CHAPTER 3. Institutions for Delinquents
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.
§§ 1000–1258 · 58 sections
ARTICLE 1. Establishment and General Government §§ 1000–1020 · 24 sections
- § 1000 Commencing July 1, 2005, any reference to the Department of the Youth Authority refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of…
- § 1000.1 In order to provide counties with alternative placement options, the Department of the Youth Authority is authorized to establish, maintain, or facilitate the…
- § 1000.5 Where in any law of this State the name “Whittier State School” appears it shall hereafter be understood to mean and shall be construed to refer to Fred C.…
- § 1000.7 As used in this chapter, “Youth Authority,” “authority,” and “the authority” mean and refer to the Department of the Youth Authority, and “board” means and…
- § 1001 The general government and supervision of each such institution is vested in the Youth Authority.
- § 1001.5 (a) Except when authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of an institution or camp administered by the Youth Authority, or by an officer…
- § 1001.7 Every person who, having been previously convicted of a felony and confined in any state prison in this state, without the consent of the officer in charge of…
- § 1002 The Youth Authority may do all lawful acts which it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes for which such schools are established, and to promote the…
- § 1003 The authority shall have charge of the land, buildings, apparatus, tools, stock, provisions and other property belonging to each such institution.
- § 1004 The authority shall have charge of the persons committed to or confined in each such institution, and shall provide for their care, supervision, education,…
- § 1006 The land purchased for the site of Preston School of Industry shall be used exclusively for the occupancy and purposes of the school.
- § 1009 The Department of the Youth Authority may order the return of nonresident persons committed to the department or confined in institutions or facilities subject…
- § 1009.1 When, pursuant to Section 1009, money is received by the Department of the Youth Authority from private sources to defray the cost of transportation for the…
- § 1009.2 The fiscal officer of the Department of the Youth Authority shall make payment of any refund pursuant to Section 1009.1 if the Director of the Youth Authority…
- § 1009.3 If any money which is to be refunded has been deposited in the State Treasury, the State Controller, upon receipt of a claim which is filed by the Department…
- § 1009.4 If the Director of the Youth Authority finds that the amount of any refund is less than three dollars ($3), he may retain such amount, unless demand for the…
- § 1010 In determining residence for purposes of transportation, a person who has lived continuously in this State for a period of one year and who has not acquired a…
- § 1011 All expenses incurred in returning these persons to other states shall be paid by this state, but the expense of returning residents of this state shall be…
- § 1015 Whenever any person confined in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority dies, and any personal funds or property of such…
- § 1016 (a) Whenever a person confined in a state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile…
- § 1017 Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or…
- § 1018 At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 1015 or of Chapter 7…
- § 1019 When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Section 1015 or 1016, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the State or…
- § 1020 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of Sections 1015 and 1016 shall apply (1) to all money and other personal property delivered to the…
ARTICLE 3. Superintendents §§ 1049–1050 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 4. Employees §§ 1075–1078 · 4 sections
- § 1075 The Youth Authority shall, in accordance with law, appoint all officers and employees required at the institutions under this chapter, and shall fix their…
- § 1076 The superintendent, assistant superintendent, supervisor, or any employee having custody of wards, of each institution of the Department of the Youth…
- § 1077 (a) Any psychologist employed by or who contracts with the Department of the Youth Authority to provide services to wards under the jurisdiction of the…
- § 1078 To the extent that funding is available, the department, in consultation with the State Department of State Hospitals, shall develop training in the treatment…
ARTICLE 6. Conduct, Education, and Discipline §§ 1120–1125.5 · 10 sections
- § 1120 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure an appropriate educational program for wards committed to the Department of the Youth Authority. The…
- § 1120.1 (a) In furtherance of the purpose of the Department of the Youth Authority to protect society from the consequences of criminal activity, the department’s…
- § 1120.2 (a) There is in the Department of the Youth Authority a correctional education authority for the purpose of carrying out the education and training of wards…
- § 1120.5 At each institution under this chapter the Youth Authority shall organize and maintain a division of instruction and such other divisions as it deems necessary…
- § 1121 The chief of each such division of instruction shall be well trained in modern school administration.
- § 1122 Such divisions of instruction shall have jurisdiction over all courses of instruction. Such courses shall include academic and vocational training, and shall…
- § 1123 Subject to the availability of adequate state funding for these purposes, the Director of the Youth Authority shall provide all wards at each penal institution…
- § 1124 Each institution under this chapter may manufacture, repair, and assemble products or may raise produce, for use in the institution or in any other State…
- § 1125 Each inmate of an institution under this chapter shall be permitted to keep for his own use all articles of handiwork and other finished products suitable…
- § 1125.5 When any public road is a principal means of access to the Preston School of Industry the Department of the Youth Authority, with the consent of the Department…
ARTICLE 7. Escapes §§ 1152–1155 · 3 sections
- § 1152 (a) Any person who without the use of force or violence willfully assists any parolee of the Department of the Youth Authority whose parole has been revoked,…
- § 1154 Whenever any person who has escaped from any institution or facility under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority is returned by a sheriff or probation…
- § 1155 The person in charge of any secure detention facility, including, but not limited to, a prison, a juvenile hall, a county jail, or any institution under the…
ARTICLE 8. Paroles and Dismissals §§ 1176–1180 · 5 sections
- § 1176 When, in the opinion of the Youth Authority Board, any person committed to or confined in any such school deserves parole according to regulations established…
- § 1177 (a) Pursuant to Section 1178, if a person discharged from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities by the Board of…
- § 1178 (a) A person previously committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities may petition the Board of Juvenile…
- § 1179 (a) Each person honorably discharged by the Board of Juvenile Hearings shall thereafter be released from all penalties or disabilities resulting from the…
- § 1180 The Department of the Youth Authority shall provide, within 10 days, upon request to the chief of police of a city or the sheriff of a county information…
ARTICLE 9. Finances §§ 1200–1201 · 2 sections
- § 1200 The Controller of the State shall, on requisition of any of the institutions under this chapter, duly audited by him, draw his warrant on the State Treasurer…
- § 1201 For each person committed to any state school the county from which he was committed shall make payments to the state as provided in Section 911 of this code.
ARTICLE 10. The California Youth Training School §§ 1250–1258 · 8 sections
- § 1250 There is hereby established an institution for the confinement of males under the custody of the Director of Corrections and the Youth Authority to be known as…
- § 1251 The Heman G. Stark Youth Training School shall be an intermediate security type institution. Its primary purpose shall be to provide custody, care, industrial,…
- § 1252 There may be transferred to and confined in the Heman G. Stark Youth Training School any male subject to the custody, control and discipline of the Youth…
- § 1253 The Youth Authority shall make rules and regulations for the government of the Heman G. Stark Youth Training School and the management of its affairs.
- § 1254 The Youth Authority shall appoint, subject to civil service, a superintendent for the Heman G. Stark Youth Training School, and such officers and employees as…
- § 1255 The Youth Authority shall construct and equip, in accordance with law, suitable buildings, structures, and facilities for the Heman G. Stark Youth Training…
- § 1256 The Youth Authority shall have the same powers, duties, and responsibilities in respect to the Heman G. Stark Youth Training School and the persons confined…
- § 1258 The Director of the Youth Authority, in connection with industrial training at the Heman G. Stark Youth Training School, Chino, California, may provide…