Recopilación de Datos Étnicos en Prisiones de California

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que las prisiones en California deben preguntar a los prisioneros sobre su raza y origen étnico. Luego, cada mes, publican esta información para que todos puedan verla, excepto los datos personales de cada prisionero.

Es como cuando en una escuela se pide a los estudiantes que digan de qué país vienen. La escuela usa esa información para conocer mejor a sus alumnos y hacer actividades que les interesen.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un prisionero en California, es preguntado sobre su raza al ser admitido en la prisión. Juan responde que es mexicano. Cada mes, la prisión publica un reporte que muestra cuántos prisioneros son de cada raza, ayudando a entender la diversidad entre los prisioneros.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000 - 10008] ( Part 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) TITLE 1. IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS [2000 - 3105] ( Title 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) CHAPTER 2. Administration of State Prisons [2051 - 2541] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) ARTICLE 1. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections [2051 - 2068] ( Heading of Article 1 amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256. ) 2068. (a) The department shall collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to race or ethnic origin of people admitted, in custody, and released and paroled, which shall include, but not be limited to, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Bangladeshi, Black, Cambodian, Chinese, Colombian, Cuban, Fijian, Filipino, Guamanian or Chamorro, Guatemalan, Native Hawaiian, Other Hispanic Not Listed, Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Jamaican, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Other, Other Asian Not Listed, Other Pacific Islander Not Listed, Pakistani, Puerto Rican, Salvadorian, Samoan, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, Thai, Tongan, Unknown, Vietnamese, and White. Based on that voluntary self-identification information, the department shall prepare and publish monthly demographic data pertaining to the race or ethnic origin of people admitted, in custody, and released and paroled, disaggregated by the same race and ethnicity categories used by the department for the purpose of voluntary self-identification information. (b) Starting January 1, 2025, the data, except for personally identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, shall be publicly available on the department’s internet website via the Offender Data Points dashboard. (