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The Authority is limited in its expenditures to funds specifically made available for its use.
To the extent that necessary funds are available for the purposes, the director may
(a) Establish and operate a treatment and training service and such other services as are proper for the discharge of his duties;
(b) Create administrative districts suitable to the performance of his duties;
(c) Employ and discharge all such persons as may be needed for the proper execution of the duties of the authority. Such employment and discharge shall be in accord with the civil service laws of this state.
Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the maximum age shall be 35 years for any open examination for the position of parole agent I, group supervisor, youth counselor, and other custodial and parole positions which normally afford entry into the Youth Authority service, unless the applicant is already a “state safety” member for the purposes of retirement and disability benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1365. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 1981, Ch. 453.)
To the extent that necessary funds are available for the purposes the director may:
Any open examination for the position of parole agent I, group supervisor, youth counselor, and other custodial and parole positions which normally afford entry into the Youth Authority service shall require the demonstration of the physical ability to effectively carry out the duties and responsibilities of the position in a manner which would not inordinately endanger the health or safety of a custodial person or a parolee or the health and safety of others.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 453, Sec. 7. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Sec. 8 of Ch. 453.)
1752.05.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 738, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
The director may enter into contracts with the approval of the Director of Finance with any county of this state, upon request of the board of supervisors thereof, wherein the Youth Authority agrees to furnish diagnosis and treatment services and temporary detention during a period of study to the county for selected cases of persons eligible for commitment to the Youth Authority. The county shall reimburse the state for the cost of such services, such cost to be determined by the Director of the Youth Authority.
The Youth Authority shall present to the county, not more frequently than monthly, a claim for the amount due the state under this section which the county shall process and pay pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 29700) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 299.)
1752.15.
The director may enter into contracts, with the approval of the Director of Finance, with any county of this state upon request of the board of supervisors thereof, wherein the Department of the Youth Authority agrees to furnish temporary emergency detention facilities and necessary services incident thereto, for persons under the age of 18 years who are in the custody of the county probation officer pursuant to provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1 of Division 2. Facilities of the department may be used only on a temporary basis when existing county juvenile facilities are rendered unsafe or inadequate because of a natural or manmade disaster, or when the continued presence of the minor or minors in the county juvenile facilities would, in the opinion of the judge of the juvenile court having jurisdiction over the minor, of the chief probation officer of the county, and of the director, present a significant risk of violence or escape. They may not be used for the detention of a person who is alleged to be or has been adjudged to be a person described by Section 300 or Section 601.
Whenever any person is detained in a California Youth Authority facility located in a county other than the county which has contracted for services pursuant to this section, the county shall provide for adequate consultation between the minor and his or her attorney; and, if the minor’s parent or guardian lacks adequate private means of transportation, and if the minor has been detained in the facility for more than 10 days, the county shall make reasonable efforts to provide for visitation between the minor and his or her parents or guardian.
The county shall reimburse the state for the cost of these services, the cost to be determined by the director. The department shall present to the county, not more than once a month, a claim for the amount due the state under this section which the county shall process and pay pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 29700) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 721, Sec. 3.)
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 11010 and 11270 of the Government Code, any county entering into a contract pursuant to this section shall not be required to reimburse the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 99. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012.)
The director may, from any moneys made available for such purposes, allocate funds to local governmental and nongovernmental agencies to share in the cost of local correctional programs which are partially financed by federal grants.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 816.)
1752.5.
The director may establish and maintain at any institution or camp under his jurisdiction a canteen for the sale to persons confined therein of candy, nutritional snacks, toilet articles, sundries, and other articles. The canteen shall operate on a nonprofit basis. However, if sales should exceed costs, the surplus shall be deposited in a special fund, to be designated “Benefit Fund.” Any moneys contained in such fund shall be used for the benefit of the wards resident at the institution or camp.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 798, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 798.)
The director may, with the approval of the Director of General Services, enter into contracts with colleges, universities, and other organizations for the purposes of research in the field of delinquency and crime prevention and of training special workers, including teachers, institution employees, probation and parole officers, social workers and others engaged, whether as volunteers or for compensation, and whether part time or full time, in the fields of education, recreation, mental health, and treatment and prevention of delinquency.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 57. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
1752.7.
The director may collect statistics and information regarding juvenile delinquency, crimes reported and discovered, arrests made, complaints, informations, and indictments filed and the disposition made thereof, pleas, convictions, acquittals, probations granted or denied, commitments to and transfers and discharges from places of incarceration, and other data and information useful in determining the cause and amount of crime in this State, or in carrying out the powers and duties of the authority.
All officers and employees of the State and of every county and city shall furnish to the director upon request such statistics and other information within their knowledge and control as the director deems necessary or proper to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 639.)
1752.8.
The Director of the Youth Authority may deposit any funds of wards committed to the authority in the director’s possession in trust with the Treasurer pursuant to Section 16305.3 of the Government Code or in trust in insured bank, savings and loan, or state or federal credit union accounts bearing interest at rates up to the maximum permitted by law, and for the purpose of deposit only, may mingle the funds of any ward with the funds of other wards.
Such funds together with the interest paid thereon may be paid over to the ward upon his or her request, and shall be paid over to the ward upon his or her discharge from the Youth Authority.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and Section 1752.81, the Youth Authority may assess a ward’s trust fund for actual costs for the ward’s support, maintenance, training and treatment.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 715, Sec. 3.)
1752.81.
(a) Whenever the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice has in his or her possession in trust funds of a ward committed to the division, the funds may be released for any purpose when authorized by the ward. When the sum held in trust for any ward by the director exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), the amount in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) may be expended by the director pursuant to a lawful order of a court directing payment of the funds, without the authorization of the ward thereto.
(b) Whenever an adult or minor is committed to or housed in a Division of Juvenile Facilities facility and he or she owes a restitution fine imposed pursuant to Section 13967 of the Government Code, as operative on or before September 28, 1994, or Section 1202.4 or 1203.04 of the Penal Code, as operative on or before August 2, 1995, or pursuant to Section 729.6, 730.6 or 731.1, as operative on or before August 2, 1995, the director shall deduct the balance owing on the fine amount from the trust account deposits of a ward, up to a maximum of 50 percent of the total amount held in trust, unless prohibited by federal law. The director shall transfer that amount to the California Victim Compensation Board for deposit in the Restitution Fund in the State Treasury. Any amount so deducted shall be credited against the amount owing on the fine. The sentencing court shall be provided a record of the payments.
(c) Whenever an adult or minor is committed to, or housed in, a Division of Juvenile Facilities facility and he or she owes restitution to a victim imposed pursuant to Section 13967 of the Government Code, as operative on or before September 28, 1994, or Section 1202.4 or 1203.04 of the Penal Code, as operative on or before August 2, 1995, or pursuant to Section 729.6, 730.6, or 731.1, as operative on or before August 2, 1995, the director shall deduct the balance owing on the order amount from the trust account deposits of a ward, up to a maximum of 50 percent of the total amount held in trust, unless prohibited by federal law. The director shall transfer that amount directly to the victim. If the restitution is owed to a person who has filed an application with the Victims of Crime Program, the director shall transfer that amount to the California Victim Compensation Board for direct payment to the victim or payment shall be made to the Restitution Fund to the extent that the victim has received assistance pursuant to that program. The sentencing court shall be provided a record of the payments made to victims and of the payments deposited to the Restitution Fund pursuant to this subdivision.
(d) Any compensatory or punitive damages awarded by trial or settlement to a minor or adult committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities in connection with a civil action brought against any federal, state, or local jail or correctional facility, or any official or agent thereof, shall be paid directly, after payment of reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation costs approved by the court, to satisfy any outstanding restitution orders or restitution fines against the minor or adult. The balance of any award shall be forwarded to the minor or adult committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities after full payment of all outstanding restitution orders and restitution fines subject to subdivision (e). The Division of Juvenile Facilities shall make all reasonable efforts to notify the victims of the crime for which the minor or adult was committed concerning the pending payment of any compensatory or punitive damages. This subdivision shall apply to cases settled or awarded on or after April 26, 1996, pursuant to Sections 807 and 808 of Title VIII of the federal Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-134; 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3626 (Historical and Statutory Notes)).
(e) The director shall deduct and retain from the trust account deposits of a ward, unless prohibited by federal law, an administrative fee that totals 10 percent of any amount transferred pursuant to subdivision (b) and (c), or 5 percent of any amount transferred pursuant to subdivision (d). The director shall deposit the administrative fee moneys in a special deposit account for reimbursing administrative and support costs of the restitution and victims program of the Division of Juvenile Facilities. The director, at his or her discretion, may retain any excess funds in the special deposit account for future reimbursement of the division’s administrative and support costs for the restitution and victims program or may transfer all or part of the excess funds for deposit in the Restitution Fund.
(f) When a ward has both a restitution fine and a restitution order from the sentencing court, the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall collect the restitution order first pursuant to subdivision (c).
(g) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), whenever the director holds in trust a ward’s funds in excess of five dollars ($5) and the ward cannot be located, after one year from the date of discharge, absconding from the Division of Juvenile Facilities supervision, or escape, the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall apply the trust account balance to any unsatisfied victim restitution order or fine owed by that ward. If the victim restitution order or fine has been satisfied, the remainder of the ward’s trust account balance, if any, shall be transferred to the Benefit Fund to be expended pursuant to Section 1752.5. If the victim to whom a particular ward owes restitution cannot be located, the moneys shall be transferred to the Benefit Fund to be expended pursuant to Section 1752.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 279. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
1752.82.
(a) Whenever an adult or minor is committed to or housed in a Youth Authority facility and he or she owes restitution to a victim or a restitution fine imposed pursuant to Section 13967, as operative on or before September 28, 1994, of the Government Code, or Section 1202.4 of the Penal Code, or Section 1203.04, as operative on or before August 2, 1994, of the Penal Code, or pursuant to Section 729.6, as operative on or before August 2, 1995, Section 730.6 or 731.1, as operative on or before August 2, 1995, the director may deduct a reasonable amount not to exceed 50 percent from the wages of that adult or minor and the amount so deducted, exclusive of the costs of administering this section, which shall be retained by the director, shall be transferred to the California Victim Compensation Board for deposit in the Restitution Fund in the State Treasury in the case of a restitution fine, or, in the case of a restitution order, and upon the request of the victim, shall be paid directly to the victim. Any amount so deducted shall be credited against the amount owing on the fine or to the victim. The committing court shall be provided a record of any payments.
(b) A victim who has requested that restitution payments be paid directly to him or her pursuant to subdivision (a) shall provide a current address to the Youth Authority to enable the Youth Authority to send restitution payments collected on the victim’s behalf to the victim.
(c) In the case of a restitution order, whenever the victim has died, cannot be located, or has not requested the restitution payment, the director may deduct a reasonable amount not to exceed 50 percent of the wages of that adult or minor and the amount so deducted, exclusive of the costs of administering this section, which shall be retained by the director, shall be transferred to the California Victim Compensation Board, pursuant to subdivision (d), after one year has elapsed from the time the ward is discharged by the Youth Authority Board. Any amount so deducted shall be credited against the amount owing to the victim. The funds so transferred shall be deposited in the Restitution Fund.
(d) If the Youth Authority has collected restitution payments on behalf of a victim, the victim shall request those payments no later than one year after the ward has been discharged by the Youth Authority Board. Any victim who fails to request those payments within that time period shall have relinquished all rights to the payments, unless he or she can show reasonable cause for failure to request those payments within that time period.
(e) The director shall transfer to the California Victim Compensation Board all restitution payments collected prior to the effective date of this section on behalf of victims who have died, cannot be located, or have not requested restitution payments. The California Victim Compensation Board shall deposit these amounts in the Restitution Fund.
(f) For purposes of this section, “victim” includes a victim’s immediate surviving family member, on whose behalf restitution has been ordered.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 280. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
1752.83.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that wards of the Youth Authority be held accountable for intentional damage and destruction of public property committed while they are confined in Youth Authority facilities. To that end, and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1752.8 and 1752.81, the Youth Authority may deduct from a ward’s trust fund any amounts that are necessary to pay for intentional damage to public property caused by the ward while confined within an institution or other facility of the Youth Authority.
(b) The Youth Authority shall utilize the procedures in its regulations for disciplinary actions to determine whether the damage or destruction was intentionally caused by the ward and, if so, to determine the amount to be deducted to pay for the damage or destruction.
(c) Funds that are deducted shall remain with the Youth Authority and shall be used to repair or replace the public property damaged or destroyed as provided for in the Budget Act for that fiscal year.
(Added by renumbering Section 1752.82 (as added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 494) by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 248.)
1752.85.
The Director of the Youth Authority may authorize the sale of articles of handiwork made by wards under the jurisdiction of the authority to the public at Youth Authority institutions, in public buildings, at fairs, or on property operated by nonprofit associations. The cost of any state property used for the manufacture of articles shall be paid for out of funds received from the sale of the articles. The remainder of any funds received from the sale of the articles shall be placed in the ward’s trust account pursuant to Section 1752.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 803.)
1752.9.
The Department of the Youth Authority, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may lease land at any institution under its jurisdiction, at a nominal rental, to any nonprofit or eleemosynary corporation. The terms of the lease shall require the corporation to construct a house of worship on such land, and to maintain and operate the same primarily for the use of Youth Authority wards and staff. All work as an employee on such house of worship performed under contract or by day labor shall be subject to the provisions of Division 2, Part 7, of the Labor Code.
1752.95.
The director may, from time to time, and as often as occasion may require, but not to exceed two meetings in any one calendar year call into conference the probation officers of the several counties, or such of them as he may deem advisable, for the purpose of discussing the duties of their offices.
The actual and necessary expenses of the probation officer incurred while traveling to and from and while attending the conferences shall be a county charge; provided, prior approval of the board of supervisors has been obtained.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1597.)
For the purpose of carrying out its duties, the department is authorized to make use of law enforcement, detention, probation, parole, medical, educational, correctional, segregative and other facilities, institutions and agencies, whether public or private, within the state. The director may enter into agreements with the appropriate public officials for separate care and special treatment in existing institutions of persons subject to the control of the department.
(a) The Director of the Youth Authority may enter into agreements with any federal agency authorizing the use of the Youth Authority’s facilities and services for the confinement, care and treatment of persons otherwise not under its jurisdiction when suitable facilities and services are available. The costs of the services provided by the Youth Authority shall be borne by the agency referring the person to the Director of the Youth Authority. The Director of the Youth Authority may order the person returned to the agency referring him when suitable facilities or services are not available. Any such person referred to the Youth Authority pursuant to this section shall be subject to its rules and regulations.
(b) As used in this section, “person” means any person under the age of 26 years who is under the jurisdiction of a Federal Correctional Agency pursuant to federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 772.)
(a) The Director of the Youth Authority may enter into an agreement with a city, county, or city and county, to permit transfer of wards in the custody of the Director of the Youth Authority to an appropriate facility of the city, county, or city and county, if the official having jurisdiction over the facility has consented. The agreement shall provide for contributions to the city, county, or city and county toward payment of costs incurred with reference to the transferred wards.
(b) When an agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) is in effect with respect to a particular local facility, the Director of the Youth Authority may transfer wards and parole violators to the facility.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Director of the Youth Authority may deny placement in a local facility to a parole violator who was committed to the Youth Authority for the commission of any offense set forth in subdivision (b), paragraph (2) of subdivision (d), or subdivision (e) of Section 707.
(d) Wards transferred to those facilities are subject to the rules and regulations of the facility in which they are confined, but remain under the legal custody of the Department of the Youth Authority.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 453, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1995.)
(a) Pursuant to Section 1753.3 the Director of the Youth Authority may enter into a long-term agreement not to exceed 20 years with a city, county, or city and county to place parole violators in a facility which is specially designed and built for the incarceration of parole violators and state youth authority wards.
(b) The agreement shall provide that persons providing security at the facilities shall be peace officers who have completed the minimum standards for the training of local correctional peace officers established under Section 6035 of the Penal Code.
(c) In determining the reimbursement rate pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), the director shall take into consideration the costs incurred by the city, county, or city and county for services and facilities provided, and any other factors which are necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of the respective parties.
(d) The Director of the Youth Authority, to the extent possible, shall select city, county, or city and county facilities in areas where medical, food, and other support services are available from nearby existing prison facilities.
(e) The Director of the Youth Authority, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into an agreement to lease state property for a period not in excess of 20 years to be used as the site for a facility operated by a city, county, or city and county authorized by this section.
(f) No agreement may be entered into under this section unless the cost per ward in the facility is no greater than the average costs of keeping a ward in a comparable Youth Authority facility, as determined by the Director of the Youth Authority.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1450, Sec. 12.)
In any case in which a ward of the Youth Authority is temporarily released from actual confinement in an institution of the authority and placed in a county hospital for purposes of delivery of her child, the authority may reimburse the county for the actual cost of services rendered by the county hospital to the newborn infant of the ward.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1912.)
(a) Any female confined in a Department of the Youth Authority facility shall, upon her request, be allowed to continue to use materials necessary for (1) personal hygiene with regard to her menstrual cycle and reproductive system and (2) birth control measures as prescribed by her physician.
(b) Any female confined in a Department of the Youth Authority facility shall upon her request be furnished by the department with information and education regarding prescription birth control measures.
(c) Family planning services shall be offered to each and every female confined in a Department of Youth Authority facility at least 60 days prior to a scheduled release date. Upon request any such female shall be furnished by the department with the services of a licensed physician or she shall be furnished by the department or by any other agency which contracts with the department with services necessary to meet her family planning needs at the time of her release.
Nothing in this chapter shall be taken to give the Youth Authority Board or the director control over existing facilities, institutions or agencies; or to require them to serve the board or the director inconsistently with their functions, or with the authority of their officers, or with the laws and regulations governing their activities; or to give the board or the director power to make use of any private institution or agency without its consent; or to pay a private institution or agency for services which a public institution or agency is willing and able to perform.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 30. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
Public institutions and agencies are hereby required to accept and care for persons sent to them by the authority in the same manner as they would be required to do had such persons been committed by a court of criminal jurisdiction.
1755.3.
Whenever any person under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority, or any minor under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, is in need of medical, surgical, or dental care, the Youth Authority or the Department of Corrections, as applicable, may authorize, upon the recommendation of the attending physician or dentist, as applicable, the performance of that necessary medical, surgical, or dental service.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 496, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
1755.4.
The Department of the Youth Authority, in consultation with the State Department of Mental Health shall establish, by regulations adopted at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 31, 2001, standards and guidelines for the administration of psychotropic medications to any person under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority, in a manner that protects the health and short- and long-term well-being of those persons. The standards and guidelines adopted pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the due process requirements set forth in Section 2600 of the Penal Code.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 659, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
1755.5.
The Department of the Youth Authority may transfer to and cause to be confined in the medical facility, the Correctional Training Facility at Soledad, the California Institution for Women at Corona, the Medical Correctional Institution, the California Institution for Men, the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain, or the California Men’s Colony under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections for general study, diagnosis, and treatment, or any of them, any person over the age of 18 years who is subject to the custody, control, and discipline of the Department of the Youth Authority who was committed to the Department of the Youth Authority under Section 1731.5. The Director of Corrections may receive and keep in any institution specified in this section any person so transferred to that institution by the Department of the Youth Authority, with the same powers as if the person had been placed therein or transferred thereto pursuant to the Penal Code.
The Department of the Youth Authority may transfer to and cause to be confined in the California Rehabilitation Center for general study, diagnosis, and treatment, or any of them, any person over the age of 18 years who is subject to the custody, control and discipline of the Department of the Youth Authority. The Director of Corrections may receive and keep in the California Rehabilitation Center any person so transferred thereto by the Department of the Youth Authority, with the same powers as if the person had been placed therein or transferred thereto pursuant to Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000) of this code.
Part 3 (commencing with Section 2000) of the Penal Code, so far as those provisions may be applicable, applies to persons so transferred to and confined in any institution specified in this section, except that, whenever by reason of any law governing the commitment of a person to the Department of the Youth Authority the person is deemed not to be a person convicted of a crime, the transfer or placement of the person in the California Rehabilitation Center shall not affect the status or rights of the person and shall not be deemed to constitute a conviction of a crime.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 209, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
Notwithstanding any other law, if, in the opinion of the Chief Deputy Secretary for the Division of Juvenile Justice, the rehabilitation of a person with a mental health disorder or a developmental disability who is confined in a state correctional school may be expedited by treatment at one of the state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, the Chief Deputy Secretary for the Division of Juvenile Justice shall certify that fact to the director of the appropriate department who may authorize receipt of the person at one of the hospitals for care and treatment. Upon notification from the director that the person will no longer benefit from further care and treatment in the state hospital, the Chief Deputy Secretary for the Division of Juvenile Justice shall immediately send for, take, and receive the person back into a state correctional school. A person placed in a state hospital under this section who is committed to the authority shall be released from the hospital upon termination of his or her commitment unless a petition for detention of that person is filed under the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 58. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
The director may inspect all public institutions and agencies whose facilities he or she is authorized to utilize and all private institutions and agencies whose facilities he or she is using. Every institution or agency, whether public or private, is required to afford the director reasonable opportunity to examine or consult with persons committed to the Youth Authority who are for the time being in the custody of the institution or agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 31. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
Placement of a person by the authority in any institution or agency not operated by the authority, or the discharge of such person by such an institution or agency, shall not terminate the control of the authority over such person.
No person placed in such an institution or under such an agency may be released by the institution or agency until after approval of the release by the authority, unless the institution or agency would have power under the law to release at its own discretion persons committed to it by order of a court. In the latter case, it may not release a person placed by the authority until a reasonable time after it has notified the authority of its intention to release him.
The director is hereby authorized when necessary and when funds are available for these purposes to establish and operate any of the following:
(a) Places for the detention, prior to examination and study, of all persons committed to the Youth Authority.
(b) Places for examination and study of persons committed to the Youth Authority.
(c) Places of confinement, educational institutions, hospitals and other correctional or segregative facilities, institutions and agencies, for the proper execution of the duties of the Youth Authority.
(d) Agencies and facilities for the supervision, training, and control of persons who have not been placed in confinement or who have been released from confinement by the Youth Authority Board upon conditions, and for aiding those persons to find employment and assistance.
(e) Agencies and facilities designed to aid persons who have been discharged by the Youth Authority Board in finding employment and in leading a law-abiding existence.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 32. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
(a) The wards housed in forestry camps established by the Department of the Youth Authority may be required to labor on the buildings and grounds of the camp, on the making of forest roads for fire prevention or firefighting, on forestation or reforestation of public lands, or on the making of firetrails and firebreaks, or to perform any other work or engage in any studies or activities prescribed or permitted by the department or any officer designated by it.
(b) The wards may be required to labor in fire suppression if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The ward is under the age of 18 years and the parent or guardian of the ward has given permission for that labor by the ward, or the ward is 18 years of age or over.
(2) The ward has received not less than 16 hours of training in forest firefighting and fire safety.
The department may, during declared fire emergencies, allow the Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to use the wards for fire suppression efforts outside of the boundaries of California, not to exceed a distance in excess of 25 miles from the California border, along the borders of Oregon, Nevada, or Arizona.
(c) The department may provide, in cooperation with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Conservation or otherwise, for the payment of wages to the wards for work they do while housed on the camps, the sums earned to be paid in reparation, or to the parents or dependents of the ward, or to the ward in any manner and in any proportions as the Department of the Youth Authority directs.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 419, Sec. 2.)
The director may require persons committed to the authority to perform work necessary and proper to be done by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Department of Fish and Game, by the Division of State Lands, by the United States Department of Agriculture, and by the federal officials and departments in charge of national forests and parks within this state. For the purposes of this section, the director, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into contracts with federal and state officials and departments. All moneys received by the director pursuant to any of those contracts shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit and in augmentation of the current appropriation for the support of the authority. The director may provide, from those moneys, for the payment of wages to the wards for work they do pursuant to any of those contracts, the wages to be paid into the Indemnity Fund created pursuant to Section 13967 of the Government Code, or to the parents or dependents of the ward, or to the ward in the manner and in those proportions as the Department of the Youth Authority directs.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 178. Effective January 1, 1993.)
The department may provide for the payment of wages to wards for work performed pursuant to Section 2816 of the Penal Code, the sums earned to be paid in reparation, or to the parents or dependents of the ward, or to the ward, in any manner and in any proportions that the department directs.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 116, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)
The director shall investigate, examine, and make reports upon adult and juvenile probation.
The director may establish standards for the performance of probation duties, and upon request consult with and make investigations and recommendations to probation officers, probation committees, juvenile justice commissions, and to judges of the superior courts, including such judges as are designated juvenile court judges of any county.
The director may also, upon request, consult with, make investigations for, and recommendations to probation officers, probation committees, juvenile justice commissions, and to judges of the superior courts, including such judges as are designated juvenile court judges of any county, to aid them in the operation and maintenance of their juvenile halls.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 530.)
(a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall annually develop a population management and facilities master plan presenting projected population and strategies for treatment and housing of wards for the succeeding five-year period. This plan shall set forth the department’s strategy for bridging the gap between available bedspace and the projected ward population.
(b) The Department of the Youth Authority may contract with the Department of Corrections or the Office of Project Development and Management within the Department of General Services for professional and construction services related to the construction of facilities or renovation projects included in the Department of the Youth Authority’s 1994–99 master plan for which funds are appropriated by the Legislature. The Department of the Youth Authority shall be responsible for program planning and all design decisions. The Department of Corrections or the Department of General Services shall, in consultation with the Department of the Youth Authority, ensure that all facilities are designed and constructed specifically for the needs of the youthful offender population. The Department of the Youth Authority also shall ensure that the design and construction of any facilities are consistent with the mission of the Department of the Youth Authority, which emphasizes the protection of the public from criminal activity and the rehabilitation of youthful offenders by providing education, training, and treatment services for those offenders committed by the courts. Any power, function, or jurisdiction for planning, design, and construction of facilities or renovation projects pursuant to the 1994–99 master plan that is conferred upon the Department of General Services shall be deemed to be conferred upon the Department of Corrections for purposes of this section. The Director of the Department of General Services may, upon the request of the Director of the Department of Corrections, delegate to the Department of Corrections any power, function, or jurisdiction for planning, design, and construction of any additional projects included within subsequent Department of the Youth Authority master plans.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 188. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)
The Youth Authority shall establish policies for a background assessment of all persons committed to the Youth Authority in order to supplement the case history provided by the county which committed the person to it.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 612, Sec. 2.)
The authority shall keep written records of all examinations and of the conclusions predicated thereon and of all orders concerning the disposition or treatment of every person subject to its control. After five years from the date on which the jurisdiction of the authority over a ward is terminated the authority may destroy such records. For the purposes of this section “destroy” means destroy or dispose of for the purpose of destruction.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 250.)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any of the following information in the possession of the Youth Authority regarding persons 16 years of age or older who were committed to the Youth Authority by a court of criminal jurisdiction, or who were committed to the Department of Corrections and were subsequently transferred to the Youth Authority, shall be disclosed to any member of the public, upon request, by the director or his or her designee:
(a) The name and age of the person.
(b) The court of commitment and the offense that was the basis of commitment.
(c) The date of commitment.
(d) Any institution where the person is or was confined.
(e) The actions taken by any paroling authority regarding the person, which relate to parole dates.
(f) The date the person is scheduled to be released to the community, including release to a reentry work furlough program.
(g) The date the person was placed on parole.
(h) The date the person was discharged from the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority and the basis for the discharge.
(i) In any case where the person has escaped from any institution under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority, a physical description of the person and the circumstances of the escape.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the release of any information which could place any individual in personal peril; which could threaten Youth Authority security; or which is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1048, Sec. 1.)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director or his or her designee may release the information described in Section 1764 regarding a person committed to the Youth Authority by a juvenile court for an offense described in subdivision (a) of Section 676, to any member of the public who requests the information, unless the court has ordered confidentiality under subdivision (c) of Section 676.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1048, Sec. 2.)
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice or the director’s designee shall release the information described in Section 1764 regarding a person committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities, to the victim of the offense, the next of kin of the victim, or his or her representative as designated by the victim or next of kin pursuant to Section 1767, upon request, unless the court has ordered confidentiality under subdivision (c) of Section 676. The victim or the next of kin shall be identified by the court or the probation department in the offender’s commitment documents before the director is required to disclose this information.
(b) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice or the director’s designee shall, with respect to persons committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities, including persons committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who have been transferred to the Division of Juvenile Facilities, inform each victim of that offense, the victim’s next of kin, or his or her representative as designated by the victim or next of kin pursuant to Section 1767, of his or her right to request and receive information pursuant to subdivision (a) and Section 1767.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 101. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012.)
(a) Whenever a person is committed to the Youth Authority by a court of criminal jurisdiction, or is committed to the Department of Corrections and subsequently transferred to the Youth Authority, for a conviction of a violent felony listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, the director or his or her designee shall, with respect to that person, provide all notices that would be required to be provided by the Board of Prison Terms or the Department of Corrections pursuant to Sections 3058.6 and 3058.8 of the Penal Code, if that person were confined in their respective institutions.
(b) In order to be entitled to receive from the department, pursuant to subdivision (a), the notice set forth in Section 3058.8 of the Penal Code, the requesting party shall keep the department informed of his or her current mailing address.
(c) The notice required under this section shall be provided within 10 days of release with respect to persons committed to the Youth Authority by a court of criminal jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 624, Sec. 6.)
Whenever a minor is incarcerated in a Youth Authority facility for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, the Youth Authority shall inform the State Department of Social Services of the name, date of birth, social security number, and county of residence of the incarcerated person.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1042, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department of the Youth Authority and the Youth Authority Board shall keep under continued study a person in their control and shall retain him or her, subject to the limitations of this chapter, under supervision and control so long as in their judgment that control is necessary for the protection of the public.
(b) The board shall discharge that person as soon as in its opinion there is reasonable probability that he or she can be given full liberty without danger to the public.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 33. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 683, Sec. 8. (SB 625) Effective January 1, 2018.)
1766.1.
When permitting an adult or minor committed to the Department of the Youth Authority his or her liberty pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1766, the Youth Authority Board shall impose as a condition thereof that the adult or minor pay in full any restitution fine or restitution order imposed pursuant to Section 13967, as operative on or before September 28, 1994, of the Government Code, or Section 1202.4 of the Penal Code, or Section 1203.4, as operative on or before August 2, 1994, of the Penal Code, or Section 730.6 or 731.1, as operative on or before August 2, 1995. Payment shall be in installments set in an amount consistent with the adult’s or minor’s ability to pay.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 35. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
1766.2.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all applicable wards shall be placed on supervised parole within the period of 120 to 90 days prior to the date of release from custody from a Division of Juvenile Facilities institution pursuant to the discharge provisions of Section 1769, 1770, or 1771, or within the period of 120 to 90 days prior to completion of the maximum period of confinement pursuant to Section 731, whichever comes first.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply when a petition or order for further detention of a juvenile has been requested by the Division of Juvenile Facilities or the Juvenile Parole Board pursuant to Section 1800.
(c) A ward who has been released under the provisions of subdivision (a) shall be subject to revocation of parole for alleged violations committed during the period of release. Any term of reconfinement under these circumstances shall remain subject to the limits of Section 731, 1769, 1770, or 1771, as applicable in each case. Any such revocation proceedings shall be in accordance with the procedures and due process protections for parolees under current law.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “applicable ward” means a person who is confined in a facility or institution operated by the Division of Juvenile Facilities 120 days prior to his or her discharge date under Section 1769, 1770, or 1771, or 120 days prior to completion of the maximum period of confinement under Section 731.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 268, Sec. 3. (AB 1053) Effective January 1, 2010.)
1766.5.
The director shall establish and maintain a fair, simple, and expeditious system for resolution of grievances of all persons committed to the Youth Authority regarding the substance or application of any written or unwritten policy, rule, regulation, or practice of the department or of an agent or contractor of the department or any decision, behavior, or action by an employee, agent, contractor, or other person confined within the institutions or camps of the Youth Authority which is directed toward the grievant, other than matters involving individual discipline. The system shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide for the participation of employees of the department and of persons committed to the Youth Authority on as equal a basis and at the most decentralized level reasonably possible and feasible in the design, implementation, and operation of the system.
(b) Provide, to the extent reasonably possible, for the selection by their peers of persons committed to the Youth Authority as participants in the design, implementation, and operation of the system.
(c) Provide, within specific time limits, for written responses with written reasons in support of them to all grievances at all decision levels within the system.
(d) Provide for priority processing of grievances which are of an emergency nature which would, by passage of time required for normal processing, subject the grievant to substantial risk of personal injury or other damage.
(e) Provide for the right of grievants to be represented by another person committed to the Youth Authority who is confined within the institutions or camps of the Youth Authority, by an employee, or by any other person, including a volunteer, who is a regular participant in departmental operations.
(f) Provide for safeguards against reprisals against any grievant or participant in the resolution of a grievance.
(g) Provide, at one or more decision levels of the process, for a full hearing of the grievance at which all parties to the controversy and their representatives shall have the opportunity to be present and to present evidence and contentions regarding the grievance,
(h) Provide a method of appeal of grievance decisions available to all parties to the grievance, including, but not limited to, final right of appeal to advisory arbitration of the grievance by a neutral person not employed by the department, the decision of the arbitrator to be adopted by the department unless the decision is in violation of law, would result in physical danger to any persons, would require expenditure of funds not reasonably available for that purpose to the department, or, in the personal judgment of the director, would be detrimental to the public or to the proper and effective accomplishment of the duties of the department.
(i) Provide for the monitoring of the system by the department and also, pursuant to contract or other appropriate means, for a biennial evaluation of the system by a public or private agency independent of the department to the extent necessary to ascertain whether the requirements of this section are being met. The results of which evaluation shall be filed with the department, the Legislature, the Attorney General, and the State Public Defender.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 636, Sec. 1.)
(a) Upon request, written notice of any hearing to consider the release on parole of any person under the control of the Youth Authority for the commission of a crime or committed to the authority as a person described in Section 602 shall be sent by the Department of the Youth Authority at least 30 days before the hearing to any victim of a crime committed by the person, or to the next of kin of the victim if the victim has died or is a minor. The requesting party shall keep the board apprised of his or her current mailing address.
(b) Any one of the following persons may appear, personally or by counsel, at the hearing:
(1) The victim of the offense and one support person of his or her choosing.
(2) In the event that the victim is unable to attend the proceeding, two support persons designated by the victim may attend to provide information about the impact of the crime on the victim.
(3) If the victim is no longer living, two members of the victim’s immediate family may attend.
(4) If none of those persons appear personally at the hearing, any one of them may submit a statement recorded on videotape for the board’s consideration at the hearing. Those persons shall also have the right to submit a written statement to the board at least 10 days prior to the scheduled hearing for the board’s consideration at the hearing.
(c) The board, in deciding whether to release the person on parole, shall consider the statements of victims, next of kin, or statements made on their behalf pursuant to this section and shall include in its report a statement of whether the person would pose a threat to public safety if released on parole.
(d) A representative designated by the victim or the victim’s next of kin shall be either that person’s legal counsel or a family or household member of the victim, for the purposes of this section.
(e) Support persons may only provide information about the impact of the crime on the victim and provide physical and emotional support to the victim or the victim’s family.
(f) This section does not prevent the board from excluding a victim or his or her support person or persons from a hearing. The board may allow the presence of other support persons under particular circumstances surrounding the proceeding.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 570. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016. Note: This section was added on June 8, 1982, by initiative Prop. 8.)
1767.1.
At least 30 days before the Youth Authority Board meets to review or consider the parole of any person who has been committed to the control of the Department of the Youth Authority for the commission of any offense described in subdivision (b), paragraph (2) of subdivision (d), or subdivision (e) of Section 707, or for the commission of an offense in violation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 262 or paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 261 of the Penal Code, the board shall send written notice of the hearing to each of the following persons: the judge of the court that committed the person to the authority, the attorney for the person, the district attorney of the county from which the person was committed, the law enforcement agency that investigated the case, and the victim pursuant to Section 1767. The board shall also send a progress report regarding the ward to the judge of the court that committed the person at the same time it sends the written notice to the judge.
Each of the persons so notified shall have the right to submit a written statement to the board at least 10 days prior to the decision for the board’s consideration. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit any person so notified to attend the hearing. With respect to the parole of any person over the age of 18 years, the presiding officer of the board shall state findings and supporting reasons for the decision of the board. The findings and reasons shall be reduced to writing, and shall be made available for inspection by members of the public no later than 30 days from the date of the decision.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 36. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
1767.2.
Every order granting probation or parole to any person under the control of the authority who has been convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 290 of the Penal Code shall require as a condition of such probation or parole that such person totally abstain from the use of alcoholic liquor or beverages.
(Added by Stats. 1950, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 25.)
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 33, Sec. 51. (SB 843) Effective June 27, 2016.)
(a) For a ward discharged from the Division of Juvenile Facilities to the jurisdiction of the committing court, that person may be detained by probation, for the purpose of initiating proceedings to modify the ward’s conditions of supervision entered pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 1766 if there is probable cause to believe that the ward has violated any of the court-ordered conditions of supervision. Within 15 days of detention, the committing court shall conduct a modification hearing for the ward. Pending the hearing, the ward may be detained by probation. At the hearing authorized by this subdivision, at which the ward shall be entitled to representation by counsel, the court shall consider the alleged violation of conditions of supervision, the risks and needs presented by the ward, and the supervision programs and sanctions that are available for the ward. Modification may include, as a sanction for a finding of a serious violation or a series of repeated violations of the conditions of supervision, an order for the reconfinement of a ward under 18 years of age in a juvenile facility, or for the reconfinement of a ward 18 years of age or older in a juvenile facility as authorized by Section 208.5, or for the reconfinement of a ward 18 years of age or older in a local adult facility as authorized by subdivision (b), or the Division of Juvenile Facilities as authorized by subdivision (c). The ward shall be fully informed by the court of the terms, conditions, responsibilities, and sanctions that are relevant to the order that is adopted by the court. The procedure of the supervision modification hearing, including the detention status of the ward in the event continuances are ordered by the court, shall be consistent with the rules, rights, and procedures applicable to delinquency disposition hearings, as described in Article 17 (commencing with Section 675) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, subject to Chapter 1.6. (commencing with Section 1980), and consistent with the maximum periods of time set forth in Section 731, in any case in which a person who was committed to and discharged from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities to the jurisdiction of the committing court attains 18 years of age prior to being discharged from the division or during the period of supervision by the committing court, the court may, upon a finding that the ward violated his or her conditions of supervision and after consideration of the recommendation of the probation officer and pursuant to a hearing conducted according to the provisions of subdivision (a), order that the person be delivered to the custody of the sheriff for a period not to exceed a total of 90 days, as a custodial sanction consistent with the reentry goals and requirements imposed by the court pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 1766. Notwithstanding any other law, the sheriff may allow the person to come into and remain in contact with other adults in the county jail or in any other county correctional facility in which he or she is housed.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 1980), in any case in which a person who was committed to and discharged from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, to the jurisdiction of the committing court, the juvenile court may, upon a finding that the ward violated his or her conditions of supervision and after consideration of the recommendation of the probation officer and pursuant to a hearing conducted according to the provisions of subdivision (a), order that the person be returned to the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, for a specified amount of time no shorter than 90 days and no longer than one year. This return shall be a sanction consistent with the reentry goals and requirements imposed by the court pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 1766. A decision to return a ward to the custody of the Division of Juvenile Facilities can only be made pursuant to the court making the following findings: (1) that appropriate local options and programs have been exhausted, and (2) that the ward has available confinement time that is greater than or equal to the length of the return.
(d) Upon ordering a ward to the custody of the Division of Juvenile Facilities, the court shall send to the Division of Juvenile Facilities a copy of its order along with a copy of the ward’s probation plans and history while under the supervision of the county.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 729, Sec. 19) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 107. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012. Section operative January 1, 2013, by its own provisions.)
1767.4.
Whenever any person paroled by the Youth Authority Board is returned to the department upon the order of the director by a peace officer or probation officer, the officer shall be paid the same fees and expenses as are allowed those officers by law for the transportation of persons to institutions or facilities under the jurisdiction of the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 38. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
1767.5.
The authority may pay any private home for the care of any person committed to the authority and paroled by the Youth Authority Board to the custody of the private home (including both persons committed to the authority under this chapter and persons committed to it by the juvenile court) at a rate to be approved by the Department of Finance. Payments for the care of paroled persons may be made from funds available to the authority for that purpose, or for the support of the institution or facility under the jurisdiction of the authority from which the person has been paroled.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 39. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
1767.6.
In parole revocation proceedings, a parolee or his attorney shall receive a copy of any police, arrest, and crime reports pertaining to such proceedings. Portions of such reports containing confidential information need not be disclosed if the parolee or his attorney has been notified that confidential information has not been disclosed.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 856.)
1767.7.
A sum may be withdrawn by the authority from the funds available for the support of the authority without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements. This sum shall be used as a revolving fund for payments for the care of persons paroled to private homes as provided in Section 1767.5. At the close of each fiscal year, or at any other time, upon demand of the Department of Finance the money so drawn shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the State Controller.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 214.)
1767.9.
Any person authorized to appear at a parole hearing pursuant to Section 1767 shall have the right to speak last before the board in regard to those persons appearing and speaking before the board at a parole hearing. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the person presiding at the hearing from taking any steps he or she deems appropriate to ensure that only accurate and relevant statements are considered in determining parole suitability as provided in law, including, but not limited to, the rebuttal of inaccurate statements made by any party.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective January 21, 2004.)
As a means of correcting the socially harmful tendencies of a person committed to the authority, the director may
(a) Require participation by him in vocational, physical, educational and corrective training and activities;
(b) Require such conduct and modes of life as seem best adapted to fit him for return to full liberty without danger to the public welfare;
(c) Make use of other methods of treatment conducive to the correction of the person and to the prevention of future public offenses by him;
(d) Provide useful work projects or work assignments for which such persons may qualify and be paid wages for such work from any moneys made available to the director for this purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1023.)
1768.1.
No contract shall be executed with an employer that will initiate employment by persons committed to the authority in the same job classification as other employees of the same employer who, at the time of execution of the contract, are on strike, as defined in Section 1132.6 of the Labor Code, or who are then subject to lockout, as defined in Section 1132.8 of the Labor Code. The total daily hours worked by persons committed to the authority and employed in the same job classification as other employees of the same employer who, subsequent to the employer’s hiring of persons committed to the authority, go on strike, as defined in Section 1132.6 of the Labor Code, or are subjected to a lockout, as defined in Section 1132.8 of the Labor Code, shall not exceed, for the duration of the strike or lockout, the average daily hours worked for the preceding six months, or, if the authority’s contract with the employer has been in operation for less than six months, the average for the period of operation.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 739, Sec. 2.)
1768.7.
(a) Any person committed to the authority who escapes or attempts to escape from the institution or facility in which he or she is confined, who escapes or attempts to escape while being conveyed to or from such an institution or facility, who escapes or attempts to escape while outside or away from such an institution or facility under custody of Youth Authority officials, officers, or employees, or who, with intent to abscond from the custody of the Youth Authority, fails to return to such an institution or facility at the prescribed time while outside or away from the institution or facility on furlough or temporary release, is guilty of a felony.
(b) Any offense set forth in subdivision (a) which is accomplished by force or violence is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of two, four, or six years. Any offense set forth in subdivision (a) which is accomplished without force or violence is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for a term of 16 months, two or three years or in the county jail not exceeding one year.
(c) For purposes of this section, “committed to the authority” means a commitment to the Youth Authority pursuant to Section 731 or 1731.5; a remand to the custody of the Youth Authority pursuant to Section 707.2; a placement at the Youth Authority pursuant to Section 704, 1731.6, or 1753.1; or a transfer to the custody of the Youth Authority pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1731.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 621. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
1768.8.
(a) An assault or battery by any person confined in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority upon the person of any individual who is not confined therein shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
(b) An assault by any person confined in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority upon the person of any individual who is not confined therein, with a deadly weapon or instrument, or by any means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 165, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
1768.85.
(a) Every person confined under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority who commits a battery by gassing upon the person of any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, or employee of the institution is guilty of aggravated battery and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.
(c) The person in charge of the institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority shall use every available means to immediately investigate all reported or suspected violations of subdivision (a), including, but not limited to, the use of forensically acceptable means of preserving and testing the suspected gassing substance to confirm the presence of human excrement or other bodily fluids or bodily substances. If there is probable cause to believe that a ward has violated subdivision (a), the chief medical officer of the institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority, or his or her designee, may, when he or she deems it medically necessary to protect the health of an officer or employee who may have been subject to a violation of this section, order the ward to receive an examination or test for hepatitis or tuberculosis or both hepatitis and tuberculosis on either a voluntary or involuntary basis immediately after the event, and periodically thereafter as determined to be necessary by the medical officer in order to ensure that further hepatitis or tuberculosis transmission does not occur. These decisions shall be consistent with an occupational exposure as defined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The results of any examination or test shall be provided to the officer or employee who has been subject to a reported or suspected violation of this section. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to otherwise supersede the operation of Title 8 (commencing with Section 7500). Any person performing tests, transmitting test results, or disclosing information pursuant to this section shall be immune from civil liability for any action taken in accordance with this section.
(d) The person in charge of the institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority shall refer all reports for which there is probable cause to believe that the inmate has violated subdivision (a) to the local district attorney for prosecution.
(e) The Department of the Youth Authority shall report to the Legislature, by January 1, 2003, its findings and recommendations on gassing incidents at the department’s facilities and the medical testing authorized by this section. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The total number of gassing incidents at each youth correctional facility up to the date of the report.
(3) A profile of the wards who commit the batteries by gassing, including the number of wards who have one or more prior serious or violent felony convictions.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 622. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
1768.9.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person under the jurisdiction or control of the Department of the Youth Authority is obligated to submit to a test for the probable causative agent of AIDS upon a determination of the chief medical officer of the facility that clinical symptoms of AIDS or AIDS-related complex, as recognized by the Centers for Disease Control, is present in the person. In the event that the subject of the test refuses to submit to such a test, the department may seek a court order to require him or her to submit to the test.
(b) Prior to ordering a test pursuant to subdivision (a), the chief medical officer shall ensure that the subject of the test receives pretest counseling. The counseling shall include:
(1) Testing procedures, effectiveness, reliability, and confidentiality.
(2) The mode of transmission of HIV.
(3) Symptoms of AIDS and AIDS-related complex.
(4) Precautions to avoid exposure and transmission.
The chief medical officer shall also encourage the subject of the test to undergo voluntary testing prior to ordering a test. The chief medical officer shall also ensure that the subject of the test receives posttest counseling.
(c) The following procedures shall apply to testing conducted under this section:
(1) The withdrawal of blood shall be performed in a medically approved manner. Only a physician, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, licensed medical technician, or licensed phlebotomist may withdraw blood specimens for the purposes of this section.
(2) The chief medical officer shall order that the blood specimens be transmitted to a licensed medical laboratory which has been approved by the State Department of Health Services for the conducting of AIDS testing, and that tests, including all readily available confirmatory tests, be conducted thereon for medically accepted indications of exposure to or infection with HIV.
(3) The subject of the test shall be notified face-to-face as to the results of the test.
(d) All counseling and notification of test results shall be conducted by one of the following:
(1) A physician and surgeon who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b).
(2) A registered nurse who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b).
(3) A psychologist who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b) and who is under the purview of either a registered nurse or physician and surgeon who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b).
(4) A licensed social worker who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b) and who is under the purview of either a registered nurse or physician and surgeon who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b).
(5) A trained volunteer counselor who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b) and who is under the supervision of either a registered nurse or physician and surgeon who has received training in the subjects described in subdivision (b).
(e) The Department of the Youth Authority shall provide medical services appropriate for the diagnosis and treatment of those infected with HIV.
(f) The Department of the Youth Authority may operate separate housing facilities for wards and inmates who have tested positive for HIV infection and who continue to engage in activities which transmit HIV. These facilities shall be comparable to those of other wards and inmates with access to recreational and educational facilities, commensurate with the facilities available in the institution.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief medical officer of a facility of the Department of the Youth Authority may do all of the following:
(1) Disclose results of a test for the probable causative agent of AIDS to the superintendent or administrator of the facility where the test subject is confined.
(2) When test results are positive, inform the test subject’s known sexual partners or needle contacts in a Department of the Youth Authority facility of the positive results, provided that the test subject’s identity is kept confidential. All wards and inmates who are provided with this information shall be provided with the counseling described in subdivision (b).
(3) Include the test results in the subject’s confidential medical record which is to be maintained separate from other case files and records.
(h) Actions taken pursuant to this section shall not be subject to subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 120980 of the Health and Safety Code. In addition, the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 120990 of the Health and Safety Code shall not apply to testing performed pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 459. Effective September 29, 1996.)
1768.10.
Notwithstanding any other law, the Youth Authority Board may require a person under its jurisdiction or control to submit to an examination or test for tuberculosis when the board reasonably suspects that the parolee has, has had, or has been exposed to, tuberculosis in an infectious stage. For purposes of this section, an “examination or test for tuberculosis” means testing and followup examinations or treatment according to the Centers for Disease Control and the American Thoracic Society recommendations in effect at the time of the initial examination.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 40. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 342, Sec. 7. (AB 1481) Effective September 17, 2012.)
Every person convicted of a misdemeanor and committed to the authority shall be discharged upon the expiration of a two-year period of control or when the person reaches his 23d birthday, whichever occurs later, unless an order for further detention has been made by the committing court pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 1800).
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1693.)
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 342, Sec. 8. (AB 1481) Effective September 17, 2012.)
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 687. Effective January 1, 2007.)
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 726, Sec. 5. (AB 2530) Effective January 1, 2013.)
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 175, Sec. 28. Effective August 24, 2007.)
Any moneys received pursuant to the Federal Social Security Act by a ward who is incarcerated by the Youth Authority are liable for the reasonable costs of the ward’s support and maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 936, Sec. 2.)
Notwithstanding Section 11425.10 of the Government Code, Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to a parole hearing or other adjudication concerning rights of a person committed to the control of the Youth Authority conducted by the Department of the Youth Authority or the Youth Authority Board.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 42. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)