Section 243.15 Of Chapter 9. Assault And Battery From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
243.15
. Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a
sentence in, a city or county jail, industrial farm, or industrial
road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any
individual who is not himself or herself a person confined or
sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense and is subject to
punishment by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section
1170, or in a county jail for not more than one year.