RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT the report prepared by the Office of the Sheriff in accordance with Penal Code Section 4025(e) representing an accounting of all Inmate Welfare Fund receipts and disbursements for Fiscal Year 2012/13.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. This is an informational report.
BACKGROUND:
Penal Code Section 4025(e) states that money and property deposited in the Inmate Welfare Fund shall be expended by the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner primarily for the benefit, education, and welfare of the inmates confined within the 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. An itemized report of these expenditures shall be submitted annually to the Board of Supervisors.
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