Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Carlos G. Bolanos, Sheriff
Subject: Annual Report on the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept the report on the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
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BACKGROUND:
The Inmate Welfare Trust Fund has been set up under California Penal Code ?4025, which provides that the Sheriff may operate a commissary in the jail, and that profits shall be deposited into an Inmate Welfare Fund. Section 4025 also provides that refund, rebate, or commission received from a telephone company for inmates' use of telephones shall be deposited into the Inmate Welfare Fund. The fund may only be used for the benefit, education, and welfare of the inmates, and maintenance of Sheriff's correctional facilities. This includes the cost of operating 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. Section 4025 further specifies that an itemized report of disbursements must be submitted annually to the Board of Supervisors. Also included in this report is a summary of income.
DISCUSSION:
The Inmate Welfare Trust Fund generates revenues from two main sources. These are Inmate Commissary Sales and Inmate Telephone Commissions from Securus Technologies, Inc., the current Inmate Telephone Service provider.
Total gross revenue in FY2015-16 was $2,140,934. This includes commissary sales, including prepaid calling cards and revenues from telephone commissions and other sources.
The total disbursements were $2,141,301 which includes the cost of goods sold of $735,129, operating and other expenses of $439,701, and other disbursements of $966,471. At year end, the operation resulted in excess expenditure over revenue by $367. This year end operating deficit was subtracted from th...
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