Section 2780 Of Article 5. Employment In Public Parks, Forests, Etc. From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 5.

. Any department, division, bureau, commission or other agency of the State of California or the Federal Government may use or cause to be used convicts confined in the state prisons to perform work necessary and proper to be done by them at permanent, temporary, and mobile camps to be established under this article. The director may enter into contracts for the purposes of this article.