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June 22nd, 2009
Meeting Minutes 06-18-09
Meeting Overview
NEXT MEETING: July 16, 2009. Oakland Private Industry Council (PIC), 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
DECISIONS MADE:
1. Benefits and Enrollment task force will be expanding. Vince will be sending out an email mid-week expanding task force to others.
2. In section 3 of this agenda on Policy – any member of the body can suggest legislation to their committee for consideration on any of the items.
3. Early Release committee will try to connect with Cal Endowment and the 4 other county networks to talk about collaboration on early release immediate issues.
MAJOR TOPICS DISCUSSED:
1. Early Release strategy
2. Policy Agenda
3. Committee and work group updates
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Kelvin Morgan from State Parole will leave his contact information with Bill and will give Coordinating Council any new information he receives concerning early release eligibility planning.
2. Early release subcommittee will draft a list of questions, issues, suggestions around early release within the next few days and submit this list to Kelvin Morgan.
3. Early Release Committee (Vince) will send out an announcement at the next Coordinating Council meeting inviting others to join.
4. Legislative committee will take on the task of finding out how legislative advocacy time affects non-profits organization (501c3).
5. John Bailey will share the 2-page paper from recent conference call with Secretary of CDCR.
6. At next Coordinating Council meeting Vince will come back with more information about the Stimulus funds for the formerly incarcerated.
7. Linda will bring copies of the Employer Tool Kit document at next Coordinating Council meeting.
8. Bill and Kenyatta will have Decision Makers’ Newsletter ready for distribution next week.
June 19th, 2009
To get full report click HERE
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New online event - Parole Violations and Revocations: Evidence-Based Responses to California in Crisis
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July 8, 2009: 2 – 4 pm (EDT)
~Online event. Registration required, and free of charge.~
Provisions for community supervision of offenders, including probation, parole, and revocations for violations, vary significantly across the United States. Frustrating at times, this variety provides a valuable opportunity for states to learn from the policies, failures, and the successes in other states.
California prisons release nearly 120,000 prisoners each year, and roughly two-thirds of them will be back in prison within three years—the highest return-to-prison rate in the nation. Six out of ten admissions to California prisons are returning parolees, and on any given day, parole violators make up nearly a third of the state’s prison population.
Unfortunately, scientific knowledge about parole is so limited that, despite the fact that more than a dozen reports have urged an overhaul of California’s parole practices, exactly what needs to be done remains unclear.
This online panel will discuss the results from a three-year study recently completed and supported by the National Institute of Justice that examined the ways in which decision makers respond to parole violations in California. The study represents the largest and most comprehensive study of parole violations ever conducted, and the lessons learned will be instructive to policy makers and practitioners in other states.
The discussion will be moderated by Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The panel includes:
- Joan Petersilia, Ph.D. - Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, California
- Ryken Grattet, Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis
- Thomas Hoffman - Director, Division of Adult Parole Operations, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Peggy Burke - Principal, Center for Effective Public Policy
Register now - Please fill out some basic information if you are interested in attending.
Instructions - Review these instructions and practice logging in ahead of time (Try it now!).
Resources - Links to resources related to this event (this list may be updated periodically as the event nears).
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June 19th, 2009
Meeting Minutes 05-21-09
Meeting Overview
NEXT MEETING: June 18, 2009; 1-3pm. Private Industry Council (P.I.C.) 2nd Floor Conference Room 1212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
DECISIONS MADE:
Council will create an Early Release Sub-Committee
Council will create a Policy and Legislation Sub-Committee
MAJOR TOPICS DISCUSSED:
Special Presentation: Faith Based Providers
Decision Makers Committee Debrief
Early Release from CDCR and County Jails
Update on Program Priorities
ASSIGNMENTS:
Rev. Dr. VanHook will be the point person to contact for representing the Faith Based Organization at Coordinating Council Meetings.
Follow-up assignments are:
Sheriff Gregory Ahern – (Lt. Burnham)
Program Officer Diane Onnie – (Junious Williams)
Director Yolanda Baldovinos – (Pastor Lankford)
Deputy Director Alex Briscoe – (Pastor Lankford)
Supervisor Keith Carson – (Rodney Brooks)
Supervisor Scott Haggerty - (Rodney Brooks)
State Senator Loni Hancock - (Rodney Brooks)
Commander LaDonna Harris – (Lt. Burnham)
President and CEO Chet Hewitt – (Pastor Lankford)
Director Tony Iton – (Michael Shaw)
Director Dave Kears – (Michael Shaw)
Judge David Krashna – (Charles Turner)
Representative Barbara Lee – (Gay Plair-Cobb)
Supervisor Nate Miley – (Rodney Brooks)
County Administrator Susan Muranishi - (Rodney Brooks)
Chief Assistant District Attorney Nancy O’Malley - (Gay Plair-Cobb)
Supervisor Gail Steele – (Rodney Brooks)
District Director Anne Taylor – (Gay Plair-Cobb)
President and CEO Nicole Taylor – (Junious Williams)
Senior Program Officer Ellen Widess – (Junious Wiliams)
Assemblymember Alberto Torrico – (Pastor Lankford)
Warden Robert Wong – (Garry Mendez)
Judge Goodman (Larry)????
Assemblymember Skinner ????
- Bill will send around a Newsletter Summary with a up to date list including rep column identifying which representatives represented who.
- Bill will put together 2 letters addressing those Decision Makers that did attend and to those who weren’t able to attend.
- Urban Strategies will correct Cal Endow Program Officer name on the list of follow-ups from Diane Aranda to Diane Onnie.
- Junious will follow-up with Darryl Stewart concerning Supervisor Nate Miley’s early release sub-committee with department heads.
- Martha will forward Bill information about early release.
- Rev. Dr. Vanhook will send Bill recommendation about what the Coordinating Council can do to participate in Select-Committee around reentry.
SEE CHARTING INFORMATION AT END OF NOTES
June 18th, 2009
SACRAMENTO—A federal judge on Tuesday gave the Schwarzenegger administration 15 days to sign an agreement intended to reform the health care system for California inmates and end a long and costly legal dispute. Failure to do so would prompt a potential raid on the state treasury, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton warned. To see the full article follow the link below.
Judge sets deadline for California prison decision
June 15th, 2009
The RAND Corporation recently released a report on the Public Health Implications of Reentry and profiled four California Counties - Alameda, Los Angeles, Kern and San Diego Counties. Below is a description of the report from the RAND Corporation website. To see a copy of the report follow the links below.
The past few decades have witnessed a significant increase in the number of ex-prisoners returning to communities nationwide. Often overlooked are this population’s physical and social-behavioral health concerns and, consequently, the role that health care plays in influencing the success of reintegration. The prison population is disproportionately sicker than the U.S. population in general, with substantially higher rates of infectious diseases, serious mental illness, and substance abuse disorders — trends that are mirrored in California. To address the related public health challenges, it is necessary to better understand the health care needs of these former inmates and the capacity of the health care safety net in the communities to which they return. The first phase of this study used a variety of approaches to assess the health care needs of California prisoners upon their release, the geographic distribution of state prisoners who return to local communities, and the health care services that are available in these communities. A statewide analysis of data from a survey of inmates, geocoded corrections data on California parolees and cluster analysis, and a focused analysis of the four counties in which nearly one-third of California parolees reside (Alameda, Kern, Los Angeles, and San Diego) provide policymakers with a picture of communities’ capacity to meet the needs of parolees and other underserved populations.
Report Webpage
Full Report
Summary
