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C.119

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Warren Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:	January 12, 2010

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Annual Inmate Welfare Fund Expenditure Report for Fiscal Year 2008/09

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/12/2010

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

E. Devlin, 5-1557

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 12, 2010
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT the report prepared by the Office of the Sheriff in accordance with Penal Code Section 4025(e) representing an account of all Inmate Welfare Fund receipts and disbursements for Fiscal Year 2008/09. (All Districts)

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

California Penal Code Section 4025(e) requires the Sheriff to annually submit an itemized report of Inmate Welfare Fund (IWF) expenditures to the Board of Supervisors (Attached). The Inmate Welfare Fund continues to provide valuable professional, educational, and recreational services to individuals in custody at the Martinez, West County, and Marsh Creek detention facilities. The Director of Inmate Services working with the public members of the IWF Advisory Committee manage the delivery of professional services, establish an annual budget, and oversee expenditures for the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner. The majority of IWF revenue is derived from telephone and commissary sales commissions and from inmate industry revenue.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

California Penal Code Section 4025(e) states that IWF funds shall be expended by the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner primarily for the benefit, education, and welfare of the inmates confined within the County Jail. Any funds that are not needed for the welfare of inmates may be expended for the maintenance of county jail facilities. Maintenance of county jail facilities may include, but is not limited to, the salary and benefits of personnel used in the programs to benefit the inmates, including but not limited to education, drug and alcohol treatment, welfare, library, accounting, and other programs deemed appropriate by the Sheriff.