CHAPTER 4. Treatment of Prisoners [2650. - 2695.5.]
Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.
§§ 2650–2695.5 · 33 sections
ARTICLE 1. Mistreatment of Prisoners §§ 2650–2657 · 7 sections
- § 2650 The person of a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison or to imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 is under the protection…
- § 2651 No punishment, except as may be authorized by the Director of Corrections, shall be inflicted and then only by the order and under the direction of the…
- § 2652 It shall be unlawful to use in the prisons, any cruel, corporal or unusual punishment or to inflict any treatment or allow any lack of care whatever which…
- § 2652.5 No person employed by the Department of Corrections, the Department of the Youth Authority, or any city or county jail facility shall place any chain or other…
- § 2653 (a) If a physician employed by the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority certifies in writing that a particular medical treatment…
- § 2656 (a) A person sentenced to incarceration or who is being held pursuant to a pending criminal matter in a county or city jail, or other county or city custodial…
- § 2657 (a) No person confined in a state prison, as defined in Section 4504, shall be subject to any institutional disciplinary action subsequent to an acquittal in a…
ARTICLE 2. Organic Therapy §§ 2670–2680 · 12 sections
- § 2670 It is hereby recognized and declared that all persons, including all persons involuntarily confined, have a fundamental right against enforced interference…
- § 2670.5 (a) No person confined or detained under Title 1 (commencing with Section 2000) and Title 2 (commencing with Section 3200) shall be administered or subjected…
- § 2671 (a) Notwithstanding Section 2670.5, if a confined person has inflicted or attempted to inflict substantial physical harm upon the person of another or himself,…
- § 2672 (a) For purposes of this article, “informed consent” means that a person must knowingly and intelligently, without duress or coercion, and clearly and…
- § 2673 (a) For purposes of this article, “informed consent” requires that the attending physician directly communicate with the person and clearly and explicitly…
- § 2674 A written manifestation of informed consent shall be obtained in all cases by the attending physician and shall be preserved and available to the person, his…
- § 2675 (a) If the proposed organic therapy is not prohibited by subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 2670.5, then in order to administer the therapy the warden of the…
- § 2676 (a) Any person, or his or her attorney, guardian, or conservator may file a petition with the superior court of the county in which he or she is confined for…
- § 2677 At the time of filing of a petition pursuant to Section 2676 by the person, or pursuant to Section 2675 by the warden, the court shall appoint the public…
- § 2678 The court shall conduct the proceedings within 10 judicial days from the filing of the petition described in Section 2675 or 2676, whichever is filed earlier,…
- § 2679 (a) The court shall determine whether the state has proven, by clear and convincing evidence, that the confined person has the capacity for informed consent…
- § 2680 (a) If it is determined by the attending physician that a confined person should be administered organic therapy, the person shall be advised and informed of…
ARTICLE 3. Disposition of Insane Prisoners §§ 2684–2685 · 2 sections
- § 2684 (a) If, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the rehabilitation of any mentally ill, mentally deficient, or…
- § 2685 Upon the receipt of a prisoner, as herein provided, the superintendent of the state hospital shall notify the Director of Corrections of that fact, giving his…
ARTICLE 4. Temporary Removal of Prisoners §§ 2690–2692 · 4 sections
- § 2690 The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may authorize the temporary removal of an inmate from prison or any other institution for the…
- § 2690.5 (a) The superior court of the county in which a requesting district attorney or peace officer has jurisdiction may order the temporary removal of a prisoner…
- § 2691 No person imprisoned for a felony listed in Section 667.6 shall be removed or released under Section 2690 from the detention institution where he or she is…
- § 2692 The Director of Corrections may enter into contracts with public or private agencies located either within or outside of the state for the housing, care, and…
ARTICLE 5. Substance Abuse Treatment §§ 2694–2694.5 · 2 sections
- § 2694 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall expand substance abuse treatment services in prisons to accommodate at least 4,000 additional…
- § 2694.5 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, under the oversight of the Undersecretary of Health Care Services, shall establish a three-year pilot…
ARTICLE 6. Veterans In State Prisons §§ 2695–2695.5 · 6 sections
- § 2695 The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop guidance policies relative to the release of veterans who are inmates. The policies shall be…
- § 2695.1 At each facility that is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a veterans service organization may volunteer to serve as…
- § 2695.2 (a) The advocate shall be authorized to develop a veterans economic recidivism prevention plan for each inmate who is a veteran during the 180-day period…
- § 2695.3 The advocate shall coordinate with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in order to provide each inmate who is a veteran with access to earned…
- § 2695.4 The advocate shall coordinate with the California Department of Veterans Affairs and the county veterans service officer in the county in which the facility is…
- § 2695.5 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Advocate” means a veterans service organization that is federally certified and has…