CHAPTER 1. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 31.

§§ 5000–5035 · 48 sections

§ 5000 (a) Any reference to the Department of Corrections in this or any other code refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult…
§ 5000.5 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the purpose of incarceration is rehabilitation accomplished only if the period of imprisonment is used to…
§ 5001 The Governor may request the State Personnel Board to use extensive recruitment and merit selection techniques and procedures to provide lists of persons…
§ 5002 (a) The department shall succeed to and is hereby vested with all of the powers and duties exercised and performed by the following departments, boards,…
§ 5003 The department has jurisdiction over all of the following prisons and institutions: (a) Avenal State Prison. (b) California Correctional Institution. (c)…
§ 5003.1 (a) On or after January 1, 2020, the department shall not enter into a contract with a private, for-profit prison facility located in or outside of the state…
§ 5003.2 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or his or her designee, shall provide written notification to any county impacted by the…
§ 5003.5 The Board of Parole Hearings is empowered to advise and recommend to the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on general and specific…
§ 5004 The Director of Corrections and the legislative body of any county or city may enter into agreements for mutual police aid. Pursuant to such agreements the…
§ 5004.5 The director shall require each state prison under the department’s jurisdiction to develop a Mutual Aid Escape Pursuit Plan and Agreement with local law…
§ 5004.7 (a) The department shall establish a statewide policy on operational procedures for the handling of threats made by inmates or wards, and threats made by…
§ 5005 (a) The department shall maintain a canteen at an active prison or institution under its jurisdiction for the sale to incarcerated persons of toilet articles,…
§ 5006 (a) (1) All moneys now held for the benefit of inmates currently housed in Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities including those known as the…
§ 5006.1 (a) Notwithstanding any provision in Section 5006, money in the Inmate Welfare Fund shall not be expended to pay charges for any or all of the following…
§ 5007 The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may invest money in the Inmate Welfare Fund that in his or her opinion is not necessary for…
§ 5007.3 (a) (1) The department shall establish the California Reentry and Enrichment (CARE) Grant program to provide grants to community-based organizations (CBOs)…
§ 5007.4 (a) (1) The Delancey Street Restaurant Management Program is hereby established for the purpose of teaching marketable skills useful to incarcerated persons…
§ 5007.5 The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not charge a fee for an inmate-initiated medical visit of an inmate confined in the…
§ 5007.6 The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not charge a fee for an incarcerated person to request, review, or use their medical…
§ 5007.7 An inmate who has maintained an inmate trust account with twenty-five dollars ($25) or less for 30 consecutive days shall be deemed indigent. An indigent…
§ 5007.9 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not charge a fee for durable medical equipment or medical supplies provided to an…
§ 5008 The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall deposit any funds of inmates in his or her possession in trust with the Treasurer…
§ 5008.1 Subject to the availability of adequate state funding for these purposes, the Director of Corrections shall provide all inmates at each penal institution and…
§ 5008.2 (a) During the intake medical examination or intake health screening, or while providing general information during intake, the department shall provide all…
§ 5009 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that all prisoners shall be afforded reasonable opportunities to exercise religious freedom. (2) It is the intent…
§ 5010 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the predominant purpose of exercise in correctional facilities should be for the maintenance of the general…
§ 5011 (a) The Department of Corrections shall not require, as a condition for any form of treatment or custody that the department offers, an admission of guilt to…
§ 5021 (a) Any death that occurs in any facility operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Department of State Hospitals, a city,…
§ 5022 (a) Upon the entry of a prisoner into a facility operated by the Department of Corrections, and at least every year thereafter, the Director of Corrections…
§ 5023 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections operate in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible when purchasing…
§ 5023.2 (a) In order to promote the best possible patient outcomes, eliminate unnecessary medical and pharmacy costs, and ensure consistency in the delivery of health…
§ 5023.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may contract with providers of health care services and health care network…
§ 5023.6 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, by January 1, 2011, do all of the following: (1) Adopt industry standard claim forms for use by…
§ 5023.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money recovered prior to July 1, 2011, from an overpayment of a medical contract expenditure, under the…
§ 5024 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) State costs for purchasing drugs and medical supplies for the health care of offenders in state custody have…
§ 5024.2 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized to maintain and operate a comprehensive pharmacy services program for those facilities under…
§ 5024.5 (a) The Department of Corrections shall adopt policies, procedures, and criteria to identify selected medication categories for the development of utilization…
§ 5025 (a) On or before July 1, 1993, the Department of Corrections shall implement and maintain procedures to identify inmates serving terms in state prison who are… see note
§ 5026 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Youth and Community Restoration shall cooperate with the United States Department of…
§ 5027 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall award funding for an innovative…
§ 5028 (a) Upon the entry of any person who is currently or was previously a foreign national into a facility operated by the Department of Corrections, the Director…
§ 5029 (a) The Director of Corrections shall ensure that documents, computers, or computer accessible media containing personal information relating to an employee of…
§ 5030.1 (a) The possession or use of tobacco products by inmates under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections is prohibited. The Director of Corrections…
§ 5031 (a) The department shall submit an estimate of expenditures for each state or contracted facility housing offenders and for the cost of supervising offenders…
§ 5032 Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code does not apply to the closure of a prison or juvenile facility operated or leased by…
§ 5033 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to close additional prisons in the state prison system.…
§ 5034 (a) The department shall establish and maintain an Accountability Letter Bank (ALB) program. (b) The goals of the program shall be both of the following: (1)…
§ 5035 (a) The department shall establish and maintain a Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) program. (b) The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for…