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Genevieve Candelaria, superintendent of correctional education in CDCR’s Division of Rehabilitative Programs, described career technical education (CTE) offerings and partnerships with CalPIA, California Community Colleges and other agencies. Candelaria said CDCR reported nearly 4,700 industry certifications in fiscal year 2023–24 and cited a preliminary recidivism finding that people with a CTE achievement had a 26 percent recidivism rate compared with 40 percent for those without CTE achievements.

Michelle Kane, CalPIA assistant general manager of external affairs, described CalPIA’s statewide job‑training enterprises—about 5,800 budgeted positions—and said UC Irvine’s evaluation of CalPIA programs found that three years after release just 15 percent of CalPIA participants had been returned to custody. Kane said CalPIA offers 128 nationally recognized certifications and operates construction, healthcare‑facility maintenance, commercial dive, braille, optical and other programs with industry partners and union collaborations; she said participation can include milestone completion credits (sentence reduction).

Dolores Oliveras (CalPIA) and other speakers described the E2E (Entry to Employment) network, which helps eligible participants apply for jobs before release through the EDD CalJOBS platform; CalPIA said E2E had been implemented at 23 institutions with 283 participants to date and full statewide deployment planned by May 19, 2025. Justin Ennis, a formerly incarcerated graduate of CalPIA who now works as a project manager for a commercial developer, described how CalPIA experience and employer endorsements helped him obtain work and advance to a salaried role.

Anti‑recidivism groups and apprenticeship‑readiness providers told the committee that construction trades and other career pathways have produced durable employment for many graduates but said challenges remain—securing IDs and work authorization documents, housing instability, and parole‑supervision requirements can delay entry to work. The subcommittee asked for follow-up materials and said it would use the testimony to inform budget decisions at the May Revision. No formal votes occurred during the informational session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation","oneSentenceSummary","CalPIA, CDCR education officials and reentry groups detailed industry‑recognized career training in prisons, apprenticeship pipelines and an entry-to-employment tool; UC Irvine analysis and program participants cited lower return-to-custody rates among program graduates.","taxTitle","California State Senate, Senate, Legislative, California","taxId",77650,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6576397,"Community-led prison rehabilitation programs say ‘BRIGHT’ grants lower recidivism; groups ask legislature to restore funding",389,4349000,4738000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3113378-4bbef2f1a3699cf5abcd7005f9a47948&start=4349&end=4738","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3113378-4bbef2f1a3699cf5abcd7005f9a47948/thumbnail_4349000.jpg","/articles/6576397/California/Community-led-prison-rehabilitation-programs-say-BRIGHT-grants-lower-recidivism-groups-ask-legislature-to-restore-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576397-d50f40b52760d382b10c07ba274c8612/orig.mp4?Expires=1770567592&Signature=Q7OFHbdqkJ13dDsz6qRc8pR5C~g7U61o4acm4X3AUnh5IYymuTekAaK0wDDs8Yl7pjSANquOJH~~KNs52b-P8g301N8kNzW34yn40vuUmRWnH~51A5C2TULayKaIFcL1neKbLYVYqUml76kk36Bna5CoeMM0oVTB9bFNNXTJj5SYeK6VRE8PyzRGox45L~FwF3oDoPqVtrCxcH3LJLKxdXCuOV0YlMORVUFJavf9fjbKLn1iAxGZK1DldJLtkvAtxsMYCfRWjFnOiGYkLoXfHNMbVCY1AlzlnuwyNs7XNWm-FLZjG0JB7aw3pSUuoHjGGHlY6GVbg0v3~f18-SAWmA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representatives from CDCR and community-based providers described a portfolio of rehabilitative programs offered inside California prisons and urged continued or expanded funding for the state’s BRIGHT (referred to in testimony as the “right”) grant, which funds community‑led programming.

Deputy Director Denise Tanamoto, Division of Rehabilitative Programs at CDCR, said the department provides foundational services—basic and higher education, substance use disorder treatment and vocational training—and partners with community organizations and volunteers to deliver supplemental rehabilitative programs. Tanamoto pointed to CDCR’s latest recidivism report for the 2019–2020 cohort: a statewide three‑year conviction recidivism rate of 39.1 percent, and a substantially lower 14.8 percent rate for people who earned milestone completion credits (MCC), rehabilitative achievement credits (RACC) or educational merit credits (EMC) through participation in programs.

Kenneth Hartman, executive director of Transformative Programming Works (TPW) and formerly incarcerated, told the committee that TPW’s member organizations run programs that include trauma‑informed and gender‑responsive curricula, restorative-justice groups, vocational training and reentry support. “Participants in these programs have the lowest recidivism rates across CDCR,” Hartman said. He requested a $20 million allocation for the BRIGHT grant to sustain and scale community-led programs and said many programs have long waiting lists.

Kalaipi Correa, regional lead for Land Together (formerly Insight Garden Project), described horticultural and horticultural‑therapy programs that combine gardening, mindfulness, reentry planning and prerelease coaching; she said the program operates in nine prisons and follows participants into the community for up to six months of prerelease case management.

Multiple public commenters, including current and formerly incarcerated program graduates and CBO leaders, urged the subcommittee to support the BRIGHT grant and highlighted program waitlists and documented outcomes. Panelists and public testimony emphasized that CBOs often provide continuity of care, specialized trauma-informed services and community links that CDCR alone does not deliver.

The subcommittee treated the presentations as informational. Chair Senator Richardson and other members said they would use the testimony to inform budget deliberations ahead of the May Revision. No formal votes or budget decisions were taken at the hearing.","Community-based organizations and CDCR officials told a Senate subcommittee that rehabilitative programming supported by the BRIGHT (Right) grant reduces recidivism and requested more funding and clearer pathways for community providers to operate in prisons.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6576402,"Prison psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses tell Senate contracting, mandatory overtime and registry stretch staff and threaten continuity of care",216,1870000,2086000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3113378-4bbef2f1a3699cf5abcd7005f9a47948&start=1870&end=2086","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3113378-4bbef2f1a3699cf5abcd7005f9a47948/thumbnail_1870000.jpg","/articles/6576402/California/Prison-psychiatrists-psychologists-and-nurses-tell-Senate-contracting-mandatory-overtime-and-registry-stretch-staff-and-threaten-continuity-of-care","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576402-c5a9a0d4f1e15663d316f312904c50f2/orig.mp4?Expires=1770567592&Signature=Q569lvb0-Erq~HES~XUp5H-ZyOr~Ix3r6~CT8H7Mx55~rhDa~nTlFyvIIqwOr~CmOtZxwhJaJu9C1VsgJD49iMTEGvgE4Tt0lTTVjiUGbDjEfZNZibuVKiC6jb401KtvyUwDA1iSElpBrGQ0w9xZ9nZKxFIUrNFl6i1Mmb8PylcMqZ593~yMIpGtmcHWcN40yr4Sr~G2o6u9ci7f-q8Gog4PYIDjSKwSmAXghrmayXyOm55RdqXoAKrITH1BYgZ4BJdoaXs7zFu0NJXuX-99DiBGo15EOgJxSJuftpL-Z9t67nIvUaJfuFBRCsU-hGvIrpFcs3OH0qELX6O8khuaRw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Three institutional staff representatives—psychiatrist Dr. Navarette Mann (UAPD), clinical psychologist Dr. Aaron Cannon (AFSCME Local 2620), and licensed vocational nurse Heather Markovich (SEIU Local 1000 bargaining unit chair)—told the California State Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 that contracting, mandatory overtime and registry use degrade patient care and working conditions inside CDCR institutions.

Dr. Mann said contracting out clinical psychiatry has increased sharply and harms continuity of care. “Contract psychiatrists are making a lot more money than they ever have … we've heard of psychiatrists made over $100,000 per month just working as contract psychiatrist,” she said. Mann explained that short-term contractors often avoid complicated treatment plans they cannot follow long term, leaving chronically ill patients less stable and more expensive to treat after crises.

Dr. Cannon, a civil‑service psychologist with 18 years of CDCR experience, described the prison clinical environment: “We went cell to cell checking on our patients… there is the banging and the yelling and the screaming and the urine and the feces and the blood and the spit and the pepper spray… These are our people. That’s what we do.” Cannon said contractors often make two to three times more than civil servants and that clinicians frequently leave civil service to become higher-paid contractors, undermining efforts to establish trust and continuity with patients.

Heather Markovich, representing nursing staff, said mandatory overtime and use of costly registry contracts have eroded the permanent nursing workforce. She told the panel CCHCS spent “$138,000,000 this year in registry” and asserted the state’s longer-term registry spending “since 2014” is substantial (she provided multiple figures during testimony). Markovich said an RN at Avenal State Prison received a one‑month paycheck of $30,897 under registry arrangements and described how registry staff can pick preferable shifts while state employees face mandated assignments and repeated mandatory overtime.

All three witnesses described safety incidents and equipment problems. Dr. Mann and Dr. Cannon recounted being assaulted by patients; Dr. Mann said radios are “sometimes not available and sometimes not working.” All urged higher compensation for civil‑service clinicians and nurses, faster hiring processes, reduced mandatory overtime and more investment in stable, permanent staffing to improve continuity of care and reduce downstream crisis costs.

Senator Richardson thanked witnesses and said the committee would consider the testimony as it prepares for the May Revision and the governor’s budget but noted limitations in negotiating pay and broader fiscal constraints. No formal actions were taken in the informational hearing.
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“I was elected by be the president of the California Association Highway Patrolmen, which represents 6,900 active frontline men and women,” Johnson told the panel. He said the CHP has hired roughly 1,000 new officers between February 2022 and February 2025 but that roughly the same number left the force in that period, “mostly to retirement.” Johnson said about 1,000 sworn personnel are eligible to retire now and an additional 1,000 will become eligible over the next three years.

Johnson told the committee the CHP has become “California’s police department” because the agency is repeatedly deployed for statewide needs, and he warned large upcoming events will require significant CHP deployments: “The CHP will play a vital role in upcoming Super Bowl, World Cup, and the Olympics.” He said those assignments increase overtime and reduce staffing available for routine local duties.

Senator Anthony Sciardo and Chair Senator Richardson asked about recruitment, supervision and operational safety. Johnson said recruitment has been strong—“hiring a thousand people within that time frame is something to be proud of”—but added that hiring has not kept pace with attrition and that inexperienced supervisors and fatigue from excess overtime are growing concerns. “The simple answer is, yes. The supervision is less experienced,” he said. On fatigue he added: “Once it got too much, and you’re working 20, 25 days out of the month of 24 hour shifts, you become less effective.”

Johnson also raised equipment and safety issues for officers conducting traffic stops on freeways, saying lighting on patrol cars could be improved and describing efforts some officers take to move stops off the highway. “I would love to work with the legislature or even further with my employer to try to implement some better policies or even laws” to reduce roadside risk, he said.

To stabilize staffing and retain experience, Johnson urged lawmakers to consider a Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) for sworn officers and firefighters. He described DROP as a program that lets eligible employees extend their careers for a predetermined period while preserving retirement benefits and said similar programs operate in several California cities and other states. “Our communities would benefit from these highly qualified employees staying in their critical posts,” he said. Johnson said the association pulled an earlier bill in the Assembly to refine fiscal language and will continue to work with legislators, CalPERS and the administration to pursue a cost-neutral DROP design.

The subcommittee did not take formal action during the informational hearing. Senators and Johnson discussed next steps, and Richardson encouraged further collaboration on DROP and on safety improvements ahead of major sporting events.","The California Association of Highway Patrolmen told a Senate budget subcommittee that the Highway Patrol is stretched by retirements, overtime and deployments to major events and urged a deferred-retirement option plan (DROP) to keep experienced officers on duty.","actionData","errors"]

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CalPIA and CDCR describe job training, apprenticeships and pre-release hiring tools tied to lower returns to custody

Community-led prison rehabilitation programs say ‘BRIGHT’ grants lower recidivism; groups ask legislature to restore funding

Prison psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses tell Senate contracting, mandatory overtime and registry stretch staff and threaten continuity of care

CHP union urges DROP plan as retirements, large-event demands strain staffing