TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Alexander Alarcon, Interim Director of Corrections
REPORT BY: Sue Kuss, Staff Services Manager
SUBJECT: Annual Report on Inmate Welfare Fund Expenses
RECOMMENDATION
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File the letter of expenditures of the Inmate Welfare Fund for Fiscal Year 2024-25, in compliance with Penal Code 4025. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
Penal Code 4025 provides for the establishment and maintenance of a store to sell various goods such as confectionary foods, stamps, toiletries, and other miscellaneous items to incarcerated persons (IPs). Any profit derived from the sale of commissary goods as well as any commission received from IP pay telephone/video visitation services shall be deposited into the Inmate Welfare Fund.
Per Penal Code 4025, the Director of Corrections must present an itemized report of Inmate Welfare Fund expenses (attached to this report) each fiscal year.
The Inmate Welfare Fund concluded FY 2024-25 with $168,583.20 in total revenues, $77,738.99 in total expenses, and an ending fund balance of $1,126,469.42. Now that the jail has moved to the new detention facility with multiple programming spaces, the Department is offering more in-person programming for incarcerated persons at the new jail facility.
Requested Action:
Accept and instruct the Clerk of the Board to file the letter of expenditures of the Inmate Welfare Fund for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
FISCAL IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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Is it currently budgeted? |
Yes |
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Where is it budgeted? |
Fund 2060 |
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Is it Mandatory or Discretionary? |
Mandatory |
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Is the general fund affected? |
No |
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Future fiscal impact: |
None. |
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Consequences if not approved: |
Napa County won’t comply with Penal Code 4025. |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.