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California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) is a self-supporting state entity within California’s correctional industries in a manner similar to private industry. The CALPIA was reconstituted from the previous California Correctional Industries Program through legislation enacted in 1982. The CALPIA is overseen by the Prison Industry Board, which acts much like a corporate board of directors. The Board is composed of 11 members, including the Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) or his or her designee, the Director of the Department of General Services or his or her designee, the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing or his or her designee, two public members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, two public members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and four members appointed by the Governor representing organized labor and the industry. The Secretary of the CDCR serves as chair of the Board. The CALPIA supports the public safety mission of the CDCR by producing well-trained offenders that have a job skill, good work habits, basic education, and job support in the community to reduce the likelihood of returning to prison. The CALPIA work programs also help the CDCR to avoid the cost of alternative inmate programming for program participants. The CALPIA has three statutory objectives (Under the (Penal Code Sections 2800-2818 )) : 1) Develop and operate manufacturing, agricultural, and service enterprises that provide work opportunities for offenders under the jurisdiction of the CDCR; 2) Create and maintain working conditions within enterprises as much like those which prevail in private industry as possible, to assure offenders assigned therein the opportunity to work productively to earn funds, and to acquire or improve effective work habits or and occupational skills; and 3) Operate work programs for offenders that are self-supporting through the generation of sufficient funds from the sale of products and services to pay all program expenses, and which provide goods and services to be used by the CDCR thereby reducing the costs of its operation. The CALPIA receives no annual appropriation from the Legislature. The CALPIA manages 57 manufacturing, service, and consumable factories in 25 (CDCR institutions ). The CALPIA provides employment and programming for approximately 7,000 offenders assigned to 5,399 positions annually in manufacturing, consumables, service enterprises, and selling and administration. Administrative offices are located in Folsom, California. The goods and services produced by the CALPIA’s enterprises are sold predominately to departments of the State of California, as well as other state-supported entities. The CDCR is the CALPIA’s largest customer, and accounted for 57 percent of all sales in FY 2011-12, down from 62 percent in FY 2010-11. Other major State customers include The Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of State Hospitals, the Department of Health Care Services, the Department of Transportation (CalTrans), the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), the Department of General Services (DGS), the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), the California National Guard, and the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The CALPIA offender participants must achieve a General Education Development (GED) degree within two years to continue participating in the CALPIA. Joint and Free Venture Programs On behalf of the CDCR, the CALPIA manages (California’s Joint Venture Program (JVP) ), which is responsible for implementing the Prison Inmate Labor Initiative, Proposition 139 of 1990. Under its provisions, private businesses may set up business operations inside California correctional facilities and hire offenders. This includes only those businesses that are starting a new company, expanding an existing business, or relocating to California. The CALPIA also manages the (Free Venture Program (FVP) ), which operates in much the same way as the JVP, except it is located within California’s juvenile facilities. This unique relationship is a cooperative effort of private industry and the State of California, benefitting businesses, victims, and the state, while preparing offenders for successful reintegration into the community. Offenders are paid a comparable wage that is then subject to deductions for room and board, crime victim compensation, government prisoner family support ordered restitution (child support), and mandatory offender savings for release. In addition, offender employees pay federal and state taxes. The JVP disbursed more than $100,000 for crime victim restitution in FY 2011-12. As of October 2012, local government correctional facilities may also participate in the JVP. Inmate Employability Program The CALPIA developed the (Inmate Employability Program (IEP) ) to enhance the ability of offender workers to obtain meaningful jobs upon release and successfully transition from prison to the community and the world of work. This effort supports the CALPIA’s goal to reduce recidivism and contribute to safer communities. Through the IEP, the CALPIA offender workers are continually evaluated for improvement in job skills, education, experience and work habits. The IEP provides offender workers access to nationally accredited certifications and internal skill proficiency certificates. The IEP provides transition to employment services and information. Prior to parole, an appointment at the Department of Motor Vehicles is arranged to provide valid identification. Information and forms are provided for a social security card, birth certificate, child support, and veteran’s benefits. The IEP also provides access to the CDCR statewide resource guide. Career Technical Education The (Career Technical Education (CTE) ) program, established by the CALPIA in 2006 as a pilot, gives offenders an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in real world training, as well as work opportunities performing construction and facility maintenance for institutions and communities. To date, the CALPIA CTE program has been the most effective rehabilitation program in California and also provides a well-trained labor force for maintenance and construction projects at reduced cost. In November, 2012 the Prison Industry Board approved a (CTE programs assessment study ) from FYs 2007-08 through 2010-11. The report documents that cumulatively, the CALPIA CTE graduates have a recidivism rate of 7.13 percent, the lowest of any rehabilitative program. Additionally, the recidivism cost avoidance from the CALPIA CTE program is over $10 million during the period. The CALPIA CTE Construction Services and Facilities Maintenance Enterprise has saved state and local governments $2.5 million in project cost avoidance since 2007. The CALPIA CTE program is the first of its kind in the nation to partner an offender rehabilitation program with trade unions to meet the rehabilitative needs of offenders. The CALPIA CTE participants perform various construction activities such as the fabrication of modular buildings and renovations of state-owned assets, including parks and prisons. The CTE participants also renovated and re-opened a commercial diving training facility within a state prison and now utilize that facility for vocational education training in commercial diving and welding. == See also == * Federal Prison Industries *Penal labour in the United States 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「California Prison Industry Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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