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CA Penal Code § 2064 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 1 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections|Section 2064.

2064.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall regularly provide to the Legislature information on the outcomes of department operations and activities to allow the Legislature to better assess the performance of the department, including both to evaluate the effectiveness of department programs and activities, as well as to assess how efficiently the department is using state resources.(b) No later than January 10 each year, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall provide to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee an annual report on the outcomes of department operations and activities specified in the supplemental report of the annual Budget Act for the current fiscal year. At a minimum, for each performance measurement included in the supplemental report of the annual Budget Act for the current fiscal year, the department’s report shall include data for the three most recently ended fiscal years, as well as establish target performance goals for each performance measurement for the current fiscal year identified in the supplemental report of the annual Budget Act and in the department’s long-term strategic plan, if included in the strategic plan. If target performance goals stated in the prior department report have not been achieved, the annual department report for the current fiscal year shall include an explanation of why the target performance goals were not achieved. The supplemental report of the annual Budget Act may identify changes in the department’s reporting requirements; however, if no changes are identified in the supplemental report of the annual Budget Act, the reporting requirements shall be the same as those for the prior fiscal year.(c) The department shall also post the full annual report required by this section on its Internet Web site.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. (AB 1628) Effective October 19, 2010.)
CA Penal Code § 2064.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 1 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections|Section 2064.1.

2064.1.  (a) On or before October 1 of each year, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall submit to the Legislature a report on the department’s efforts to respond to and prevent suicides and attempted suicides among inmates. The information contained in the report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) A description of progress toward meeting the department’s goals related to the completion of suicide risk evaluations in a sufficient manner. (2) A description of progress toward meeting the department’s goals related to the completion of 72 hour treatment plans in a sufficient manner. (3) A description of the department’s efforts to ensure that all required staff receive training related to suicide prevention and response.(4) A description of the department’s progress in implementing the recommendations made by the special master regarding inmate suicides and attempts, to include the results of any audits the department conducts, at the headquarters or regional level, as part of its planned audit process to measure the success of changes the department implements as a result of these recommendations.(5) A description of the department’s progress in identifying and implementing initiatives that are designed to reduce risk factors associated with suicide.(6) A description of the department’s efforts and progress to expand upon its process of notification pursuant to Section 5022, including expansion of those notifications in cases of suicide attempts when deemed appropriate by the department, and when inmates have consented to allow release of that information.(b) The report shall be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code. (c) The report shall also be posted on the department’s Internet Web site in an easily accessible format.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 782, Sec. 1. (SB 960) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Penal Code § 2066 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 1 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections|Section 2066.

2066.  (a) Pursuant to Section 715 of the Military and Veterans Code, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide one employee, trained and accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs, for every five state prisons to assist incarcerated veterans in applying for and receiving any federal or other veterans’ benefits for which they or their families may be eligible.(b) The department shall give a Department of Veterans Affairs’ employee described in subdivision (a) access to the hardware, software, and those computer networks as are reasonably necessary to perform his or her duties while at the prison, while taking all necessary safety precautions.(c) The department shall cooperate and collaborate with the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a Department of Veterans Affairs’ employee described in subdivision (a) has the greatest access and effectiveness practicable, while taking all necessary safety precautions, in order to assist veterans incarcerated within the state prisons.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. (SB 776) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Penal Code § 2067 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 1 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections|Section 2067.

2067.  (a) As outlined in the Budget Act of 2018, it is anticipated that all California inmates will be returned from out-of-state contract correctional facilities by February 2019. To the extent that the adult offender population continues to decline, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall begin reducing private in-state male contract correctional facilities in a manner that maintains sufficient flexibility to comply with the federal court order to maintain the prison population at or below 137.5 percent of design capacity. The private in-state male contract correctional facilities that are primarily staffed by non-Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation personnel shall be prioritized for reduction over other in-state contract correctional facilities.(b) As the population of offenders in private in-state male contract correctional facilities identified in subdivision (a) is reduced, and to the extent that the adult offender population continues to decline, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall accommodate the projected population decline by reducing the capacity of state-owned and operated prisons or in-state leased or contract correctional facilities, in a manner that maximizes long-term state facility savings, leverages long-term investments, and maintains sufficient flexibility to comply with the federal court order to maintain the prison population at or below 137.5 percent of design capacity. In reducing this additional capacity, the department shall take into consideration the following factors, including, but not limited to:(1) The cost to operate at the capacity.(2) Workforce impacts.(3) Subpopulation and gender-specific housing needs.(4) Long-term investment in state-owned and operated correctional facilities, including previous investments.(5) Public safety and rehabilitation.(6) The durability of the state’s solution to prison overcrowding.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 36, Sec. 19. (AB 1812) Effective June 27, 2018.)
CA Penal Code § 2078 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2078.

2078.  It shall be the duty of the department to prosecute all suits, at law or in equity, that may be necessary to protect the rights of the State in matters of property connected with the prisons and their management, such suits to be prosecuted in the name of the department.(Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd [1st] Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.)
CA Penal Code § 2080 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2080.

2080.  A copy of the rules and regulations prescribing the duties and obligations of prisoners shall be furnished to each prisoner in a state prison or other facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.(Added by renumbering Section 2047 by Stats. 1959, Ch. 933.)
CA Penal Code § 2081 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2081.

2081.  The director shall cause to be kept at each institution a register of institution violations and what kind of punishments, if any, are administered to prisoners or inmates; the offense committed; the rule or rules violated; the nature of punishment administered; the authority ordering such punishment; the duration of time during which the offender was subjected to punishment; and the condition of the prisoner’s health.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1666.)
CA Penal Code § 2081.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2081.5.

2081.5.  The Director of Corrections shall keep complete case records of all prisoners under custody of the department, which records shall be made available to the Board of Prison Terms at such times and in such form as the board may prescribe.Case records shall include all information received by the Director of Corrections from the courts, probation officers, sheriffs, police departments, district attorneys, State Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other interested agencies and persons. Case records shall also include a record of diagnostic findings, considerations, actions and dispositions with respect to classification, treatment, employment, training, and discipline as related to the institutional correctional program followed for each prisoner.The director shall appoint, after consultation with the Board of Prison Terms, such employees of the various institutions under his control as may be necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Board of Prison Terms, and when requested shall also have in attendance at hearings of the Board of Prison Terms, psychiatric or medical personnel. The director shall furnish, after consultation with the Board of Prison Terms and the Director of General Services, such hearing rooms and other physical facilities at such institutions as may be necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Board of Prison Terms.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 255.)
CA Penal Code § 2082 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2082.

2082.  The Director of Corrections shall within 30 days after receiving persons convicted of crime and sentenced to serve terms in the respective prisons under the jurisdiction of the Director of Corrections, except those cases under juvenile court commitment, furnish to the Department of Justice two copies of a report containing the fingerprints and descriptions, including complete details of marks, scars, deformities, or other peculiarities, and a statement of the nature of the offense for which the person is committed. One copy shall be transmitted by the Department of Justice to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The director shall notify the Department of Justice whenever any of the prisoners dies, escapes, is discharged, released on parole, transferred to or returned from a state hospital, taken out to court or returned therefrom, or whose custody is terminated in any other manner. The Director of Corrections may furnish to the Department of Justice such other fingerprints and information as may be useful for law enforcement purposes. Any expenditures incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be paid for out of the appropriation made for the support of state’s prisons or the Department of Corrections.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 196, Sec. 1.)
CA Penal Code § 2084 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2084.

2084.  (a) The department shall provide each prisoner with a bed, sufficient covering of blankets, and with garments of substantial material and of distinctive manufacture, and with sufficient plain and wholesome food of such variety as may be most conducive to good health and that shall include the availability of plant-based meals.(b) The department shall develop a plan to make available the plant-based meals described in subdivision (a) on an overall cost-neutral basis.(c) For the purposes of this section, “plant-based meals” shall mean entire meals that contain no animal products or byproducts, including meat, poultry, fish, dairy, or eggs.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 512, Sec. 3. (SB 1138) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Penal Code § 2085 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2085.

2085.  The department shall keep a correct account of all money and valuables upon the prisoner when delivered at the prison, and shall pay the amount, or the proceeds thereof, or return the same to the prisoner when discharged.(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 890.)
CA Penal Code § 2085.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2085.8.

2085.8.  (a) Compensatory or punitive damages awarded by trial or settlement to any inmate, parolee, person placed on postrelease community supervision pursuant to Section 3451, or defendant on mandatory supervision imposed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170 in connection with a civil action brought against a federal, state, or local jail, prison, 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 that person. The balance of the award shall be forwarded to the payee after full payment of all outstanding restitution orders and restitution fines, subject to subdivision (c).(b) The department shall make all reasonable efforts to notify the victims of the crime for which that person was convicted concerning the pending payment of any compensatory or punitive damages. For any prisoner punished by imprisonment in a county jail pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, the agency may make all reasonable efforts to notify the victims of the crime for which that person was convicted concerning the pending payment of any compensatory or punitive damages.(c) (1) The secretary shall deduct and retain from any prisoner or parolee settlement or trial award an administrative fee that totals 5 percent of any amount paid from the settlement or award to satisfy an outstanding restitution order or fine, unless prohibited by federal law.(2) The agency may deduct and retain from any settlement or trial award of a person previously imprisoned in county jail an administrative fee that totals 5 percent of any amount paid from the settlement or award to satisfy an outstanding restitution order or fine, unless prohibited by federal law.(3) The secretary or the agency shall deposit the administrative fee moneys in a special deposit account for reimbursing administrative and support costs of the department’s or agency’s restitution program, as applicable. The secretary, at his or her discretion, or the agency may either retain any excess funds in the special deposit account for future reimbursement of the department’s or agency’s administrative and support costs for the restitution program or may transfer all or part of the excess funds for deposit in the Restitution Fund.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 718, Sec. 3. (SB 1054) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Penal Code § 2086 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2086.

2086.  The wardens may make temporary rules and regulations, in case of emergency, to remain in force until the department otherwise provides.(Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.)
CA Penal Code § 2087 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2087.

2087.  The wardens shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the department.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
CA Penal Code § 2090 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 2 - Wardens|Section 2090.

2090.  The department is hereby authorized to receive from the Federal Government any federal prisoner and to charge and receive from the United States, for the use of the State, an amount sufficient for the support of each such federal prisoner, the cost of all clothing that may be furnished, and one dollar ($1) per month for the use of the prisoner. No other or further charges shall be made by any officer for or on account of such prisoners.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
CA Penal Code § 2540 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 6 - Prohibition Upon Wardens, Clerks, Officers and Employees|Section 2540.

2540.  No officer or employee of the department shall receive directly, or indirectly, any compensation for his services other than that prescribed or authorized by law or the director; nor shall he receive any compensation whatever, directly or indirectly, for any act or service which he may do or perform for or on behalf of any contractor, or agent, or employee of a contractor. For any violation of the provisions of this section the officer or employee shall be discharged from his office or service; and every contractor, or employee, or agent of a contractor engaged therein, shall be expelled from the prison grounds, and not again permitted within the same as a contractor, agent, or employee.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
CA Penal Code § 2541 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons|ARTICLE 6 - Prohibition Upon Wardens, Clerks, Officers and Employees|Section 2541.

2541.  No officer or employee of the department, or contractor, or employee of a contractor, shall, without permission of the director, make any gift or present to a prisoner, or receive any from a prisoner, or have any barter or dealings with a prisoner. For every violation of the provisions of this section, the party engaged therein shall incur the same penalty as prescribed in the preceding section. No officer or employee of the prison shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or purchase made or authorized to be made by anyone for or on behalf of the prisons.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.)
CA Penal Code § 2600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 3 - Civil Rights of Prisoners|ARTICLE 1 - Civil Rights|Section 2600.

2600.  (a) A person sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison or to imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 may during that period of confinement be deprived of such rights, and only such rights, as is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to overturn the decision in Thor v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 725.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 462) by Stats. 2011, Ch. 665, Sec. 1.5. (AB 1114) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Penal Code § 2601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY|TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS|CHAPTER 3 - Civil Rights of Prisoners|ARTICLE 1 - Civil Rights|Section 2601.

2601.  Subject only to the provisions of that section, each person described in Section 2600 shall have the following civil rights:(a) Except as provided in Section 2225 of the Civil Code, to inherit, own, sell, or convey real or personal property, including all written and artistic material produced or created by the person during the period of imprisonment. However, to the extent authorized in Section 2600, the Department of Corrections may restrict or prohibit sales or conveyances that are made for business purposes.(b) To correspond, confidentially, with any member of the State Bar or holder of public office, provided that the prison authorities may open and inspect incoming mail to search for contraband.(c) (1) To purchase, receive, and read any and all newspapers, periodicals, and books accepted for distribution by the United States Post Office. Pursuant to this section, prison authorities may exclude any of the following matter:(A) Obscene publications or writings, and mail containing information concerning where, how, or from whom this matter may be obtained.(B) Any matter of a character tending to incite murder, arson, riot, violent racism, or any other form of violence.(C) Any matter concerning gambling or a lottery.(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the right of prison authorities to do the following:(A) Open and inspect any and all packages received by an inmate.(B) Establish reasonable restrictions as to the number of newspapers, magazines, and books that the inmate may have in his or her cell or elsewhere in the prison at one time.(d) To initiate civil actions, subject to a three dollar ($3) filing fee to be collected by the Department of Corrections, in addition to any other filing fee authorized by law, and subject to Title 3a (commencing with Section 391) of the Code of Civil Procedure.(e) To marry.(f) To create a power of appointment.(g) To make a will.(h) To receive all benefits provided for in Sections 3370 and 3371 of the Labor Code and in Section 5069.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 886, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)