RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT the Office of the Sheriff report, in accordance with Penal Code Section 4025(e), illustrating an accounting of all Inmate Welfare Fund receipts and disbursements for Fiscal Year 2020/2021.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
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 inmates confined within the jail. Any funds 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, 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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