Public Safety Realignment - ACLU of Northern California

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California at a CrossroadsIt’s time to fix California’s broken criminal justice systemCalifornia’s prison systemhas become a revolving door.Evidence-based alternativesto incarceration will reducerecidivism rates. 1Most people in California jailsHAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME.More than 50,000 of the 71,000Californians held in a county jail onany given day are awaiting trial:that‘s 71% of county jails’average daily population. 2Awaiting trial= 10,000 prisonersConvictedIn addition to thehuman cost, there is ahigh financial cost ofpretrial incarceration.$100 per dayto keep someonein jail awaiting trial.$2.50 per dayto monitor people withpretrial programs. 31. The Pew Center on the States, State of Recidivism: The Revolving Door of America’s Prisons (Apr. 2011), p. 26. 2. Corrections StandardsAuthority, Jail Profile Survey Third Quarter Results (2011). 3. Justice Policy Institute, Baltimore Behind Bars (2010), p. 30
CONTENTS1 Executive Summary3 Introduction5 Methodology6 California at a Crossroads7 Realignment In Practice8 Putting Evidence Into Practice10 Funding Realignment12 Improving the Funding Formula14 Sentencing Reform and County Flexibility15 Repeating the State’s Mistakes: The High Costs of Jail Expansion16 State Funding of Massive Jail Expansion18 Incarcerated Without Trial: The Reality of Jail Overcrowding in California19 It’s All about Money: California’s Broken Pretrial Detention System20 A One-Size-Fits All Bail System21 Money-based Bail: A Discriminatory System22 Unnecessary Risks to Public Safety23 Reserving Jails for Public Safety: Alternatives to Pretrial Detention25 California Models for Pretrial Policies26 National Models for Pretrial Policies27 Adopting Pretrial Best Practices28 Access to Pretrial & Alternative Sentencing Programs for Noncitizens30 Protecting Communities: Investing in Individual Outcomes31 Risk and Needs Assessments33 Programming to Reduce Recidivism34 Pre-Booking Diversion to Health Services35 Day Reporting Centers36 Graduated Sanctions37 Flash Incarceration38 Making Realignment Work38 Joint Planning, Implementation and Accountability39 Standardized Reporting and Evaluation40 Adequate and Explicit Funding41 Recommendations43 ConclusionAppendicesAppendix A: County ProfilesAppendix B: Best of the Best: Model Evidence-based programs from County Implementation PlansAppendix C: “Education and Job Training Programs are Key to a Successful Realignment Initiative”prepared by the National Employment Law Project and Rubicon ProgramsAppendix D: “Drug Courts: Alternatives and Practices” prepared by the Drug Policy Alliance
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Page 5 and 6: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCalifornia is at a
Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTIONOur criminal justice sy
Page 9 and 10: MethodologyFor this new report, the
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Page 15 and 16: 805,000, received about $5.2 millio
Page 17 and 18: standardized data on public safety
Page 19 and 20: educational opportunities when they
Page 21 and 22: By November 2009, eleven counties h
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Page 45: RECOMMENDATIONSIt’s time to fix C
Page 48 and 49: ENDNOTES1See Adam Liptak, Inmate Co
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http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/0
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62 The Bureau of Justice Statistics
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94 Id.95 The District of Columbia J
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APPENDIX AProfiles of the “Big 25
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State Prison “High Use” Countie
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• Contra Costa County: The County
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categorized amounts shown in the pr
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Contra CostaCounty Population/ranki
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KingsCounty Population/ranking: #32
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MontereyCounty Population/ranking:
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PlacerCounty Population/ranking: #2
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SacramentoCounty Population/ranking
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San DiegoCounty Population/ranking:
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San JoaquinCounty Population/rankin
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Santa BarbaraCounty Population: #18
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ShastaCounty Population: #30 (107,6
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SonomaCounty Population: #17 (310,0
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TulareCounty Population: #21 (256,2
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YoloCounty Population: #28 (135,447
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Mental Health Department for a Mult
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Best of the Best:Model Evidence-bas
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Trinity County’s realignment plan
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Attorney may work together to devel
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alternative sentencing strategies f
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APPENDIX CEducation and Job Trainin
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Programs: What Works and What Does
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APPENDIX DDrug Courts: Alternatives
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o including alcohol and drug treatm
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