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Kevin Grassel March 20, 2014

An Examination of Offenders Released from State Prison in the First Year of Public Safety Realignment. Kevin Grassel March 20, 2014. Public Safety Realignment Act 2011.

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Kevin Grassel March 20, 2014

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  1. An Examination of Offenders Released from State Prison in the First Year of Public Safety Realignment Kevin Grassel March 20, 2014

  2. Public Safety Realignment Act 2011 • Realignment redirected: non-serious, non-violent, non-sex registrant (non-non-non) offenders from State to local jurisdictions • Intended to reserve State prison for those with serious or violent charges (current or prior), sex registrants, and a few other offense types (e.g., battery against a juror, sale of a person for • immoral purposes)

  3. This Presentation • CDCR now has two full years of data to evaluate how offenders released from prison after October 1, 2011, fared on parole and local post-release community supervision • This report evaluates the impact of Realignment by comparing the rates of arrest, conviction, and returns to prison of those released after completing their State prison term in the first year of Realignment with those released one year earlier

  4. Methodology To evaluate the impact of Realignment, two groups were created: • 1) a pre-Realignment release cohort that includes all offenders paroled from a CDCR State prison between • October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2011 • 2) a post-Realignment release cohort that includes all offenders paroled or discharged to PRCS from a CDCR State prison between • October 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012

  5. Methodology Continued… • An arrest is defined as the first felony, misdemeanor, or supervision violation offense occurring within State of CA • A conviction is defined as the first felony or misdemeanor conviction within State of CA, regardless of whether the conviction resulted in incarceration • A return-to-custody is defined as a return to a CDCR facility or CDCR contracted facility

  6. Methodology Continued… Number Returned ÷ Recidivism Cohort 100 = X

  7. Pre- and Post-Realignment One-Year Arrest Rates

  8. Arrest Types

  9. Number of Arrests Per Person Released

  10. Number of Times Offenders Were Arrested

  11. Pre- and Post-Realignment One-Year Conviction Rates

  12. Conviction Types

  13. Number of Convictions Per 1,000 Released

  14. Number of Times Offenders Were Convicted

  15. Pre- and Post-Realignment One-Year Return to Prison Rates

  16. Pre- and Post-Realignment Types of Returns to Prison

  17. Conclusion • Arrest rates have been on a decline since Realignment and the initial gap observed between pre- and post-Realignment • has diminished • Conviction rates also gradually declined after October 2011 and remained lower than pre-Realignment rates through the end • of the time frame studied • Return to prison rates have held steady post-Realignment, much lower than the pre-Realignment rate, with RTCs being virtually non-existent

  18. Office of Research - CDCR Denise Allen, Chief Research and Evaluation Branch Denise.Allen@cdcr.ca.gov

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