Bill Text: CA AB32 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 32 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Detention facilities: private, for-profit administration services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2019. [AB32 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB32-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 32

Introduced by Assembly Members Bonta, Chiu, Gloria, and Gonzalez
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gipson, Levine, McCarty, Quirk, and Mark Stone)
(Coauthor: Senator Wiener)

December 03, 2018

An act to add Section 5003.1 to the Penal Code, relating to prisons.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 32, as introduced, Bonta. State prisons: private, for-profit administration services.

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the administration of correctional facilities and the care and custody of inmates. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into one or more agreements with private entities to obtain secure housing capacity in the state or in another state, upon terms and conditions deemed necessary and appropriate to the secretary. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, authorizes the secretary to enter into agreements for the transfer of prisoners to, or placement of prisoners in, community correctional centers, and to enter into contracts to provide housing, sustenance, and supervision for inmates placed in community correctional centers.

This bill, on or after January 1, 2020, would prohibit the department from entering into or renewing a contract with a private, for-profit prison to incarcerate state prison inmates. The bill would also prohibit, after January 1, 2028, a state prison inmate or other person under the jurisdiction of the department from being incarcerated in a private, for-profit prison facility.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 5003.1 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

5003.1.

(a) On or after January 1, 2020, the department shall not enter into a contract with a private, for-profit prison facility located in or outside of the state to provide housing for state prison inmates.

(b) On or after January 1, 2020, the department shall not renew an existing contract with a private, for-profit prison facility located in or outside of the state to incarcerate state prison inmates.

(c) After January 1, 2028, a state prison inmate or other person under the jurisdiction of the department shall not be incarcerated in a private, for-profit prison facility.