2012 Joe Harper Scholarship Application

CCPOA Weekly Update - February 3, 2012

CCPOA WEEKLY UPDATE — JANUARY 27, 2012

While just over 200 layoff notices are scheduled to go out this week, we were able to successfully negotiate a final transfer opportunity for these members — above and beyond the original agreement — to place them in permanent intermittent positions, if they so choose. If you receive this layoff notice, there will also be a Transfer Option Sheet enclosed — we strongly encourage you to take advantage of this Transfer Option and accept one of these positions. There are more than enough of these open positions to accommodate you, so every single one of you should complete and return this Option Sheet immediately...

CCPOA Weekly Update: January 20, 2012

CCPOA Weekly Update: January 13, 2012

Supervisory Update — By Kevin Raymond, Supervisory VP

On Monday evening we received more details regarding the impacts of AB 109— specifically, a list of the supervisory members whoʼve been mailed Option Worksheets by the state (a total of approximately 110 S06/M06 statewide). These worksheets must be returned by today January 13, 2012. In addition, we were scheduled to meet with the State on Thursday, January 12 to discuss supervisory seniority, as well as a myriad of other important issues. The state cancelled at the last minute, stating their decision makers were not available as the reason for cancellation. We are attempting to secure another date for this meeting. So hang in there, and stay tuned...

Juvenile Justice Realignment in 2012

By Brian Heller de Leon

Policy and Government Outreach Coordinator, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

Selena Teji, J.D. Communications Specialist, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

“The purpose of this publication is to recommend a full juvenile justice realignment plan in the 2012-13 budget cycle. The Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF) budget triggers implemented on January 1, 2012, highlight the unsustainable costs of maintaining a dual juvenile justice system in California.

DJF’s current recidivism rate of 80% and continued scrutiny under the Farrell lawsuit both demonstrate the limited success the state has at rehabilitating youthful offenders (CDCR, 2010, p.10).”

CCPOA Weekly Update: January 6, 2011

CCPOA Membership Application Form

Use this form to apply for membership in the California Correctional Peace Officer's Association. Second form for CCPOA Retired Chapter is included below.  The CCPOA form and the CCPOA Retired Chapter form were both updated on December 13, 2011.

Remember: Flu Vaccinations Are Optional!

It's that time of year again, when we are hit with the decision "To Vaccinate against the Flu" or "Not".  The signs are posted everywhere: Walmart, Walgreens, Costco, Target and CDCR. Unlike your local retail establishment who has the choice whether to offer flu vaccinations to their patrons, CDCR is mandated by Title 8, Section 5199 to offer all of their employees free seasonal flu vaccinations...

RAND: new report on CA prisoner re-entry

When prisoners are released and return to communities, an often overlooked concern is the health care needs that former prisoners have and the role that health care plays in how successfully they reintegrate. To a large extent, the reentry population will eventually become part of the uninsured and medically indigent populations in communities.

This volume examines the health care needs of newly released prisoners in California, including the need for mental health and substance abuse treatment; which communities are most affected by prisoner reentry; the health care system capacity of those communities; and the experiences of released prisoners, service providers, and families of incarcerated individuals. The authors conducted a geographic analysis to identify where parolees are concentrated in California and the capacity of the safety net in four of these communities — Alameda, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Kern counties — to meet the health care needs of the reentry population. They then conducted focus groups in Alameda, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties with former prisoners and their family members and interviews with relevant service providers and community groups to better understand how health affects reentry; the critical roles that health care providers, other social services, and family members play in successful reentry; and how the children and families of ex-prisoners are affected by reentry. The authors discuss all this in the context of budget cuts that have substantially shrunk California's safety net and the May 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering California to reduce its prison population by 33,000. The volume concludes with recommendations for improving access to care for this population in the current fiscal environment.

View an overview of the report here: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1165.html

View the full 252 page report here: RAND_MG1165.pdf

Read a shorter 23-page summary of the report here: RAND_MG1165.sum.pdf

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