Now that 170,000 paper inmate files have been scanned into the electronic records management system (ERMS) “Most tasks associated with the paper [central files] are eliminated,” said Deloris Paschal, chief of the Correctional Case Records Services. She noted in a statement that for the first time in her 32-year career, inquiries from law enforcement, the courts, the Attorney General’s Office and other state and federal agencies can be handled from a computer, rather than literally standing in line to retrieve a file. Thus, the department expects major gains in savings and efficiency.
“With this implementation,” said CIO Joe Panora in a release, “technology becomes a significant mission-critical tool embedded in the business processes of CDCR.
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