California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

**Vision** We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment, and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs. **Mission** To facilitate the successful reintegration of the individuals in our care back to their communities equipped with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs, all in a safe and humane environment. **Values** - **Service**: We serve and are responsible to the public. We value their trust and invite their involvement. - **Leadership**: We serve as positive role models and foster an environment that supports a balance between professional development, professional job performance, and personal wellness. - **Integrity:** We conduct ourselves professionally through fair, honest, and ethical behavior. We have the courage to do what is right, even in the face of adversity. - **Accountability:** We accept responsibility for our actions and decisions as well as their consequences. - **Respect:** We respect each other’s differences and treat others with courtesy, dignity, and consideration. - **Trust:** We are people of character. We keep our word and honor our commitments. - **Collaboration:** We work with our stakeholders as partners to support mutual understanding of ideas and open exploration of our differences. **Commitment to California Model** CDCR and CCHCS are proud to partner on the California Model which will transform the correctional landscape for our employees and the incarcerated. The California Model is a systemwide change that leverages national and international best practices to address longstanding challenges related to incarceration and institution working conditions, creating a safe, professional, and satisfying workplace for staff as well as rehabilitation for the incarcerated. Additionally, the California Model improves success of the decarcerated through robust re-entry efforts back into to the community. **Goals** The **goals** of the Department are two-fold and encompass: **Organizational Goals** - **Workforce Excellence:** Ensure a well-trained, quality workforce. - **Technology:** Develop an information technology strategy and implement systems capable of managing both current needs and anticipated growth. - **Risk Management/Organizational Effectiveness:** Achieve organizational excellence in our operations and systems. - **Legal Compliance:** Develop preventive strategies to preclude class action suits and remedy identified violations. **Programmatic Goals** - **Crime Prevention and Safety:** Develop a comprehensive crime prevention program and establish evidence-based research to determine the impact of offender programs within the institutions and community to reduce criminality and victimization. - **Outreach, Partnerships, and Transparency:** Seek out partnerships and develop meaningful programs and processes to promote shared responsibility for community safety. - **Health Care Delivery:** Ensure an organization design and accompanying systems to provide efficient delivery of quality health care.