CHAPTER 2. County Industrial Farms and Road Camps [4100. - 4305.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 69.
§§ 4100–4305 · 74 sections
ARTICLE 1. County Industrial Farms §§ 4100–4137 · 40 sections
- § 4100 It is the purpose of this article to make possible the substitution of constructive labor for profitless prison confinement in order that those who are charged…
- § 4101 In each county an industrial farm or industrial road camp may be established under the provisions of this article.
- § 4102 Before establishing an industrial farm or industrial road camp in any county the board of supervisors thereof shall adopt a resolution of its intention so to…
- § 4103 Upon receipt of the resolution as provided in Section 4102, the legislative body of any incorporated city wishing to avail itself of the use of a proposed…
- § 4104 Any board of supervisors having adopted a resolution of intention to establish an industrial farm or industrial road camp shall ascertain and enter in its…
- § 4105 Upon ascertaining the facts provided for in Sections 4102 to 4104, inclusive, the board of supervisors may proceed to establish an industrial farm or…
- § 4106 For the purpose of establishing an industrial farm the board of supervisors may acquire by condemnation, purchase, lease or donation as many acres of land…
- § 4107 The board of supervisors shall secure by purchase or otherwise personal property convenient or necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Stock,…
- § 4108 The board of supervisors shall employ a superintendent of an industrial farm or camp and such other subordinate persons as may be necessary for the proper…
- § 4109 The board shall also adopt rules governing the administration of a farm or camp formed under the provisions of this article and discipline thereon in…
- § 4110 If women are to be sentenced to an industrial farm, the board of supervisors establishing it shall provide thereon separate quarters for women prisoners, or…
- § 4111 If a separate farm for women prisoners is established it shall be considered as a part of the industrial farm of the county within the meaning of all…
- § 4112 When land has been acquired and such buildings and structures erected and improvements made as may be immediately necessary for the carrying out of the…
- § 4114 Each county which establishes an industrial farm or camp shall provide a county classification committee, which shall function as follows: (1) The sheriff…
- § 4115 The county jail shall serve as the initial place of detention for all adult persons committed to the custody of the sheriff, except city prisoners who are…
- § 4115.5 (a) The board of supervisors of a county where adequate facilities are not available for prisoners who would otherwise be confined in its county adult…
- § 4115.55 (a) Upon agreement with the sheriff or director of the county department of corrections, a board of supervisors may enter into a contract with other public…
- § 4115.56 (a) Upon agreement with the sheriff or director of the county department of corrections, a board of supervisors may enter into a contract with the Department…
- § 4116 No person shall be committed directly by any court to a county industrial farm or camp except as provided in the Welfare and Institutions Code. All other…
- § 4117 No person shall be transferred to an industrial farm or camp unless he has appeared before the county classification committee and has been assigned to that…
- § 4118 The legislative body of any incorporated city located in a county which has established an industrial farm or industrial road camp may adopt and forward to the…
- § 4119 At its option the board of supervisors may adopt a resolution stating that the county will care for the prisoners of the city on its industrial farm or camp at…
- § 4120 Upon the expiration of the sentence of any person imprisoned in any industrial farm or camp, he shall be discharged, and either furnished with transportation…
- § 4121 The cost of establishing and maintaining an industrial farm or industrial road camp formed under this article shall be paid out of the county general fund. Any…
- § 4122 The cost of transporting city prisoners to an industrial farm or camp shall be borne by the city from whose courts they were committed. All other…
- § 4123 Any person transferred from an industrial farm or camp to the county jail shall be maintained at the jail at the expense of the county as are other prisoners…
- § 4124 Each county board of supervisors may specify a rate to be charged for the care of city prisoners, which rate shall not exceed the average cost to the county of…
- § 4125 Each person in custody on any industrial farm or industrial road camp who is found to have any person or persons dependent on him for support, as provided in…
- § 4125.1 The board of supervisors may contract with the United States or the State of California, or any department or agency thereof, for the performance of work and…
- § 4126 The maximum amount per day to be credited to a person in custody on an industrial farm or camp shall be fixed from time to time by the board of supervisors and…
- § 4127 The court by whom any person was sentenced may at any time by written order direct payment of all or any part of the sums to be credited to any such person…
- § 4128 Payments authorized under this article to be made to any person other than the prisoner may be made weekly on any day designated by the superintendent of the…
- § 4129 For the purpose of making the payments designated in this article the board of supervisors shall by order provide the superintendent with a revolving fund.…
- § 4130 So far as practicable those in custody on an industrial farm shall be employed in productive labor. The products of an industrial farm shall be used: first, to…
- § 4131 Subject to regulations adopted by the board of supervisors the superintendent shall maintain discipline on an industrial farm. Whenever the superintendent…
- § 4133 The boundary of every industrial farm established under the provisions of this article shall be marked by a fence, hedge or by some other visible line. Every…
- § 4134 Any board of supervisors which has established or desires to establish an industrial farm or industrial road camp may at any time appoint an advisory board to…
- § 4135 The advisory board shall acquaint itself with the conduct of the jails in the county, keep itself informed about the administration of the industrial farm or…
- § 4136 Sections 4011, 4011.5, 4011.6 and 4011.7 are applicable to county industrial farms, county industrial road camps, and joint county road camps established…
- § 4137 The board of supervisors of any county in which a county industrial farm, industrial road camp, or honor camp has been established may, by ordinance, authorize…
ARTICLE 2. Joint County Road Camp Act §§ 4200–4227 · 28 sections
- § 4200 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Joint County Road Camp Act.
- § 4201 Any two or more counties may form a district for the purpose of requiring all persons confined in the county jails of such counties, under a final judgment of…
- § 4202 Any district organized under this article shall have and exercise the powers expressly granted in this article, together with such other powers as are…
- § 4203 The board of supervisors of any county may initiate proceedings proposing the creation of a joint district for the purpose of maintaining a joint county road…
- § 4204 When adopted certified copies of the resolution provided for in Section 4203, shall be transmitted to the several clerks of the boards of supervisors in each…
- § 4205 Upon receipt of the resolution adopted under Section 4203, the boards of supervisors of the counties affected and to whom the same may be directed shall…
- § 4206 The board of supervisors of any county initiating proceedings for the creation of a joint district under this article shall, after the receipt of a copy of the…
- § 4207 All districts organized under this article shall be numbered in the order of their creation, the number to be assigned to said district forthwith upon the…
- § 4208 The Secretary of State shall furnish and transmit to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county adopting the initial resolution for the organization…
- § 4209 The body formed under Section 4208 shall be called the board of directors of such district.
- § 4210 The delegates from each county may enter into an agreement with the other counties for and on behalf of the county appointing them, binding said counties to…
- § 4211 All sums found due from any county according to the provisions of this article are a debt against said county, and may be collected in the manner provided by…
- § 4212 The board of directors may establish the road camp or camps provided for in this article, and may furnish such camp or camps with the necessary personnel and…
- § 4213 Each county in a district formed under this article shall pay from its general fund its proportionate share to the board of directors of such amount as the…
- § 4214 Within 15 days after any person is confined in the county jail of any county within a district under a final judgment of imprisonment rendered in a criminal…
- § 4215 The boards of directors of joint county road camp districts may contract with the State Department of Public Works for the employment of jail prisoners in the…
- § 4216 When the prisoners of a road camp are engaged in the construction or maintenance of any portion of the state highway the expense of maintaining them together…
- § 4217 Any money expended by the Department of Public Works under the provisions of this article shall be taken from any funds available for the construction or…
- § 4218 The State Department of Public Works may contract with the boards of directors of the joint districts created under this article for all the purposes stated in…
- § 4219 When a joint road camp, and the prisoners thereof, are employed in the construction or maintenance of any county way, road or public work, the total expense of…
- § 4220 All payments provided for in Section 4219 shall be made by warrants drawn on the proper fund in favor of “Joint County Road Camp District No. ________”…
- § 4221 Whenever the revolving fund provided for in this article after payment of all bills due against a district exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or exceeds…
- § 4222 The board of directors may make such rules as it deems proper for the government of camps and the conduct of prisoners therein and may fix a reasonable…
- § 4223 Each prisoner shall be charged with the cost of all tools and appliances for the performance of labor which are furnished to him, and upon his release or…
- § 4224 All sums earned by any prisoner may be retained until he has completed his sentence, or until he is released or discharged, and shall thereupon be paid to him.…
- § 4225 The board of supervisors of any county not included within any joint county road camp district, and having a population of 150,000 or more persons, may…
- § 4226 The board of supervisors of any county covered by Section 4225 shall nominate three of its members to serve as directors of the district formed thereunder, and…
- § 4227 A joint county road camp district formed under this article may be dissolved in the following manner: 1. The board or boards of supervisors of a county or…
ARTICLE 3. Advisory Committees for Adult Detention Facilities §§ 4300–4305 · 6 sections
- § 4300 The board of supervisors may establish in each county a county advisory committee on adult detention.
- § 4301 There shall be 6, 9, or 12 members of the committee. One-third shall be appointed by the board of supervisors, one-third by the sheriff, and one-third by the…
- § 4302 The members of the committee shall hold office for four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Of those first appointed by the sheriff,…
- § 4303 Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed their reasonable expenses as approved by the presiding judge of the superior…
- § 4304 The committee shall file a report within 90 days after the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year for which such report is made, copies of which…
- § 4305 The committee shall annually inspect the city and county adult detention facilities. Such inspection shall be concerned with the conditions of inmate…