Corrections and Rehabilitation
Court and Lawsuit Related Issues

The Budget includes $526.4 million General Fund to fund various program enhancements for the medical, mental health and dental care programs for the CDCR.

  • The Budget includes $125 million for the Receiver in 2007-08, which is intended to address costs associated with the California Prison Health Care Receivership Corporation's operational budget, coordinated activities undertaken by the Coleman, Perez, and Plata courts, potential but unknown additional health care guarding and transportation costs, and unidentified Receiver-driven activities within the medical program. This is in addition to $200.8 million to address costs associated with salary enhancements, the establishment of various medical and custody positions, and additional medical equipment.
  • The Budget includes $79.2 million to comply with the Perez lawsuit. Included in these funds are $22.5 million to rollout Phase IV of the Inmate Dental Services Program in response to a stipulation agreement and to provide additional headquarters staffing within the Dental Program as ordered by the court, and $56.7 million is to provide salary enhancements for various dental classifications.
  • The Budget includes $121.4 million to comply with the Coleman lawsuit. This includes $40.2 million to implement the Revised Program Guide for the Mental Health Services Delivery System, $17.8 million to retrofit administrative segregation and mental health cells to help prevent suicides in those cells, $7.7 million to staff a new Mental Health Crisis Bed Unit at the California Medical Facility that was constructed in response to a Coleman court order, $5.1 million to implement the Reception Center Enhanced Outpatient Program to deliver mental health treatment to individuals who have been identified as having a serious mental disorder resulting in a serious level of impairment in functioning, and $50.6 million to provide salary increases for mental health professionals.
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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS for Corrections and Rehabilitation Back to Top

 Recidivism Reduction Strategies
 Implementation of AB 900 (Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007)
 Sex Offender Management
 Juvenile Offender Population Rehabilitation and Management
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Enacted Budget Detail - Corrections and Rehabilitation
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