REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
March 29, 2022
FROM
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator
SUBJECT
Title
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 2020-21.
(Presenter: John Ades, Deputy Chief, 387-3760)
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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 2020-21 were $4,429,009.75. These expenditures 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 incarcerated individuals, 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 the Inmate Rehabilitation Through the Occupational and Academic Development Systems (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, law library services, administrative costs and related expenditures necessary to manage the various programs.
The Inmate Welfare Fund Committee (IWF) 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 inmate educational and vocational programs. The Sheriff has sole discretion on Inmate Welfare Fund spending in accordance with the Penal Code; however, the IWF meets regularly to review and approve the expenditures in consultation with County Counsel.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Richard D. Luczak, Deputy County Counsel, 387-5455) on March 2, 2022; Finance (Kathleen Gonzalez, Administrative Analyst, 387-5412) on March 11, 2022; and County Finance and Administration (Robert Saldana, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on March 14, 2022.