California Government Code

§ 15820.943

GOV § 15820.943 Effective Jun 27, 2016Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 10b · Ch. 3.132

Statute text

In support of this state financing, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)California’s current challenges in managing jail populations follow decades of overcrowded and aging jails, and piecemeal, erratic, and incomplete responses to dealing with these problems. Reversing course will require sustainable solutions that must include sound planning and implementation, and must be grounded in the principle that jail resources must be well-planned and employed efficiently and effectively to prevent overcrowding and promote public safety through the broader use of evidence-based practices and policies in the criminal justice system.

(b)California needs a long-term, statewide strategy to effectively manage its jail population and jail resources. Without an ongoing analytical framework for taking into account factors such as population growth, criminogenic needs of the current and future jail populations, crime rates, custodial housing needs, and additional changes to realignment or sentencing laws and practices, California will continue to resort to reactive, fragmentary fixes to its jail condition and capacity problems instead of being fully prepared to develop an effective and sustainable system of local custodial facilities.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 34, Sec. 1. (SB 844) Effective June 27, 2016.