Board of State and Community Corrections: recidivism.

(1) Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to collect and maintain available information and data about state and community correctional policies, practices, capacities, and needs, as specified. Existing law also requires the board, in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, the California State Association of Counties, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and the California State Sheriffs' Association, to collect and analyze data regarding local plans implementing the 2011 public safety realignment. This bill would require the board, in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, the California State Association of Counties, the California State Sheriffs' Association, the California District Attorneys Association, and the Chief Probation Officers of California, to collect and analyze data regarding recidivism rates of all persons who receive a felony sentence punishable by imprisonment in county jail or who are placed on postrelease community supervision. The bill would also require the board to make this data available on the board's Internet Web site, as specified. (2) Existing law provides that the information obtained in the administration of the Unemployment Insurance Law is for the exclusive use and information of the Director of Employment Development in the discharge of his or her duties and is not open to the public. However, existing law requires the director to permit the use of specified information for specified purposes, including, among other things, to enable the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to obtain quarterly wage data of former inmates who have been incarcerated within the prison system to assess the impact of rehabilitation services or the lack of these services on the employment and earnings of former inmates. Existing law provides that a person who knowingly accesses, uses, or discloses this confidential information without authorization is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would enable a county sheriff or county probation department to access this information to obtain quarterly wage data of former inmates who have been incarcerated within the county jail for a felony or who are supervised on postrelease community supervision or mandatory supervision by a county probation department in order to assess the impact of rehabilitation services or the lack of these services on the employment and earnings of the former inmates. By providing this information to the county sheriff and county probation departments, this bill would expand the crime related to the unauthorized disclosure of this information, and would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.