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File #: 1685   
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 2/4/2020 Department: Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator
On agenda: 2/11/2020 Final action: 2/11/2020
Subject: v Annual expenditure report of the Inmate Welfare Fund
Attachments: 1. ATT-SHERIFF-02-11-2020 Inmate Welfare Annual Report 2018-19, 2. Item #65 Executed BAI

REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO

AND RECORD OF ACTION

 

February 11, 2020

 

FROM

JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator

         

SUBJECT                      

Title                     v

Annual expenditure report of the Inmate Welfare Fund

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RECOMMENDATION(S)

Recommendation

Receive annual expenditure report of the Inmate Welfare Fund for Fiscal Year 2018-19.

(Presenter: John Ades, Captain, 387-0640)

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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES

Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.

Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT

This item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). Total expenditures funded from the Inmate Welfare Fund for Fiscal Year 2018-19 were $4,744,580.18. These expenditures were approved by the Inmate Welfare Committee (IWC) and include salaries, services/supplies, and equipment. Funding for the Inmate Welfare Fund is derived from proceeds of inmate commissary and telephone services.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Section 4025 of the California Penal Code provides for the Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator (Sheriff) to maintain an Inmate Welfare Fund primarily for the benefit, education and welfare of inmates, as well as the maintenance of County jail facilities. This section of the Penal Code also requires that an annual expenditure report of the Inmate Welfare Fund be submitted to the Board of Supervisors (Board).

 

Inmate Welfare Funds are used to support inmate rehabilitation through the Occupational and Academic Development (INROADS) program, which includes academic, vocational, parenting and life skills training. During the reporting fiscal year, expenditures also included funding for chaplains, workforce development staff, enhanced healthcare and law library services, administrative costs and related expenditures necessary to manage the various programs.

 

The Sheriff has sole discretion on Inmate Welfare Fund spending in accordance with the Penal Code; however, the IWC meets regularly to review and approve the expenditures in consultation with County Counsel. The IWC is comprised of six citizens appointed by the Sheriff to oversee the use of the Inmate Welfare Fund and acts as an advisory panel for the inmate educational and vocational programs.

 

PROCUREMENT

Not applicable.

 

REVIEW BY OTHERS

This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Richard D. Luczak, Deputy County Counsel, 387-5455) on January 14, 2020; Finance (Carolina Mendoza, Administrative Analyst, 387-0294) on January 24, 2020; and County Finance and Administration (Kelly Welty, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on January 26, 2020.