Corrections.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to design and construct new, or renovate existing, housing units, support buildings, programming space, and any necessary ancillary improvements in order to add capacity at facilities under the department's jurisdiction and to provide medical, dental, and mental health treatment or housing to inmates. Existing law authorizes the State Public Works Board to issue approximately $2,000,000,000 in revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes for the construction of prison facilities and associated medical, dental, and mental health facilities. This bill, in addition, would authorize the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to design, construct, or renovate prison housing units, prison support buildings, and programming space in order to add 16,000 beds at existing prison facilities. The bill would require that these new beds be supported by rehabilitative programming for inmates, including, but not limited to, education, vocational programs, substance abuse treatment programs, employment programs, and prerelease planning. The bill would authorize the department to acquire publicly owned land, and to design, construct, renovate, establish, and operate rehabilitation and reentry program facilities throughout the state that will house up to an additional 16,000 inmates, and would also be used to house parole violators who are returned to physical custody. The bill would require these facilities to be secure facilities for inmates within one year of being released or rereleased from custody, and, to the extent possible, to be located in areas proximate to the jurisdiction in which the inmate is likely to reside following release. The bill would authorize the State Public Works Board to issue an additional $2.8 billion in revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes for these purposes. The proceeds of these bonds or notes would be continuously appropriated to the board on behalf of the department for those purposes.