CHAPTER 5. Employment of Prisoners [2700. - 2792.]

Heading of Chapter 5 amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 893.

§§ 2700–2792 · 51 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Employment of Prisoners Generally §§ 2700–2717 · 16 sections

   • § 2700 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall require of every able-bodied prisoner imprisoned in any state prison as many hours of faithful labor…
   • § 2700.1 Section 2700 applies to inmates sentenced to death, except as otherwise provided in this section. Every person found guilty of murder, sentenced to death, and…
   • § 2701 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hereby authorized and empowered to cause the prisoners in the state prisons of this state to be…
   • § 2702 No person imprisoned after conviction of a violation of Section 502 or of subdivision (b) of Section 502.7 shall be permitted to work on or have access to any…
   • § 2706 All prisoners shall be employed under supervision of the wardens respectively, and such skilled foremen as they may deem necessary in the performance of work…
   • § 2707 The director is further authorized and empowered to purchase, install, and equip, such machinery, tools, supplies, materials, and equipment as may be necessary…
   • § 2708 No inmate of any State prison shall be employed in the manufacture or production, of any article, intended for the private and personal use of any State…
   • § 2710 (a) (1) An incarcerated person imprisoned in a state prison shall be allowed relief from prison employment after the death of an immediate family member of the…
   • § 2713 Whenever an inmate is paid for his labor, performed under the supervision of the Department of Corrections or any other public agency, and is discharged, all…
   • § 2713.1 In addition to any other payment to which he is entitled by law, each prisoner upon his release shall be paid the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), from such…
   • § 2713.2 The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall examine and report to the Legislature on whether the provisions of existing law related to payments to…
   • § 2714 In addition to the credits received pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2933.3, incarcerated individual hand crew members shall be paid an hourly wage equal…
   • § 2715 Land belonging to the State of California may, with the approval of the Department of Finance, be transferred to the jurisdiction of the director for the…
   • § 2716 (a) The Director of Corrections may enter into agreements with other state agencies for the use of inmates confined in the state prisons to perform work…
   • § 2716.5 (a) There is hereby established the Prerelease Construction Trades Certificate Program, hereinafter referred to in this section as “the program,” in the…
   • § 2717 The Department of Corrections shall require prisoners who are working outside the prison grounds in road cleanup crews pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with…
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Joint Venture Program §§ 2717.1–2717.9 · 9 sections

   • § 2717.1 Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, joint venture program means a contract entered into between the Director of Corrections and any public…
   • § 2717.2 The Director of Corrections shall establish joint venture programs within state prison facilities to allow joint venture employers to employ inmates confined…
   • § 2717.3 The Director of Corrections shall prescribe by rules and regulations provisions governing the operation and implementation of joint venture programs, which…
   • § 2717.4 (a) There is hereby established within the Department of Corrections the Joint Venture Policy Advisory Board. The Joint Venture Policy Advisory Board shall…
   • § 2717.5 In establishing joint venture contracts the Director of Corrections shall consider the impact on the working people of California and give priority…
   • § 2717.6 (a) No contract shall be executed with a joint venture employer that will initiate employment by inmates in the same job classification as non-inmate employees…
   • § 2717.7 Notwithstanding Section 2812 of the Penal Code or any other provision of law which restricts the sale of inmate-provided services or inmate-manufactured goods,…
   • § 2717.8 The compensation of prisoners engaged in programs pursuant to contract between the Department of Corrections and joint venture employers for the purpose of…
   • § 2717.9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prisoner who participates in a joint venture program is ineligible for unemployment benefits upon his or her…
3. ARTICLE 4. Employment at Road Camps §§ 2760–2772 · 11 sections

   • § 2760 The Department of Transportation of the State of California may employ or cause to be employed, prisoners confined in the state prisons in the improvement and…
   • § 2760.1 “Department,” as used in this article, means the Department of Transportation.
   • § 2761 The Director of Corrections shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment by the Department of Transportation in the improvement and…
   • § 2762 The Director of Corrections shall fix a daily rate to be expended for convict labor, and when so fixed, the Department of Transportation shall monthly set…
   • § 2765 When any prisoner shall wilfully violate the terms of his employment or the rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections, the Director of Corrections…
   • § 2766 This article is not intended to restore, in whole or in part, the civil rights of any prisoner used hereunder, and such article shall not be so construed.
   • § 2767 No prisoner while engaged in such construction, maintenance and improvement of a state highway shall drive a motor truck or other vehicle or wagon outside of…
   • § 2768 Said prisoners when employed under the provisions of this article shall not be used for the purpose of building any bridge or structure of like character which…
   • § 2770 The Department of Transportation shall designate and supervise all road work done under the provisions of this article. It shall provide, supervise and…
   • § 2771 The Director of Corrections shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the prisoners employed on said roads.
   • § 2772 Any person who, without authority, interferes with or in any way interrupts the work of any prisoners employed pursuant to this article, and any person not…
4. ARTICLE 5. Employment in Public Parks, Forests, etc. §§ 2780–2792 · 15 sections

   • § 2780 Any department, division, bureau, commission or other agency of the State of California or the Federal Government may use or cause to be used convicts confined…
   • § 2780.1 Money received from the rendering of services under the prison camp work program shall be paid to the Treasurer monthly and shall be credited to the support…
   • § 2780.5 The Director of Corrections may, during declared fire emergencies, allow the Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to use prisoners for…
   • § 2780.6 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (9) of subdivision (a) of Section 3370 of the Labor Code, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall, pursuant to…
   • § 2781 The Director of Corrections shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment under Section 2780, and shall establish and modify lists of…
   • § 2782 The director may fix a daily rate to be expended for such convict labor, and when so fixed, the agency shall monthly set aside funds to the director to pay for…
   • § 2785 Whenever prisoners are paid for their labor under this article and a prisoner wilfully violates the terms of his employment or the rules of the camp or the…
   • § 2786 All money received pursuant to this article in the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hereby appropriated for…
   • § 2786.1 The secretary shall make weight training equipment available to inmates assigned to fire suppression efforts pursuant to this article. The weight training…
   • § 2786.5 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (A) The Youth Offender Program Camp Pilot Program was launched by the Department of…
   • § 2787 The agency providing work for convicts under this article shall designate and supervise all work done under the provisions of this article. The agency shall…
   • § 2788 The director shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the convicts performing work under this article.
   • § 2790 Any person, who, without authority, interferes with or in any way interrupts the work of any convict used pursuant to this article and any person not…
   • § 2791 This article is not intended to restore, in whole or in part, the civil rights of any convict used hereunder, and such article shall not be so construed.
   • § 2792 Camps may be established under this article for the employment of paroled prisoners.