CHAPTER 9.2. Restitution Centers [6220. - 6236.]
Chapter 9.2 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1520, Sec. 1.
§§ 6220–6236 · 18 sections
- § 6220 The Director of Corrections may establish and operate facilities to be known as restitution centers.
- § 6221 The purpose of restitution centers is to provide a means for those sentenced to prison to be able to pay their victims’ financial restitution, which includes…
- § 6222 The location for a restitution center or centers shall be determined by the Director of Corrections with approval from the county board of supervisors or city…
- § 6223 Restitution centers shall be located in areas which will maximize the employment opportunities of persons sentenced to the centers.
- § 6224 The supervision, management, and control of the restitution centers and the responsibility for the care, custody, discipline, and employment of persons…
- § 6224.5 The Director of Corrections may commingle inmates who have been assigned to a restitution center pursuant to Section 6227 with inmates who are in transit for…
- § 6225 Supervision of inmates in the restitution centers may be by contract with private nonprofit or profit corporations, or by peace officer personnel of the…
- § 6226 The Director of Corrections in establishing a restitution center shall enter into an agreement with the county, city, or city and county in which the facility…
- § 6227 The court may order the Department of Corrections to place an eligible defendant in a restitution center if the court makes a restitution order, or if a…
- § 6227.5 The Judicial Council shall provide information to sentencing courts to ensure that the judges responsible for sentencing are aware of the existence of the…
- § 6228 A defendant is eligible for placement in a restitution center if the defendant does not have a criminal history of a conviction for the sale of drugs within…
- § 6229 In each county, city, or city and county, in which a restitution center is established, there shall be a restitution center community advisory board to assist…
- § 6230 (a) Offenders shall perform all the labor necessary to maintain the restitution center and meet the offenders’ needs unless the director finds that a…
- § 6231 (a) Wages earned by an offender, less any deductions for taxes, shall be paid directly to the Department of Corrections. (b) Wage moneys received by the…
- § 6233 (a) An offender shall not leave a restitution center except to go to work or when specifically authorized and shall return to the restitution center…
- § 6234 (a) The offender shall not be allowed to take employment if the rate of pay or other conditions of employment are less than those paid or provided for work of…
- § 6235 The Department of Corrections shall, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, adopt…
- § 6236 This chapter shall be known as “Restitution Centers.”