Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

53140.15.4 Selection of Victim Restitution Organizations

• Each Warden/Community Correctional Facility Director shall select a suitable victim restitution organization with the following criteria:

  • Any selected program shall be a fund established by law for the purpose of providing crime victim compensation. Examples of a fund established by law include District Attorney’s Victim/Witness Programs or a crime victim program that has obtained a local governmental agency’s resolution authorizing the program to receive funds, i.e. Board of Supervisors or City Council.

  • Programs/organizations shall provide direct victim services (e.g., rape crisis, domestic violence, victim/witness, child abuse).

  • Programs have been established in either the public or private sector.

• These funds are to be used for direct services to crime victims (e.g., emergency funds for immediate victim needs, counseling, relocation costs, temporary needs such as immediate or crime-related day care fees). These funds are not to pay for overhead/operating costs of an agency or program.

• Wardens shall contact the JVPU for assistance in determining eligibility of any crime victim fund.

• The JVPU will provide for the transfer of funds to the designated crime victim compensation program on an annual basis.