California - Grants for Not-for-Profit Prison Programs

Cal. Penal Code § 5027 (West)

Population: All populations

Legal Features: Funding

Law Type: Statute

Excerpt of Relevant Text:

(b) Grant funding shall be provided to not-for-profit organizations wishing to expand programs that they are currently providing in other California state prisons that have demonstrated success and focus on offender responsibility and restorative justice principles or to not-for-profit organizations with experience in providing programming in a correctional setting. The grants shall be awarded for a three-year period and are designed to be one time in nature. All funding shall go directly to the not-for-profit organizations and shall not be used for custody staff or administration of the grant. Any unspent funds shall revert to the fund source authorized for this purpose at the end of three years.

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