BILL NUMBER: AB 986 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 15, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bradford
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to amend Sections 3000.08, 3453, and 3454 of the Penal
Code, relating to flash incarceration.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 986, Bradford. Postrelease community supervision: flash
incarceration: city jails.
Existing law requires that persons released from prison be subject
either to parole for a specified period of time or to postrelease
community supervision for a period not exceeding 3 years. Existing
law specifies the conditions of postrelease community supervision and
permits each county agency responsible for postrelease supervision
to determine an appropriate response to alleged violations, including
flash incarceration in a county jail. Existing law provides for
review of an alleged parole violation and likewise allows the
supervising parole agency to impose additional conditions of
supervision, including flash incarceration in a county jail. Existing
law defines flash incarceration for these purposes as a period of
detention in a county jail ranging from one to 10 days due to a
violation of an offender's conditions of release.
This bill would additionally permit flash incarceration in a city
jail pursuant to the above provisions. The bill would make a
conforming change. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive
changes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3000.08 of the Penal Code, as amended by
Section 9 of Chapter 32 of the Statutes of 2013, is amended to read:
3000.08. (a) A person released from state prison prior to or on
or after July 1, 2013, after serving a prison term, or whose sentence
has been deemed served pursuant to Section 2900.5, for any of the
following crimes is subject to parole supervision by the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the jurisdiction of the court
in the county in which the parolee is released, resides, or in which
an alleged violation of supervision has occurred, for the purpose of
hearing petitions to revoke parole and impose a term of custody:
(1) A serious felony as described in subdivision (c) of Section
1192.7.
(2) A violent felony as described in subdivision (c) of Section
667.5.
(3) A crime for which the person was sentenced pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) of Section 1170.12.
(4) Any crime for which the person is classified as a high-risk
sex offender.
(5) Any crime for which the person is required, as a condition of
parole, to undergo treatment by the State Department of State
Hospitals pursuant to Section 2962.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, all other offenders released
from prison shall be placed on postrelease supervision pursuant to
Title 2.05 (commencing with Section 3450).
(c) At any time during the period of parole of a person subject to
this section, if any parole agent or peace officer has probable
cause to believe that the parolee is violating any term or condition
of his or her parole, the agent or officer may, without warrant or
other process and at any time until the final disposition of the
case, arrest the person and bring him or her before the court, or the
court may, in its discretion, issue a warrant for that person's
arrest pursuant to Section 1203.2.
(d) Upon review of the alleged violation and a finding of good
cause that the parolee has committed a violation of law or violated
his or her conditions of parole, the supervising parole agency may
impose additional and appropriate conditions of supervision,
including rehabilitation and treatment services and appropriate
incentives for compliance, and impose immediate, structured, and
intermediate sanctions for parole violations, including flash
incarceration in a city or a county jail. Periods of "flash
incarceration," as defined in subdivision (e) are encouraged as one
method of punishment for violations of a parolee's conditions of
parole. This section does not preclude referrals to a reentry court
pursuant to Section 3015.
(e) "Flash incarceration" is a period of detention in a city or a
county jail due to a violation of a parolee's conditions of parole.
The length of the detention period can range between one and 10
consecutive days. Shorter, but if necessary more frequent, periods of
detention for violations of a parolee's conditions of parole shall
appropriately punish a parolee while preventing the disruption in a
work or home establishment that typically arises from longer periods
of detention.
(f) If the supervising parole agency has determined, following
application of its assessment processes, that intermediate sanctions
up to and including flash incarceration are not appropriate, the
supervising parole agency shall, pursuant to Section 1203.2, petition
either the court in the county in which the parolee is being
supervised or the court in the county in which the alleged violation
of supervision occurred, to revoke parole. At any point during the
process initiated pursuant to this section, a parolee may waive, in
writing, his or her right to counsel, admit the parole violation,
waive a court hearing, and accept the proposed parole modification or
revocation. The petition shall include a written report that
contains additional information regarding the petition, including the
relevant terms and conditions of parole, the circumstances of the
alleged underlying violation, the history and background of the
parolee, and any recommendations. The Judicial Council shall adopt
forms and rules of court to establish uniform statewide procedures to
implement this subdivision, including the minimum contents of
supervision agency reports. Upon a finding that the person has
violated the conditions of parole, the court shall have authority to
do any of the following:
(1) Return the person to parole supervision with modifications of
conditions, if appropriate, including a period of incarceration in
county jail.
(2) Revoke parole and order the person to confinement in the
county jail.
(3) Refer the person to a reentry court pursuant to Section 3015
or other evidence-based program in the court's discretion.
(g) Confinement pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision
(f) shall not exceed a period of 180 days in the county jail.
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, if Section 3000.1 or paragraph
(4) of subdivision (b) of Section 3000 applies to a person who is on
parole and the court determines that the person has committed a
violation of law or violated his or her conditions of parole, the
person on parole shall be remanded to the custody of the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the jurisdiction of the Board
of Parole Hearings for the purpose of future parole consideration.
(i) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any of the following persons
released from state prison shall be subject to the jurisdiction of,
and parole supervision by, the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation for a period of parole up to three years or the parole
term the person was subject to at the time of the commission of the
offense, whichever is greater:
(1) The person is required to register as a sex offender pursuant
to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 290) of Title 9 of Part 1,
and was subject to a period of parole exceeding three years at the
time he or she committed a felony for which they were convicted and
subsequently sentenced to state prison.
(2) The person was subject to parole for life pursuant to Section
3000.1 at the time of the commission of the offense that resulted in
a conviction and state prison sentence.
(j) Parolees subject to this section who have a pending
adjudication for a parole violation on July 1, 2013, are subject to
the jurisdiction of the Board of Parole Hearings. Parole revocation
proceedings conducted by the Board of Parole Hearings prior to July
1, 2013, if reopened on or after July 1, 2013, are subject to the
jurisdiction of the Board of Parole Hearings.
(k) Except as described in subdivision (c), any person who is
convicted of a felony that requires community supervision and who
still has a period of state parole to serve shall discharge from
state parole at the time of release to community supervision.
( l ) Any person released to parole supervision
pursuant to subdivision (a) shall, regardless of any subsequent
determination that the person should have been released pursuant to
subdivision (b), remain subject to subdivision (a) after having
served 60 days under supervision pursuant to subdivision (a).
(m) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013.
SEC. 2. Section 3453 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
3453. Postrelease community supervision shall include the
following conditions:
(a) The person shall be informed of the conditions of release.
(b) The person shall obey all laws.
(c) The person shall report to the supervising county agency
within two working days of release from custody.
(d) The person shall follow the directives and instructions of the
supervising county agency.
(e) The person shall report to the supervising county agency as
directed by that agency.
(f) The person, and his or her residence and possessions, shall be
subject to search at any time of the day or night, with or without a
warrant, by an agent of the supervising county agency or by a peace
officer.
(g) The person shall waive extradition if found outside the state.
(h) The person shall inform the supervising county agency of the
person's place of residence, employment, education, or training.
(i) (1) The person shall inform the supervising county agency of
any pending or anticipated changes in residence, employment,
education, or training.
(2) If the person enters into new employment, he or she shall
inform the supervising county agency of the new employment within
three business days of that entry.
(j) The person shall immediately inform the supervising county
agency if he or she is arrested or receives a citation.
(k) The person shall obtain the permission of the supervising
county agency to travel more than 50 miles from the person's place of
residence.
( l ) The person shall obtain a travel pass from the
supervising county agency before he or she may leave the county or
state for more than two days.
(m) The person shall not be in the presence of a firearm or
ammunition, or any item that appears to be a firearm or ammunition.
(n) The person shall not possess, use, or have access to any
weapon listed in Section 16140, subdivision (c) of Section 16170,
Section 16220, 16260, 16320, 16330, or 16340, subdivision (b) of
Section 16460, Section 16470, subdivision (f) of Section 16520, or
Section 16570, 16740, 16760, 16830, 16920, 16930, 16940, 17090,
17125, 17160, 17170, 17180, 17190, 17200, 17270, 17280, 17330, 17350,
17360, 17700, 17705, 17710, 17715, 17720, 17725, 17730, 17735,
17740, 17745, 19100, 19200, 19205, 20200, 20310, 20410, 20510, 20610,
20611, 20710, 20910, 21110, 21310, 21810, 22010, 22015, 22210,
22215, 22410, 24310, 24410, 24510, 24610, 24680, 24710, 30210, 30215,
31500, 32310, 32400, 32405, 32410, 32415, 32420, 32425, 32430 32435,
32440, 32445, 32450, 32900, 33215, 33220, 33225, or 33600.
(o) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subdivision (p),
the person shall not possess a knife with a blade longer than two
inches.
(2) The person may possess a kitchen knife with a blade longer
than two inches if the knife is used and kept only in the kitchen of
the person's residence.
(p) The person may use a knife with a blade longer than two
inches, if the use is required for that person's employment, the use
has been approved in a document issued by the supervising county
agency, and the person possesses the document of approval at all
times and makes it available for inspection.
(q) The person shall waive any right to a court hearing prior to
the imposition of a period of "flash incarceration" in a city or
county jail of not more than 10 consecutive days for any violation of
his or her postrelease supervision conditions.
(r) The person shall participate in rehabilitation programming as
recommended by the supervising county agency.
(s) The person shall be subject to arrest with or without a
warrant by a peace officer employed by the supervising county agency
or, at the direction of the supervising county agency, by any peace
officer when there is probable cause to believe the person has
violated the terms and conditions of his or her release.
SEC. 3. Section 3454 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
3454. (a) Each supervising county agency, as established by the
county board of supervisors pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
3451, shall establish a review process for assessing and refining a
person's program of postrelease supervision. Any additional
postrelease supervision conditions shall be reasonably related to the
underlying offense for which the offender spent time in prison, or
to the offender's risk of recidivism, and the offender's criminal
history, and be otherwise consistent with law.
(b) Each county agency responsible for postrelease supervision, as
established by the county board of supervisors pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 3451, may determine additional appropriate
conditions of supervision listed in Section 3453 consistent with
public safety, including the use of continuous electronic monitoring
as defined in Section 1210.7, order the provision of appropriate
rehabilitation and treatment services, determine appropriate
incentives, and determine and order appropriate responses to alleged
violations, which can include, but shall not be limited to,
immediate, structured, and intermediate sanctions up to and including
referral to a reentry court pursuant to Section 3015, or flash
incarceration in a city or county jail. Periods of flash
incarceration are encouraged as one method of punishment for
violations of an offender's condition of postrelease supervision.
(c) As used in this title, "flash incarceration" is a period of
detention in a city or county jail due to a violation of an offender'
s conditions of postrelease supervision. The length of the detention
period can range between one and 10 consecutive days. Flash
incarceration is a tool that may be used by each county agency
responsible for postrelease supervision. Shorter, but if necessary
more frequent, periods of detention for violations of an offender's
postrelease supervision conditions shall appropriately punish an
offender while preventing the disruption in a work or home
establishment that typically arises from longer term revocations.