Section 2900 Of Article 1. Commencement Of Term From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The term of imprisonment fixed by the judgment in a
criminal action commences to run only upon the actual delivery of the
defendant into the custody of the Director of Corrections at the
place designated by the Director of Corrections as a place for the
reception of persons convicted of felonies.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the place of
reception shall be an institution under the jurisdiction of the
Director of Corrections.
(1) As an emergency measure, the Director of Corrections may
direct that persons convicted of felonies may be received and
detained in jails or other facilities and that the judgment will
commence to run upon the actual delivery of the defendant into such
place and that any persons previously received and confined for
conviction of a felony may be, as an emergency, temporarily housed at
such place and the time during which such person is there shall be
computed as a part of the term of judgment.
(2) In any case in which, pursuant to the agreement on detainers
or other provision of law, a prisoner of another jurisdiction is,
before completion of actual confinement in a penal or correctional
institution of a jurisdiction other than the State of California,
sentenced by a California court to a term of imprisonment for a
violation of California law, and the judge of the California court
orders that the California sentence shall run concurrently with the
sentence which such person is already serving, the Director of
Corrections shall designate the institution of the other jurisdiction
as the place for reception of such person within the meaning of the
preceding provisions of this section. He may also designate the place
in California for reception of such person in the event that actual
confinement under the prior sentence ends before the period of actual
confinement required under the California sentence.
(3) In any case in which a person committed to the Director of
Corrections is subsequently committed to a penal or correctional
institution of another jurisdiction, the subsequent commitment is
ordered to be served concurrently with the California commitment, the
prisoner is placed in a penal or correctional institution of the
other jurisdiction, and the prisoner is not received by the Director
of Corrections pursuant to subdivision (a), the Director of
Corrections shall designate the institution of the other jurisdiction
as the place for reception and service of the California term.
(c) Except as provided in this section, all time served in an
institution designated by the Director of Corrections shall be
credited as service of the term of imprisonment.
(1) If a person is ordered released by a court from the custody
and jurisdiction of the Director of Corrections pursuant to Section
1272 or 1506 or any other provision of law permitting the legal
release of prisoners, time during which the person was released shall
not be credited as service of the prison term.
(2) If a prisoner escapes from the custody and jurisdiction of the
Director of Corrections, the prisoner shall be deemed an escapee and
fugitive from justice, until the prisoner is available to return to
the custody of the Director of Corrections or the State of
California. Time during which the prisoner is an escapee shall not be
credited as service of the prison term.
(d) The Department of Corrections may contract for the use of any
facility of the state or political subdivision thereof to care for
persons received in accordance with this section.