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CHAPTER 2. Administration of State Prisons [2051. - 2541.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.

§§ 2051–2541 · 40 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections §§ 2051–2068 · 22 sections
    • § 2051 The department is hereby authorized to contract for provisions, clothing, medicines, forage, fuel, and all other staple supplies needed for the support of the…
    • § 2052 (a) The department shall have power to contract for the supply of electricity, gas and water for the prisons, upon terms the department deems in the best…
    • § 2053 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a correlation between prisoners who are functionally literate and those who successfully reintegrate into…
    • § 2053.1 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall implement in every state prison literacy programs that are designed to ensure that…
    • § 2053.4 The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall appoint a Superintendent of Correctional Education, who shall oversee and administer…
    • § 2053.5 Consistent with the goals and priorities of the department, a career technical education program shall consider all of the following factors: (a) Whether the…
    • § 2054 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may establish and maintain classes for inmates by utilizing personnel of the Department…
    • § 2054.2 The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall determine and implement a system of incentives to increase inmate participation in, and completion of,…
    • § 2055 The Director of Corrections may, in his discretion, from time to time insure any or all products produced at any prison or institution under the jurisdiction…
    • § 2056 If any of the shops or buildings in which convicts are employed require rebuilding or repair for any reason, they may be rebuilt or repaired immediately, under…
    • § 2057 Counties are authorized to contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the commitment to the department, of persons who have suffered a…
    • § 2059 The department shall fix the compensation of its officers and employees, other than those of wardens and clerks, at a gross rate which shall include a cash…
    • § 2060 For the purposes of Sections 11009 and 11030 of the Government Code, the following constitute, among other proper purposes, state business for officers and…
    • § 2061 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop and implement, by January 15, 2008, a plan to address management deficiencies within the…
    • § 2062 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop and implement a plan to obtain additional rehabilitation and treatment services for prison…
    • § 2063 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall regularly provide operational and fiscal information to the…
    • § 2064 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall regularly provide to the Legislature information on the…
    • § 2064.1 (a) On or before October 1 of each year, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall submit to the Legislature a report on the department’s efforts…
    • § 2065 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall complete all of the tasks associated with inmates granted medical parole pursuant to Section 3550…
    • § 2066 (a) Pursuant to Section 715 of the Military and Veterans Code, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide one employee, trained and accredited by the…
    • § 2067 (a) As outlined in the Budget Act of 2018, it is anticipated that all California inmates will be returned from out-of-state contract correctional facilities by…
    • § 2068 (a) The department shall collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to race or ethnic origin of people admitted, in custody, and released and…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Wardens §§ 2078–2090 · 16 sections
    • § 2078 It shall be the duty of the department to prosecute all suits, at law or in equity, that may be necessary to protect the rights of the State in matters of…
    • § 2080 A copy of the rules and regulations prescribing the duties and obligations of prisoners shall be furnished to each prisoner in a state prison or other facility…
    • § 2081 The director shall cause to be kept at each institution a register of institution violations and what kind of punishments, if any, are administered to…
    • § 2081.5 The Director of Corrections shall keep complete case records of all prisoners under custody of the department, which records shall be made available to the…
    • § 2082 The Director of Corrections shall within 30 days after receiving persons convicted of crime and sentenced to serve terms in the respective prisons under the…
    • § 2084 (a) The department shall provide each prisoner with a bed, sufficient covering of blankets, and with garments of substantial material and of distinctive…
    • § 2084.3 (a) Incarcerated persons shall be permitted to shower at least every other day, unless access to a shower is prohibited as provided in subdivision (b). (b) (1)…
    • § 2084.5 (a) A state prison or youth residential placement or detention center operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall provide persons in…
    • § 2085 The department shall keep a correct account of all money and valuables upon the prisoner when delivered at the prison, and shall pay the amount, or the…
    • § 2085.5 (a) If a prisoner owes a restitution fine imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13967 of the Government Code, as operative prior to September 29,…
    • § 2085.6 (a) When a prisoner who owes a restitution fine, or any portion thereof, is subsequently released from the custody of the Department of Corrections and…
    • § 2085.7 (a) When a prisoner who owes a restitution fine, or any portion thereof, is released from the custody of a county jail facility after completion of a term in…
    • § 2085.8 (a) Compensatory or punitive damages awarded by trial or settlement to any inmate, parolee, person placed on postrelease community supervision pursuant to…
    • § 2086 The wardens may make temporary rules and regulations, in case of emergency, to remain in force until the department otherwise provides.
    • § 2087 The wardens shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the department.
    • § 2090 The department is hereby authorized to receive from the Federal Government any federal prisoner and to charge and receive from the United States, for the use…
  3. ARTICLE 6. Prohibition Upon Wardens, Clerks, Officers and Employees §§ 2540–2541 · 2 sections
    • § 2540 No officer or employee of the department shall receive directly, or indirectly, any compensation for his services other than that prescribed or authorized by…
    • § 2541 No officer or employee of the department, or contractor, or employee of a contractor, shall, without permission of the director, make any gift or present to a…