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Committee advances SB 551 to codify 'normalization' and 'dynamic security' principles in CDCR policy
Summary
SB 551 would codify rehabilitation‑oriented principles—normalization and dynamic security—into CDCR policy to promote safer interactions, reduce violence, and support reentry. Supporters cited research on correctional staff health and incarcerated people’s outcomes; some members said the proposal blurred punishment and rehabilitation.
Senate Bill 551, authored by Senator Cortese, was advanced by the Assembly Public Safety Committee to the Appropriations Committee after members voted in favor of the measure.
Senator Cortese described SB 551 as a statutory codification of two existing correctional principles — normalization and dynamic security — intended to foster safer, more rehabilitative interactions between staff and incarcerated people. "Normalization and dynamic security ... encourage an overall healthier environment through the use of ongoing respectful…
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