent of
the population in our prisons in California, and are subject to the same rules
and regulations that are developed primarily pertaining to male inmates. They
discuss these rules and how women inmates are the forgotten minority within the
correction system. (Stock #1071-S; $7.00 – includes tax, s/h) (10/00
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY 2000 BILL SUMMARY – For your information and
use, the staff of the Senate Committee on Public Safety has prepared this
summary of bills pertaining to Public Safety’s jurisdiction passes by the
Legislature and signed into law or vetoed by the Governor in 2000. Most of
those bills signed into law will go into effect January 1, 2001. (Stock #1059-S;
$5.39 – includes tax, s/h) (11/0)
JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARING OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC SAFETY
REGARDING THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF THE YOUTH AUTHORITY – In response to the
recent public disclosures concerning the operations of the CYA, on May 16, 2000,
the committees held this hearing. During more than three hours of testimony,
the committees heard from eleven witnesses on a variety of issues ranging from
resource and staffing cuts to ward programming and abuse concerns. The
committees concluded with testimony from Robert Presley, Secretary of the Youth
and Adult Correctional Agency and Jerry Harper, the newly appointed Director of
the Youth Authority. (Stock #1043-S; $4.85 – includes tax s/h) (5/00)
VIOLENCE IN CALIFORNIA’S PRISONS: A PROPOSAL FOR RESEARCH INTO PATTERNS AND
CURES – This report calls for independent research and reporting on the extent
and nature of violence in California prisons and the Youth Authority. The
authorities have a duty to disclose, and the public has a right to know, whether
we are seeing the rise of “violence as punishment.” Knowledge of what happens
invisibly behind prison walls is a precondition for the public and responsible
leaders to decide how to lessen it. Introduction by Senator Tom Hayden. Report
by Dr. James Gilligan, Harvard Medical School. (Stock #1026-S; $3.23 – includes
tax s/h) (3/00)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS’ ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DRUGS – On August 23,
1999 the Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations held
an informational hearing. They discuss the following issues: Drug interdiction
program, Drug reduction strategy, Maintaining family contact, Secure 1000
informational brochure, Pennsylvania Prisons success in attacking inmate drug
abuse, New Jersey to implement roving drug intervention, and Senate Bill 2016.
(Stock #998-S; $7.27 – includes tax s/h) (8/99)
PAROLE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PROPORTIONALITY – Joint Legislative Committee on
Prison Construction & Operations held on April 29, 1999. This is an
informational hearing on the public policy considerations involved in finding a
life-term inmate suitable for parole. (Stock #992-S; $6.47 – includes tax, s/h)
(4/99)
CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON, CORCORAN: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS’ AND THE
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S EFFORTS TO INVESTIGATE INCIDENTS OF STAFF
BRUTALITY OF INMATES -- A total of 6 hearings held by the Senate Select
Committee on Prison Management, Joint Legislative Committee on Prison
Construction & Operation and Senate Public Safety Committee.
Volume 1 -- July 28, 1998 (Stock #961-S; $ 9.43)
Volume 2 -- July 29, 1998 (Stock #962-S; $13.47)
Volume 3 -- July 30, 1998 (Stock #963-S; $ 9.43)
Volume 4 –- August 3, 1998 (Stock #964-S; $ 9.16)
Volume 5 -- August 18, 1998 (Stock #965-S; $ 9.97)
Volume 6 -- October 21, 1998 (Stock #966-S; $ 6.47)
For the complete 6 volume set $51.45 –- includes tax, s/h
OVERSIGHT HEARING: PRISON INDUSTRY AUTHORITY REFORM -- A background paper by
the Senate Criminal Procedure Subcommittee on Prison Construction and Operations
which includes: Background; Statutory Mission; Prison Industry Authority;
Policy Questions; Competitive Advantages/Disadvantages of Prison Industry
Authority; Management Issues; Recommendations for Reform. (stock #860-S; $2.96
-- includes tax, s/h) (5/96)