Children of incarcerated parents: working group.

Existing law requires the California Research Bureau in the California State Library to conduct a study of the children of women who are incarcerated in state prisons for the purpose of determining how many incarcerated women have children and to gather basic information about the children. Existing law requires the California Research Bureau to convene an advisory group to assist in designing and administering the study. This bill would require the Board of State and Community Corrections to convene a working group regarding the specified needs of children of incarcerated parents. The bill would require the working group to include representatives from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Judicial Council, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and children of incarcerated parents and their advocacy groups, among others. The bill would require the working group to develop guidelines for policy and procedure decisions that impact children of incarcerated parents and to make policy and fiscal recommendations to the Legislature for potential revisions to state law.