David Steinhart Appointed by California Senate to State Corrections Board

David Stein­hart, direc­tor of the Juve­nile Jus­tice Pro­gram for Com­mon­weal, was appoint­ed to California’s Board of State and Com­mu­ni­ty Cor­rec­tions by the state Senate’s Rules Committee.

Sen­ate Pres­i­dent pro Tem­pore Dar­rell Stein­berg announced the appoint­ment in June. Stein­hart, who pre­vi­ous­ly served on the Cal­i­for­nia State Com­mis­sion on Juve­nile Jus­tice, began serv­ing his two-year term on July 1, 2012.

The Board of State and Com­mu­ni­ty Cor­rec­tions assists local cor­rec­tions sys­tems by inspect­ing local deten­tion facil­i­ties, train­ing local cor­rec­tions per­son­nel, fund­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties through grants pro­gram­ming and help­ing with deten­tion facil­i­ty con­struc­tion and funding.