Juveniles: Division of Juvenile Facilities.

Existing law sets forth the powers and duties of the Division of Juvenile Facilities in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with respect to wards in its custody, including, but not limited to, the return of persons to the court of commitment for redisposition by the court, determination of offense category, and setting of parole consideration dates. Existing law requires the department to promulgate policies and regulations implementing a departmentwide system of graduated sanctions for addressing ward disciplinary matters, including extending a ward's parole consideration date, subject to appeal, from one to not more than 12 months, for a sustained serious misconduct violation, as specified. The department is also authorized to promulgate regulations to establish a process for granting wards who have successfully responded to disciplinary sanctions a reduction of up to 50% of any time acquired for disciplinary matters. This bill would prohibit the department from extending a ward's parole consideration date, and would require the department to promulgate regulations to establish a process for granting a ward whose parole consideration hearing date was delayed due to disciplinary sanctions prior to January 1, 2011, a reduction of up to 100% of any time acquired for disciplinary matters.