Sentencing: consideration of costs.

Existing law, generally, provides for the punishment of persons guilty of a criminal offense, as specified, including incarceration in the state prison or a county jail. Existing law requires the court in a criminal case to appoint a time for pronouncing judgment within 20 days after a plea, finding, or verdict of guilty. This bill would require a prosecuting attorney, at sentencing, to state on the record the estimated cost of incarceration or supervision for any proposed sentence. This bill would also require a county probation department, if preparing a presentence report, to provide the court with specified information regarding the estimated and projected cost of incarceration or other supervision of the defendant as has been proposed in the recommended sentence. The bill would require the court, during sentencing, to state on the record, the estimated cost of the sentence imposed. This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) to annually compile the average annual costs of incarceration and postincarceration supervision for an inmate under the supervision of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and to provide that information to prosecutor's officers and the chief probation officer of each county. The bill would also require the LAO to provide this information to the public on the LAO's internet website. This bill would require the Board of State and Community Corrections to annually compile the annual costs of incarceration and noncustodial supervision for a person under the supervision of each county sheriff or probation department, and to provide the information to prosecutor's officers and the chief probation officer of each county. The bill would also require the board to provide this information to the public on the board's internet website. By requiring additional duties of prosecutors and probation departments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.