Section 11194.5 Of Article 4. Interstate Corrections Compacts From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
11194.5
. (a) At the request of the board of supervisors of any
county that is adjacent to another state, the county sheriff shall
negotiate with the appropriate officials of the adjacent state to
contract pursuant to the authority of Article III of a compact
executed under Section 11189 or 11190 for the confinement of county
jail prisoners in corresponding facilities located in the adjacent
state. The sheriff shall determine that the corresponding facilities
are a suitable place of confinement of prisoners submitted to his or
her custody and shall at least annually redetermine the suitability
as a precondition to any contract under this section. In determining
the suitability of the facilities of the other states, the sheriff
shall assure himself or herself that it maintains standards of care
and discipline not incompatible with those of this state and that all
inmates therein are treated equally, regardless of race, religion,
color, creed, or national origin.
(b) With the approval of the board of supervisors including
agreement as to terms for payments to be made for prisoner
maintenance and expenses, the county sheriff may enter into a
contract negotiated under subdivision (a).
(c) No prisoner may be transferred to an institution outside of
this state under this section unless he or she has executed a written
consent to the transfer.
(d) Any person who was sent to another state from a county under
the authority of this section shall be released within the territory
of the county unless the person, the sheriff of the sending county,
and the corresponding official or agency of the other state shall
agree upon release in another place. The county shall bear the cost
of transporting the person to the place of release.