DATE: September 24, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: John Zanoni, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Incarcerated Person's Welfare Trust Fund Annual Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Accept annual report of expenditures from the Incarcerated Person's Welfare Trust Fund for FY 2023-24.
REPORT
The Sheriff Office has responsibility for the maintenance of the Incarcerated Person's Welfare Fund (IPWF). Revenue for the fund is derived from the sale of commissary items to incarcerated persons, commissions from pay telephones used by the incarcerated persons and interest earned on the fund balance. Penal Code section 4025 requires that an itemized report of IPWF expenditures be submitted annually to the Board of Supervisors. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. During FY 2023-24, the IPWF generated revenue in the amount of $4,270,244 and expenditures equaled $3,398,560 Available fund balance as of June 30, 2024, was $16,172,521 as shown in Attachment A.
DISCUSSION:
The IPWF money earned through commissions on Incarcerated Person's telephone calls, Incarcerated Person's purchase of commissary items and interest earned by the IPWF balance is expended by the Sheriff primarily for the benefit, education, and welfare of the Incarcerated Person's and 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 Incarcerated Person's. This includes, but is not limited to, education, drug and alcohol treatment, library services, accounting, and other programs deemed appropriate by the Sheriff. The Incarcerated Person's welfare funds cannot be used to pay required County expenses of confining Incarcerated Person's in a local detention system, such as meals, clothing...
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