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The Administration continues to take steps to address various operational needs of the Department. Toward those efforts, the Budget includes additional resources for academy operations and peace officer selection, information technology projects, human resources support, and other critical areas.


PEACE OFFICER SELECTION AND ACADEMIES
 The Administration remains committed to addressing correctional officer and parole agent vacancies. To that end, the Governor's Budget includes $19.9 million General Fund in 2008-09 to expand the existing parole academy, run a one-time annex academy for entry-level correctional officers at a difficult-to-staff institution, and add contract funding to ease the backlog in background investigations and pre-employment medical clearances for peace officer applicants. Additionally, the CDCR is currently seeking an appropriate site for a Southern California Training Academy and plans to request any needed budget authority to activate such a facility during the spring Budget process.


FILLING VACANCIES
 CDCR is making progress toward meeting its goal to select and hire correctional officers to fill every established position vacancy, including new court required positions. CDCR has intensified its recruitment efforts to increase the number of correctional officers who are needed throughout the state. CDCR receives approximately 7,500 correctional officer applications per month. Typically, only four percent of the potential candidates pass the selection process, which includes psychological, academic, background investigation, medical and physical fitness evaluations.


DISCHARGED OFFENDER RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 The Governor's Budget includes $3.2 million General Fund to cover the increased cost of scanning and hosting inmate files in the Discharged Offender Record Management System (DORMS). The DORMS is an information technology project that scans a discharged inmate's central files into an electronic format, which can be stored and easily retrieved if the inmate returns to custody.


HUMAN RESOURCES SUPPORT
 The Governor's Budget continues $4.7 million General Fund to support recruitment, selection, and hiring activities mostly as a result of various court orders and legislative mandates. The continuation of these resources will ensure that the CDCR is able to perform these tasks in a timely and efficient manner. This augmentation also includes resources to permanently establish and fund positions authorized in the 2007 Budget Act specifically for the hiring of critical dental and mental health positions in response to the Perez and Coleman courts.
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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS for Corrections and Rehabilitation Back to Top

 Proposed Workload Budget
  Adult Population Adjustments
  Juvenile Population Adjustments
  Implementation of AB 900
  Court and Lawsuit-Related Issues
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  Incarceration of Undocumented Felons
 Proposed Budget-Balancing Reductions
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Proposed Budget Detail - Corrections and Rehabilitation
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