Parole Services and Community Corrections Branch

Offenders released to the community are supervised by Parole Services and Community Corrections (PS&CC) staff.

Parole staff work out of 16 parole offices, and two residential, intensive drug treatment programs for parolees who have evidenced drug and alcohol relapse. One is at Fouts Springs in Colusa County and the other at El Centro in Imperial County.

Parole agents assist parolees with their initial adjustment to the community, including intensive re-entry services, residence placement, family counseling, job development and placement, and school enrollment.

To enhance public protection, parolees are intensively supervised during their first 90 days in the community. In addition, there are intensive counseling and surveillance for specialized caseloads of sex offenders, gang-involved wards, parolees who have problems with drugs and alcohol, and those who experience severe emotional and behavioral problems. The Department utilizes electronic monitoring as an enhancement to parole supervision for selected cases.

Parole staff work closely with law enforcement to promote public protection, and with the YOPB, a separate administrative agency which is responsible for parole decision, when a parolee has violated conditions of parole. The CYA is concerned with gang suppression and cooperates with many community agencies to support this objective.

Parole Services and Community Corrections Branch
4241 Williamsbourgh Drive, Suite 219
Sacramento, CA 95823-2088
Voice (916) 262-1363    FAX (916) 262-1362