Corrections: rehabilitation space.

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva's corrections reform measure would require California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) to conduct annual assessments of educational space availability and usage across state prisons, establishing new reporting requirements to track facility capacity for academic and vocational programs.

The legislation mandates that beginning January 1, 2028, the DCR must submit yearly reports to the Legislature detailing the amount of space currently allocated for educational programs, areas that could be converted for educational use, current space utilization rates, and whether individual facilities face space deficits or surpluses for academic and vocational instruction. These reports must comply with established legislative reporting standards under state law.

The measure builds upon existing requirements for the DCR to provide college programming at all state prisons through partnerships with California Community Colleges, California State University, University of California, and other accredited nonprofit institutions. While the bill creates new data collection and reporting obligations, it does not include additional funding appropriations, indicating the department must fulfill these requirements using existing resources.