Interesting facts about California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and their populations.

2007 Corrections Budget - $8.75 billion

172,284 adults are imprisoned in 32 prisons designed to accommodate 90,000 at an annual cost of $35,587 per person.
2,647 youth are incarcerated in 8 institutions and 2 camps at an annual cost of $175,616 per person.

California Adult Prisoner Facts

93% are male, 7% female.
29,912 are serving life sentences
3,584 have life with parole
Ethnic breakdown:  38% Hispanic, 29% Black, 27% White and 6%Other 657 people on death row - 642 men and 15 women.

California Youth Prisoner Facts

Age range is 12 – 25
95% are male and 5% female.  
51% are Hispanic, 31% Black, 12% are white and the remainder are minorities.

California Prison Staff Facts

56,811  - total employees
Prison officers earn $4.5k - $6.7k per month
Wardens earn over $100,000/year.

CALIFORNIA PAROLE FACTS:

California releases an average 10,000 prisoners per month on parole.
124,810 people are on parole at an annual cost of $4,338, per parolee.

CALIFORNIA RECIDIVISM FACTS:

The recidivism rate in California is 95%

Chaplain: Prisoner ratio

Adult -  1:5385
Youth – 1:265

CCC & Criminal Justice Legislation

3,036 - Bills introduced in California Legislature in 2007
425- address criminal justice issues
100- lobbied by California Catholic Conference