(a) The Director of Corrections may contract for the establishment and operation of community correctional facilities that offer programs for the treatment of addiction to alcohol or controlled substances based on the therapeutic community model, only if the cost per inmate of operating the facilities will be less than the cost per inmate of operating similar state facilities. The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of a therapeutic community program, which emphasizes alcohol and controlled substance rehabilitation, is to substantially increase the likelihood of successful parole for those inmates.
(b) Each facility under contract pursuant to this section shall provide programs that prepare each inmate for successful reintegration into society. Those programs shall involve constant counseling in drug and alcohol abuse, employment skills, victim awareness, and family responsibility, and generally shall prepare each inmate for return to society. The programs also shall emphasize literacy training and use computer-supported training so that inmates may improve their reading and writing skills. The program shall include postincarceration counseling and care in order to ensure a greater opportunity for success.
(c) The department may enter into a long-term agreement, not to exceed 20 years, for transfer of prisoners to, or placement of prisoners in, facilities under contract pursuant to this section.
(d) The department shall provide for the review of any agreement entered into under this section to determine if the contractor is in compliance with the terms of this section. The review shall be conducted at least every five years. The department may revoke any agreement if the contractor is not in compliance with this section.
(e) Notwithstanding the Public Contract Code or Article 10 (commencing with Section 1200) of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations, the Department of Corrections shall select an independent contractor to conduct an annual audit and cost comparison evaluation of any programs established under this section. Any contract for annual audits and evaluation shall provide that the annual report, whether in final or draft form, and all working papers and data, shall be available for immediate review upon request by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 643, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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