Corrections: prison labor: fire suppression.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to use or cause to be used prisoners of the state prison to perform labor at permanent, temporary, and mobile camps, including fire suppression. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment at those camps. Existing law also establishes conservation centers for the employment of inmates in custody of the secretary to perform public conservation projects, including forest fire prevention and control. This bill would, if a prisoner is under consideration for assignment to a camp to perform fire suppression, including an assignment to perform forest fire prevention and control in a conservation center, require the secretary to contact the local law enforcement agency responsible for the arrest of the prisoner for the offense for which he or she is currently serving his or her sentence and inform the agency that it may provide the secretary additional information regarding the background of the prisoner for consideration by the secretary in determining the prisoner's eligibility for that assignment, including information relating to any other criminal activity and any mental health issues. The bill would require the secretary to inform the agency that it has 10 business days to respond to the department and object to the placement of the prisoner in the camp or conservation center. If the law enforcement agency files such an objection with the department within 10 business days, the bill would prohibit the placement of the prisoner in the camp or conservation center.