ARTICLE 1. Employment of Prisoners Generally [2700. - 2717.]
Heading of Article 1 amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 893.
§§ 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…