Prisons: wild mustang program.

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with jurisdiction over state prison facilities. Existing law requires the department to provide academic and vocational education to inmates as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to establish camps for the employment of inmates. This bill would establish the Wild Mustang Pilot Program for a period of 5 years to employ inmates in work related to the boarding, care, feeding, maintenance, training, and domestication of feral horses acquired from the Bureau of Land Management or Indian tribes. The bill would require the program to be funded by existing funds for rehabilitation programs and would require any revenue received by the program, as specified, to offset program costs. The bill would authorize the department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the program. The bill would require the Office of the Inspector General to conduct an evaluation of the program, as specified, and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2025, regarding this evaluation.