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2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 2 - Sale of Prison Goods Made Outside California › Section 2885.

2885. No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within this State shall sell or offer, trade, consign, keep, expose or display for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, assembled, produced or mined in whole or in part by the prisoners in any penitentiary, prison, reformatory or other establishment in which prison labor is employed, unless such person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall keep permanently and conspicuously displayed within the same inclosure and within 10 feet of the place where said prison-made goods, wares or merchandise are kept, exposed, displayed or offered for sale a suitable sign, at least 36 inches wide and 10 inches high, on which appear in legible letters not less than two inches high the following words: “Convict-made products on sale here.”
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 2 - Sale of Prison Goods Made Outside California › Section 2886.

2886. Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation within this State, when advertising in any periodical or publication any goods, wares or merchandise made in whole or in part by prisoners in any penitentiary, prison, reformatory or other establishment in which prison labor is employed, must insert the words “Convict-made,” in such advertisement in type or other letters conforming in size or shape to those used in the text of said periodical or publication.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 2 - Sale of Prison Goods Made Outside California › Section 2887.

2887. Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days or more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 2 - Sale of Prison Goods Made Outside California › Section 2888.

2888. The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures or any deputy or inspector authorized by him, shall have access to any premises or any records held by any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation containing any information pertaining to the prison-made goods, wares or merchandise referred to herein.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 2 - Sale of Prison Goods Made Outside California › Section 2889.

2889. The enforcement of the provisions of this article shall be under the supervision of the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 2 - Sale of Prison Goods Made Outside California › Section 2890.

2890. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured in any penitentiary or prison of this State.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 6 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods › ARTICLE 2 - Sale of Prison Goods Made Outside California › Section 2891.

2891. No person or corporation may sell, expose for sale or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part by prisoners (except prisoners on parole or probation) or manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part in any State prison the sale of which is not specifically sanctioned by law; and any person or corporation violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 1 - Commencement of Term › Section 2900.1.

2900.1. Where a defendant has served any portion of his sentence under a commitment based upon a judgment which judgment is subsequently declared invalid or which is modified during the term of imprisonment, such time shall be credited upon any subsequent sentence he may receive upon a new commitment for the same criminal act or acts.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 519.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 1 - Commencement of Term › Section 2901.

2901. It is hereby made the duty of the wardens of the State prisons to receive persons sentenced to imprisonment in a State prison, and such persons shall be imprisoned until duly released according to law.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 1 - Commencement of Term › Section 2902.

2902. All criminals sentenced to prison by the authority of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States, may be received by the Director of Corrections and imprisoned in California state prisons in accordance with the sentence of the court by which they were tried. The prisoners so confined shall be subject in all respects to discipline and treatment as though committed under the laws of this State and the Director of Corrections is authorized to enter into contracts with the proper agencies of the United States and of other states and territories of the United States with regard to the per diem rate such agencies shall pay to the State of California for the keep of each prisoner.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1590.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 1.5 - Transfer of Prisoners › Section 2910.

2910. (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may enter into an agreement with a city, county, or city and county to permit transfer of prisoners in the custody of the secretary to a jail or other adult correctional facility of the city, county, or city and county, if the sheriff or corresponding official having jurisdiction over the facility has consented thereto. The agreement shall provide for contributions to the city, county, or city and county toward payment of costs incurred with reference to such transferred prisoners.
(b) When an agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) is in effect with respect to a particular local facility, the secretary may transfer prisoners whose terms of imprisonment have been fixed and parole violators to the facility.
(c) Prisoners so transferred to a local facility may, with approval of the secretary, participate in programs of the facility, including, but not limited to, work furlough rehabilitation programs.
(d) Prisoners transferred to such 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 Corrections and Rehabilitation and shall be subject at any time, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the secretary, to be detained in the county jail upon the exercise of a state parole or correctional officer’s peace officer powers, as specified in Section 830.5, with the consent of the sheriff or corresponding official having jurisdiction over the facility.
(e) The secretary, 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.
(f) The secretary, 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.
(g) An agreement shall not be entered into under this section unless the cost per inmate in the facility is no greater than the average costs of keeping an inmate in a comparable facility of the department, as determined by the secretary.
(h) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 310, Sec. 14) by Stats. 2016, Ch. 33, Sec. 20. (SB 843) Effective June 27, 2016. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 1.5 - Transfer of Prisoners › Section 2910.6.

2910.6. The Director of Corrections may enter into an agreement consistent with applicable law for a city, county, or city and county to construct and operate community corrections programs, restitution centers, halfway houses, work furlough programs, or other correctional programs authorized by state law.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1450, Sec. 2.5.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 1.5 - Transfer of Prisoners › Section 2912.

2912. (a) Under its Foreign Prisoner Transfer Program, the Board of Prison Terms shall devise a method of notifying each foreign born inmate in a prison or reception center operated by the Department of Corrections that he or she may be eligible to serve his or her term of imprisonment in his or her nation of citizenship as provided in federal treaties.
(b) (1) The Board of Prison Terms shall actively encourage each eligible foreign born inmate to apply for return to his or her nation of citizenship as provided in federal treaties and shall provide quarterly reports outlining its efforts under this section to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairperson of each fiscal committee of the Legislature.
(2) The Board of Prison Terms shall adopt the model program developed by the State of Texas for encouraging participation in the federal repatriation program where appropriate.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 924, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 1.5 - Transfer of Prisoners › Section 2913.

2913. A city shall give notice to, and consult with, the county prior to contracting with the state pursuant to Section 2910 of this code or Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1450, Sec. 2.6.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2930.

2930. (a) The Department of Corrections shall inform every prisoner sentenced under Section 1170, for a crime committed prior to January 1, 1983, not later than 14 days after reception in prison, of all applicable prison rules and regulations including the possibility of receiving a one-third reduction of the sentence for good behavior and participation. Within 14 days of the prisoner’s arrival at the institution to which the prisoner is ultimately assigned by the Department of Corrections, the prisoner shall be informed of the range of programs offered by that institution and their availability at that institution. The prisoner’s central file shall reflect compliance with the provisions of this section not later than 90 days after reception in prison.
(b) The department shall, within 90 days after July 1, 1977, inform every prisoner who committed a felony before July 1, 1977, and who would have been sentenced under Section 1170 if the felony had been committed after July 1, 1977, of all applicable prison rules and regulations, which have not previously been provided, of the range of programs offered and their availability, and the possibility of receiving a reduction for good behavior and participation of one-third of the prisoner’s remaining sentence after July 1, 1977. The prisoner’s central file shall reflect compliance with the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1234, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2931.

2931. (a) In any case in which a prisoner was sentenced to the state prison pursuant to Section 1170, or if he committed a felony before July 1, 1977, and he would have been sentenced under Section 1170 if the felony had been committed after July 1, 1977, the Department of Corrections shall have the authority to reduce the term prescribed under such section by one-third for good behavior and participation consistent with subdivision (d) of Section 1170.2. A document shall be signed by a prison official and given to the prisoner, at the time of compliance with Section 2930, outlining the conditions which the prisoner shall meet to receive the credit. The conditions specified in such document may be modified upon any of the following:
(1) Mutual consent of the prisoner and the Department of Corrections.
(2) The transfer of the prisoner from one institution to another.
(3) The department’s determination of the prisoner’s lack of adaptability or success in a specific program or assignment. In such case the prisoner shall be entitled to a hearing regarding the department’s decision.
(4) A change in custodial status.
(b) Total possible good behavior and participation credit shall result in a four-month reduction for each eight months served in prison or in a reduction based on this ratio for any lesser period of time. Three months of this four-month reduction, or a reduction based on this ratio for any lesser period, shall be based upon forbearance from any act for which the prisoner could be prosecuted in a court of law, either as a misdemeanor or a felony, or any act of misconduct described as a serious disciplinary infraction by the Department of Corrections.
(c) One month of this four-month reduction, or a reduction based on this ratio for a lesser period, shall be based solely upon participation in work, educational, vocational, therapeutic or other prison activities. Failure to succeed after demonstrating a reasonable effort in the specified activity shall not result in loss of participation credit. Failure to participate in the specified activities can result in a maximum loss of credit of 30 days for each failure to participate. However, those confined for other than behavior problems shall be given specified activities commensurate with the custodial status.
(d) This section shall not apply to any person whose crime was committed on or after January 1, 1983.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1234, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2932.5.

2932.5. A prisoner who is found by a trial court to be a vexatious litigant as defined by Section 391 of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall be denied or lose 30 days of work time credit awarded under Section 2933.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 852, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2933.05.

2933.05. (a) In addition to any credit awarded pursuant to Section 2933, the department may also award a prisoner program credit reductions from his or her term of confinement as provided in this section. Within 90 days of the enactment of this section, the secretary shall promulgate regulations that provide for credit reductions for inmates who successfully complete specific program performance objectives for approved rehabilitative programming ranging from credit reduction of not less than one week to credit reduction of no more than six weeks for each performance milestone. Regulations promulgated pursuant to this subdivision shall specify the credit reductions applicable to distinct objectives in a schedule of graduated program performance objectives concluding with the successful completion of an in-prison rehabilitation program. Commencing upon the promulgation of those regulations, the department shall thereafter calculate and award credit reductions authorized by this section. However, a prisoner may not have his or her term of imprisonment reduced more than six weeks for credits awarded pursuant to this section during any 12-month period of continuous confinement.
(b) Program credit is a privilege, not a right. Prisoners shall have a reasonable opportunity to participate in program credit qualifying assignments in a manner consistent with institutional security and available resources. Assignments made to program credit qualifying programs shall be made in accordance with the prisoner’s case plan, when available.
(c) As used in this section, “approved rehabilitation programming” shall include, but is not limited to, academic programs, vocational programs, vocational training, and core programs such as anger management and social life skills, and substance abuse programs.
(d) Credits awarded pursuant to this section may be forfeited pursuant to the provisions of Section 2932. Inmates shall not be eligible for program credits that result in an inmate overdue for release.
(e) The following prisoners shall not be eligible for program credits pursuant to this section:
(1) Any person serving a term of imprisonment for an offense specified in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5.
(2) Any person sentenced to state prison pursuant to Section 1170.12 or subdivisions (b) to (i), inclusive, of Section 667.
(3) Any person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 290) of Title 9 of Part 1.
(4) Any person serving a term of imprisonment as a result of a violation of parole without a new term.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 39. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2933.1.

2933.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person who is convicted of a felony offense listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 shall accrue no more than 15 percent of worktime credit, as defined in Section 2933.
(b) The 15-percent limitation provided in subdivision (a) shall apply whether the defendant is sentenced under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 1170) of Title 7 of Part 2 or sentenced under some other law. However, nothing in subdivision (a) shall affect the requirement of any statute that the defendant serve a specified period of time prior to minimum parole eligibility, nor shall any offender otherwise statutorily ineligible for credit be eligible for credit pursuant to this section.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 4019 or any other provision of law, the maximum credit that may be earned against a period of confinement in, or commitment to, a county jail, industrial farm, or road camp, or a city jail, industrial farm, or road camp, following arrest and prior to placement in the custody of the Director of Corrections, shall not exceed 15 percent of the actual period of confinement for any person specified in subdivision (a).
(d) This section shall only apply to offenses listed in subdivision (a) that are committed on or after the date on which this section becomes operative.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 787, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2933.2.

2933.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2933.1 or any other law, any person who is convicted of murder, as defined in Section 187, shall not accrue any credit, as specified in Section 2933 or Section 2933.05.
(b) The limitation provided in subdivision (a) shall apply whether the defendant is sentenced under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 1170) of Title 7 of Part 2 or sentenced under some other law.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 4019 or any other provision of law, no credit pursuant to Section 4019 may be earned against a period of confinement in, or commitment to, a county jail, industrial farm, or road camp, or a city jail, industrial farm, or road camp, following arrest for any person specified in subdivision (a).
(d) This section shall only apply to murder that is committed on or after the date on which this section becomes operative.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 40. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2933.3.

2933.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any inmate assigned to a conservation camp by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration pursuant to Section 2933 shall instead earn two days of credit for every one day of service. The enhanced credit authorized pursuant to this subdivision shall only apply to those prisoners eligible after January 1, 2003.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, any inmate who has completed training for assignment to a conservation camp or to a correctional institution as an inmate firefighter or who is assigned to a correctional institution as an inmate firefighter and who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration pursuant to Section 2933 shall instead earn two days of credit for every one day served in that assignment or after completing that training.
(c) In addition to credits granted pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), inmates who have successfully completed training for firefighter assignments shall receive a credit reduction from his or her term of confinement pursuant to regulations adopted by the secretary.
(d) The credits authorized in subdivisions (b) and (c) shall only apply to inmates who are eligible after July 1, 2009.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 41. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2933.6.

2933.6. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, no later than July 1, 2017, establish regulations to allow specified inmates placed in segregation housing to earn credits pursuant to Section 2933 or 2933.05, or credits as otherwise specified in regulation, during the time he or she is in segregation housing. The regulations may establish separate classifications of serious disciplinary infractions to determine the rate of restoration of credits, the time period required before forfeited credits or a portion thereof may be restored, and the percentage of forfeited credits that may be restored for those time periods, not to exceed those percentages authorized for general population inmates. The regulations shall provide for credit earning for inmates who successfully complete specific program performance objectives.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. (SB 759) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2933.7.

2933.7. In order to foster greater participation in rehabilitative programming and to reduce interruptions in incarcerated people’s growth, self-exploration, improvement and skill building, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall conduct programming in a manner that accomplishes all of the following:
(a) Minimizes transfers from institutions, facilities, or sections of the institutions or facilities from disrupting an incarcerated person’s programming. To accomplish this, the department shall solicit and prioritize voluntary facility transfers first.
(b) Prioritizes, to the greatest extent possible, an incarcerated person that has transferred from institutions, facilities, or sections of the institutions or facilities for nonadverse reasons to resume programming. To accomplish this, an incarcerated person shall be prioritized for similar programs at the new institution, facility, or sections of the institutions or facilities. If a program is temporarily canceled or terminated, the incarcerated person shall be prioritized for similar programming if available.
(c) Offers programming to the greatest extent possible, even if the institution, facility, or section of the institution or facility is restricting in-person programming for reasons including, but not limited to, a security or medical concern.
(d) Ensures alternatives to in-person programming are offered and that those alternatives do not limit or negatively affect the quality or quantity of in-person programming.
(e) Minimizes programming waitlist times to the greatest extent possible, especially in those institutions, facilities, or sections of institutions or facilities where programming waitlists exceed one year by, among other things, increasing virtual or in-person programming opportunities.
(f) Minimizes conflicts with an incarcerated person’s work schedule.
(g) Is accessible in a timely manner to incarcerated persons that have recently changed status, security level, or facility.
(h) Offers a variety of programming opportunities to incarcerated persons regardless of security level or sentence length.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 579, Sec. 2. (AB 292) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2934.

2934. Under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a prisoner subject to the provisions of Section 2931 may waive the right to receive time credits as provided in Section 2931 and be subject to the provisions of Section 2933. In order to exercise a waiver under this section, a prisoner must apply in writing to the Department of Corrections. A prisoner exercising a waiver under this section shall retain only that portion of good behavior and participation credits, which have not been forfeited pursuant to Section 2932, attributable to the portion of the sentence served by the prisoner prior to the effective date of the waiver. A waiver under this section shall, if accepted by the department, become effective at a time to be determined by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 45. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2935.

2935. Under the guidelines prescribed by the rules and regulations of the director, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may grant up to 12 additional months of reduction of the sentence to a prisoner who has performed a heroic act in a life-threatening situation, or who has provided exceptional assistance in maintaining the safety and security of a prison.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 46. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 2.5 - Credit on Term of Imprisonment › Section 2936.

2936. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall submit a report to the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature and the Legislative Analyst’s Office whenever the department proposes regulatory changes pursuant to Section 32 of Article I of the California Constitution that would affect inmate credit earning.
(b) A report required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include both of the following:
(1) An explanation of the rationale for each of the proposed changes to credit earning.
(2) An estimate of the impact of the proposed changes to credit earning on the size of inmate and parolee populations.
(c) Reports required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted on or before the day that the regulatory changes are first submitted to the Office of Administrative Law.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 25, Sec. 41. (SB 94) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 3 - Blacklist or Extortion of Discharged Prisoner › Section 2947.

2947. Any person who knowingly and willfully communicates to another, either orally or in writing, any statement concerning any person then or theretofore convicted of a felony, and then finally discharged, and which communication is made with the purpose and intent to deprive such person so convicted of employment, or to prevent him from procuring the same, or with the purpose and intent to extort from him any money or article of value; and any person who threatens to make any such communication with the purpose and intent to extort money or any article of value from such person so convicted of a felony is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 165.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY › TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS › CHAPTER 7 - Execution of Sentences of Imprisonment › ARTICLE 4 - Disposition of Mentally Disordered Prisoners Upon Discharge › Section 2960.

2960. (a) The Legislature finds that there are prisoners who have a treatable, severe mental health disorder that was one of the causes of, or was an aggravating factor in, the commission of the crime for which they were incarcerated. Secondly, the Legislature finds that if the severe mental health disorders of those prisoners are not in remission or cannot be kept in remission at the time of their parole or upon termination of parole, there is a danger to society, and the state has a compelling interest in protecting the public. Thirdly, the Legislature finds that in order to protect the public from those persons, it is necessary to provide mental health treatment until the severe mental health disorder that was one of the causes of or was an aggravating factor in the person’s prior criminal behavior is in remission and can be kept in remission.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation should evaluate each prisoner for severe mental health disorders during the first year of the prisoner’s sentence, and that prisoners with severe mental health disorders should be provided with an appropriate level of mental health treatment while in prison and when returned to the community.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 9, Sec. 6. (AB 46) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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2963. (a) Upon a showing of good cause, the Board of Parole Hearings may order that a person remain in custody for no more than 45 days beyond the person’s scheduled release date for full evaluation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 2962 and any additional evaluations pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 2962.
(b) For purposes of this section, good cause means circumstances where there is a recalculation of credits or a restoration of denied or lost credits, a resentencing by a court, the receipt of the prisoner into custody, or equivalent exigent circumstances which result in there being less than 45 days prior to the person’s scheduled release date for the evaluations described in subdivision (d) of Section 2962.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 710, Sec. 2. (SB 1201) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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2968. If the prisoner’s severe mental health disorder is put into remission during the parole period, and can be kept in remission, the Director of State Hospitals shall notify the Board of Parole Hearings and the State Department of State Hospitals shall discontinue treating the parolee.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 9, Sec. 9. (AB 46) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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2970. (a) Not later than 180 days prior to the termination of parole, or release from prison if the prisoner refused to agree to treatment as a condition of parole as required by Section 2962, unless good cause is shown for the reduction of that 180-day period, if the parolee’s or prisoner’s severe mental health disorder is not in remission or cannot be kept in remission without treatment, the medical director of the state hospital that is treating the parolee, or the community program director in charge of the parolee’s outpatient program, or the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall submit to the district attorney of the county in which the parolee is receiving outpatient treatment, or for those in prison or in a state mental hospital, the district attorney of the county of commitment to prison, a written evaluation on remission. If requested by the district attorney, the written evaluation shall be accompanied by supporting affidavits.
(b) The district attorney may then file a petition with the superior court for continued involuntary treatment for one year. The petition shall be accompanied by affidavits specifying that treatment, while the prisoner was released from prison on parole, has been continuously provided by the State Department of State Hospitals either in a state hospital or in an outpatient program. The petition shall also specify that the prisoner has a severe mental health disorder, that the severe mental health disorder is not in remission or cannot be kept in remission if the person’s treatment is not continued, and that, by reason of the person’s severe mental health disorder, the prisoner represents a substantial danger of physical harm to others.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 9, Sec. 10. (AB 46) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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2974. Before releasing any inmate or terminating supervision of any parolee who is a danger to self or others, or gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder, and who does not come within the provisions of Section 2962, the Director of Corrections may, upon probable cause, place, or cause to be placed, the person in a state hospital pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 9, Sec. 12. (AB 46) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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2976. (a) The cost of inpatient or outpatient treatment under Section 2962 or 2972 shall be a state expense while the person is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the State Department of State Hospitals.
(b) Any person placed outside of a facility of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the purposes of inpatient treatment under this article shall not be deemed to be released from imprisonment or from the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prior to the expiration of the maximum term of imprisonment of the person.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 41. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
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2977. A person committed to the care of the State Department of State Hospitals because he or she is a mentally disordered offender, including a person who is found not guilty by reason of insanity, is eligible for compassionate release pursuant to Section 4146 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. In any case in which the criteria for compassionate release apply, the State Department of State Hospitals shall follow the procedures and standards in Section 4146 of the Welfare and Institutions Code to determine if the department should recommend to the court that the person’s commitment be suspended for compassionate release. This section applies to persons committed for treatment during parole and persons committed pursuant to Section 2970. If the person for whom compassionate release is recommended is on parole, notice shall be given to the Board of Parole Hearings.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 715, Sec. 3. (SB 955) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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2978. (a) Any independent professionals appointed by the Board of Parole Hearings for purposes of this article shall not be state government employees. The independent professionals appointed shall have at least five years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders and shall include psychiatrists and licensed psychologists who have a doctoral degree in psychology.
(b) On July 1 of each year the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the State Department of State Hospitals shall submit to the Board of Parole Hearings a list of 20 or more independent professionals on which both departments concur. The professionals shall not be state government employees and shall have at least five years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders and shall include psychiatrists and licensed psychologists who have a doctoral degree in psychology. For purposes of this article, once the Board of Parole Hearings receives the list, it shall only appoint independent professionals from the list. The list is not binding on the Board of Parole Hearings until it has received the list, and is not binding after June 30 following receipt of the list.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 9, Sec. 13. (AB 46) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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2980. This article applies to persons who committed their crimes on and after January 1, 1986.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 228, Sec. 5. Effective July 27, 1989.)
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2981. For the purpose of proving the fact that a prisoner has received 90 days or more of treatment within the year prior to the prisoner’s parole or release, the records or copies of records of any state penitentiary, county jail, federal penitentiary, or state hospital in which that person has been confined, when the records or copies thereof have been certified by the official custodian of those records, may be admitted as evidence.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 687, Sec. 11.)
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3000.02. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California MAT Re-Entry Incentive Program.
(b) A person shall be eligible for a 30-day reduction to the period of parole for every six months of treatment that is not ordered by the court, up to a maximum 90-day reduction, if the person meets all of the following requirements:
(1) The person has been released from state prison and is subject to the jurisdiction of, and parole supervision by, the department pursuant to Section 3000.08.
(2) The person has been enrolled in, or successfully participated in, a post-release substance abuse program.
(3) The person successfully participates in a substance abuse treatment program that employs a multifaceted approach to treatment, including the use of United States Food and Drug Administration approved medically assisted therapy (MAT), and, whenever possible, is provided through a program licensed or certified by the State Department of Health Care Services, including federally qualified health centers (FQHS), community clinics, and Native American Health Centers.
(c) The sentence reduction shall be contingent upon successful participation in treatment, as determined by the treatment provider.
(d) This section shall not apply to inmates that are any of the following:
(1) Sentenced for an offense specified in paragraph (3), (4), (5), (6), (11), or (18) of subdivision (c) of Section 667.5.
(2) Convicted of an offense for which the inmate has received a life sentence pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 209, with the intent to commit a specified sex offense, or Section 667.51 , 667.61, or 667.71.
(3) Convicted of, and required to register as a sex offender for the commission of, an offense specified in Section 261, 262, 264.1, 286, or 287, paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 288, Section 288.5 or 289, or former Section 288a, in which one or more of the victims of the offense was a child under 14 years of age.
(e) (1) Operation of this section is contingent upon the appropriation to the State Department of Health Care Services of funds received pursuant to a federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) opioid use disorder or substance use disorder grant. To the extent consistent with the terms of the grant, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the grant funds appropriated for these purposes shall be allocated to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for use in implementing this section.
(2) The department shall collect data and analyze utilization and program outcomes and shall provide that information in the report required pursuant to Section 2694.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 59, Sec. 1. (AB 644) Effective January 1, 2022. Conditionally operative by its own provisions.)
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3000.03. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not return to prison, place a parole hold on pursuant to Section 3056, or report any parole violation to the Board of Parole Hearings or the court, as applicable, regarding any person to whom all of the following criteria apply:
(a) The person is not required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 290) of Title 9 of Part 1.
(b) The person was not committed to prison for a serious felony as defined in Sections 1192.7 and 1192.8, or a violent felony, as defined in Section 667.5, and does not have a prior conviction for a serious felony, as defined in Section 1192.7 and 1192.8, or a violent felony, as defined in Section 667.5.
(c) The person was not committed to prison for a sexually violent offense as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and does not have a prior conviction for a sexually violent offense as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(d) The person was not found guilty of a serious disciplinary offense, as defined in regulation by the department, during his or her current term of imprisonment.
(e) The person is not a validated prison gang member or associate, as defined in regulation by the department.
(f) The person did not refuse to sign any forms, or provide any samples, as required by Section 3060.5.
(g) The person was evaluated by the department using a validated risk assessment tool and was not determined to pose a high risk to reoffend.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 34. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)