Chapter 1 – General Administration

13030.23.2 Guidelines: Criminal Offender Record Information

• CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees shall not use the SSCHState Summary - Criminal History Information from CI&ICriminal Identification and Information to furnish information about an inmate’s arrest history to the inmate’s family, friends, prospective employers, the news media, or the public. Persons who are not authorized by State DOJDepartment Of Justice to receive the CI&ICriminal Identification and Information SSCHState Summary - Criminal History but who have a legitimate interest in the inmate’s past history may be given information from other nonexempt documents in the inmate’s C-file.

• Any person authorized by law to receive the CI&ICriminal Identification and Information SSCHState Summary - Criminal History, who knowingly furnishes the record or information to a person not authorized by law to receive it, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

• Only the CCRMCorrectional Case Records Manager of headquarters and each facility or regional parole office shall release CI&ICriminal Identification and Information SSCHs, and they shall be released only to those agencies authorized by State DOJDepartment Of Justice to receive CI&ICriminal Identification and Information SSCHs.

• State DOJDepartment Of Justice Guidelines for Dissemination of Criminal Offender Records Information shall be maintained in the records office at headquarters, facilities and regional parole offices.

• Photocopy

  • When an inmate seeks to obtain a photocopy of a CI&ICriminal Identification and Information SSCHState Summary - Criminal History, they shall be instructed to complete a BCID Form 8705, Application to Obtain Copy of State Summary Criminal History Record, and a Trust Account Withdrawal Form in the amount of $25.00 payable to DOJDepartment Of Justice. If there is an extra completed fingerprint card in the inmates C-file, it may be used with this application. Otherwise the inmate shall be fingerprinted. The records office shall forward the BCID Form 8705, the inmate’s check, and the fingerprint card to DOJDepartment Of Justice for the inmate. There shall be no charge for these services by CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees.

  • When an employee, parolee, or their attorney seeks to obtain a photocopy of a CI&ICriminal Identification and Information SSCHState Summary - Criminal History, they shall be referred to DOJDepartment Of Justice, the local sheriff, or the local police department to file an application for a CI&ICriminal Identification and Information SSCHState Summary - Criminal History.