The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has failed and continues to fail to implement regulations that help registrants on parole, according to a lawsuit that has been sent to Sacramento Superior Court. The regulations at issue were recently adopted after a prior lawsuit was filed challenging a CDCR policy that required all registrants on parole to undergo treatment the entire time on parole.
CDCR regulations require the agency to allow registrants to participate in their containment meetings as well as to provide registrants with a document (CDCR Form 3043) within 30 days after that meeting explaining why they must continue treatment. The individual plaintiff in this case was not allowed to participate in his containment meeting held in December 2025 nor has he been provided a copy of the required document. Many more registrants on parole are also being denied these rights, according to ACSOL which is also a plaintiff in this case.
“It is unfortunate that CDCR is failing to implement its own regulations. That failure, in turn, significantly harms registrants more than 7,000 people who are required to register and who are on parole,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci.
CDCR first adopted the regulations at issue on an emergency basis in October 2024. The regulations were later finalized and are now codified at Code of Regulations, Title 15, Section 3574.
The lawsuit has been delivered to Sacramento Superior Court, however, the court has not yet formally filed the lawsuit or provided a case number. A copy of the lawsuit as delivered to Sacramento Superior Court is available using the link below. The case number for the lawsuit will be posted on the ACSOL website when available.
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Thank you, Janice and all. It’s time for the California Department of Cruelty and Retribution to face the music!
CDCR never provided me with any documentation, though I was more concerned with the decision to retain on parole (as I’d plead for a 4 year parole term and they kept me on for a full decade)
I had to file a 602 if I wanted those documents that are supposed to be provided automatically, and when I did eventually get them, the reasoning was overly vague. They make it so the process adds to the punishment. They didn’t supply the paperwork, well now they have thirty days to reply to the 602, and I’m sure you only have x days after not receiving to file. It’s frustrating, and it’s designed to maximize the effort of the parolee and minimize the effort of the CDCR.
What if we finished parole almost a decade ago and never received a Certificate of Completion for the “treatment” program? When I finished parole about a decade ago, they said they didn’t give out certificates.
Thank you, Janice, and everyone at ACSOL who helps you!!! Life as a registrant on parole can feel so mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physiologically overwhelming that we sometimes feel completely helpless, hopeless, isolated, and powerless. So grateful for you and ACSOL not only giving us hope and encouragement but also showing us what you are doing on our behalf, why, and how we too might help better advocate for ourselves and each other moving forward, as well as supporting you in your efforts for us.
I agree with you completely, G4Change. Like the new description you gave for the agency. That description is more accurate than their formal name.
They did the exact same thing to my own ex boyfriend and say he didn’t comply but he was
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sure focuses on corrections and not the latter. I’m sure sex crimes are the only ones where rehabilitation goal posts moves like the San Andreas with nothing but quacks at the helm. Perhaps Janice is the big one to take out the fault and have true reform. Shake the Department up!!