6047.
(a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall, in collaboration with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training, develop and implement a program of training and testing focused on the impact of implicit bias on individual and institutional decisionmaking in correctional and community corrections facilities and settings.(b) To carry out the requirements of subdivision (a), the board shall convene a working group that shall be comprised as follows:
(1) Three persons who are experts in the field of implicit bias and who represent the diversity of persons served by the legal system. These
persons shall have either academic training in implicit bias, counter-bias training certification, or three to five years of experience teaching or facilitating courses aimed at addressing implicit bias.
(2) Two person who have been either formerly incarcerated or formerly under some form of formal postconviction supervision in California.
(3) One person who is a member of the public and who has experience with restorative justice, trauma-informed care, or community alternatives to incarceration.
(4) A sworn correctional officer from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a sworn member of a county sheriff’s department or county correctional authority, and a sworn member of a county probation department, all of whom have experience in the development and implementation of training for correctional or
community supervision personnel.
(c) Members of the working group, including persons needed to fill any subsequent vacancies, shall be nominated to the board and vetted by the Attorney General through an open application process.
(d) The working group shall, by no later than January 1, 2022, develop an implicit bias training curriculum that shall include at least three hours of instruction and shall include, but not be limited to, each of the following subjects and components:
(1) A survey of the social science on implicit bias, unconscious bias, explicit bias, and systemic implicit bias, including the ways that bias affects institutional policies and practices.
(2) A working understanding of mind science concepts underpinning implicit bias, including
racial anxiety, stereotype threat, and ingroup preference.
(3) Recognition that people hold biases based on characteristics such as race, gender, ethnicity, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, mental and physical ability, religion, and socioeconomic and housing status.
(4) Historical perspective on how biases developed as a result of social stereotypes promulgated to justify the exploitation and marginalization of groups of people who were socially disadvantaged, including, but not limited to, Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, immigrants, religious minorities, people with disabilities, people experiencing mental illness, women, and individuals who identify or are perceived as representing nontraditional sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.
(5) Examples
of how implicit bias affects the perceptions, judgments, and actions of correctional personnel, resulting in disparities in the administration of the state correctional system and local correctional facilities.
(6) Strategies for counteracting and reducing the negative impact of one’s implicit biases on persons accused of, or adjudged responsible for, criminal or delinquent conduct, members of the public, and other correctional personnel.
(7) Implicit association testing, the results of which are for self-reflection only and not disclosed to anyone but the test taker.
(8) Roleplaying and interactive exercises that give participants opportunities to practice newly learned strategies for tracking and interrupting biased thought patterns and actions.
(9) Inquiry into how correctional agencies and departments can decrease the impact of the biases of individual personnel on institutional policies and outcomes.
(10) Discussion of how bias-reduction strategies contribute to the safety of correctional personnel and individuals in their custody and care.
(e) The working group shall, by no later than January 1, 2024, develop a continued training and refresher course. This course shall be three hours in length and shall include more in-depth study and self-inquiry related to the subject areas outlined in subdivision (d).
(f) In addition to developing the curriculum described in subdivisions (d) and (e), the working group shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide ongoing monitoring and
evaluation of the implicit bias training program.
(2) Regularly review and update the courses described in subdivisions (d) and (e) and update the curriculum as necessary.
(3) Implement fidelity and quality control measures in order to ensure that all of the required subjects are being covered in training courses.
(4) Vet and approve trainers for the implicit bias training program pursuant to subdivision (h).
(5) Assist in the preparation of the reports required by Section 6047.5.
(g) (1) By no later than January 1, 2024, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall ensure that each correctional officer, supervisor, and manager, and each
parole agent and parole supervisor completes the training described in subdivision (d).
(2) By no later than January 1, 2024, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall ensure that each peace officer who is primarily assigned to a correctional or custodial assignment completes the training described in subdivision (d).
(3) By no later than January 1, 2024, the sheriff of each county that employs correctional officers or custodial staff who are not peace officers shall ensure that those persons complete the training described in subdivision (d).
(4) By no later than January 1, 2024, the chief probation officer of each county shall ensure that each probation officer and juvenile probation officer completes the training described in subdivision (d).
(5) By no later than January 1, 2024, the Director of the Department of Youth and Community Restoration shall ensure that each correctional officer, counselor, supervisor, and manager completes the training described in subdivision (d).
(6) Every two years after completion of the training described in subdivision (d), each person described in this subdivision shall complete the continued training and refresher course described in subdivision (e).
(h) Presenters of the training described in subdivisions (d) and (e) shall be approved by the working group.