Prisons: facilities for female offenders.

Summary

The bill reorganizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to create a Division of Female Programs and Services, led by a director with at least five years of experience working with female inmates. It also sets up a Gender‑Responsive Strategies Commission, requires regular updates to a Female Offender Reform Master Plan, and mandates specific staffing analyses, training, and an ombudsperson for women’s facilities. The changes aim to make California’s prisons for women safer, trauma‑informed, and focused on reducing recidivism.

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