Article 1.5. Transfer Of Prisoners of California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.5.
(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) For purposes of this section, a transfer of prisoners under
subdivision (a) may include inmates who have been sentenced to the
department but remain housed in a county jail. These prisoners shall
be under the sole legal custody and jurisdiction of the sheriff or
corresponding official having jurisdiction over the facility and
shall not be under the legal custody or jurisdiction of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of entering into
agreements under subdivision (a), any process, regulation,
requirement, including any state governmental reviews or approvals,
or third-party approval that is required under, or implemented
pursuant to, any statute that relates to entering into those
agreements is hereby waived.
(d) When an agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) or
(c) 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.
(e) Prisoners so transferred to a local facility may, with notice
to the secretary, participate in programs of the facility, including,
but not limited to, work furlough rehabilitation programs.
(f) 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.
(g) 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.
(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.
(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, 2017.
(a) Pursuant to Section 2910, the Director of Corrections
may enter into a long-term agreement not to exceed 20 years with a
city, county, or city and county to place parole violators and other
state inmates in a facility which is specially designed and built for
the incarceration of parole violators and specified state prison
inmates.
(b) The agreement shall provide that persons providing security at
the facilities shall be peace officers as defined in Sections 830.1
and 830.55 who have satisfactorily met the minimum selection and
training standards prescribed by the Board of Corrections for local
correctional personnel established under Section 6035.
(c) A parole violator or other inmate may be confined in a
facility established under this section.
(1) If convicted within the last 10 years of a violent felony, as
defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5, or convicted of a crime,
as defined in Sections 207, 210.5, 214, 217.1, or 220, or if that
person has a history of escape or attempted escape, the Department of
Corrections, prior to placing the parole violator or inmate in the
facility, shall review each individual case to make certain that this
placement is in keeping with the need to protect society.
(2) No inmate or parole violator who has received a sentence of
life imprisonment within the past 20 years shall be eligible.
(3) The superintendent of the facility also shall review each
individual case where the inmate or parolee has been convicted within
the last 10 years of a crime specified in this subdivision and shall
ascertain whether this is an appropriate placement. The
superintendent shall reject those whom he or she determines are
inappropriate due to their propensity for violence or escape and
shall submit written findings for the rejection to the Department of
Corrections.
(4) No parole violator who receives a revocation sentence greater
than 12 months shall be confined in a facility established under this
section.
(5) The Department of Corrections shall establish additional
guidelines as to inmates eligible for the facilities.
(d) In determining the reimbursement rate pursuant to an agreement
entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), the director shall take
into consideration the costs incurred by the city, county, or city
and county for services and facilities provided and any other factors
that are necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations,
responsibilities, and rights of the respective parties.
(e) Facilities operated by the county shall be under the
supervision of the sheriff. Facilities operated by the city shall be
under the supervision of a chief of police or a facility
superintendent who shall have at least five years similar experience.
(f) Cities or counties contracting with the Department of
Corrections for a facility pursuant to this section shall be
responsible for managing and maintaining the security of the facility
pursuant to the regulations and direction of the Director of
Corrections. No city or county may contract with any private provider
to manage, operate, or maintain the security of the facility.
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.
(a) The Director of Corrections may enter into contracts,
with the approval of the Director of General Services, with
appropriate officials or agencies of the United States for the
confinement, care, education, treatment, and employment of those
persons convicted of criminal offenses in the courts of this state
and committed to state prisons as the director believes can benefit
by the confinement, care, education, treatment, and employment.
(b) Any contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
provide for (1) reimbursement to the United States government for the
cost of those services, including any costs incurred by the
government in transporting the prisoners, and (2) any other matters
as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations,
responsibilities and rights of the respective parties to the
contract.
(c) No inmate may be transferred from an institution within this
state to a federal facility pursuant to a contract entered into
pursuant to subdivision (a) unless he or she has executed, in the
presence of the warden or other head of the institution in this state
in which he or she is confined, a written consent to the transfer.
The inmate shall have the right to a private consultation with an
attorney of his or her choice, concerning his or her rights and
obligations under this section, prior to his or her appearance before
the warden or other head of the institution for the purpose of
executing the written consent.
(d) Whenever a contract has been made pursuant to this section the
director may direct the transfer of an inmate to the facility
designated and shall thereafter deliver the inmate to the custody of
the appropriate federal officials for transportation to that
facility. An inmate so transferred shall at all times be subject to
the jurisdiction of this state and may at any time be removed from
the facility in which he or she is confined for return to this state,
for transfer to another facility in which this state may have a
contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on
probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose
permitted by the laws of this state; in all other respects, an inmate
transferred to a federal facility shall be subject to all provisions
of the law or regulations applicable to persons committed for
violations of laws of the United States not inconsistent with the
sentence imposed on the inmate.
(e) The Board of Prison Terms, and the panels and members thereof,
may meet at the federal facility where an inmate is confined
pursuant to this section or enter into cooperative arrangements with
corresponding federal agencies or officials, as necessary to carry
out the term-fixing and parole functions. Nothing in this subdivision
shall be deemed to waive an inmate's right to personally appear
before the Board of Prison Terms.
(f) Any inmate confined pursuant to a contract entered into
pursuant to this section shall be released within the territory of
this state unless the inmate, this state and the federal government
shall agree upon release in some other place. This state shall bear
the cost of return of the inmate to its territory.
(g) This section shall not apply to an inmate who is transferred
by the Department of Corrections to the United States Immigration and
Naturalization Service pursuant to Section 5025.
(a) The Director of Corrections may enter into contracts,
with the approval of the Director of General Services, with
appropriate officials or agencies of the United States for the
confinement, care, education, treatment, and employment of persons
convicted of criminal offenses in the courts of this state and
committed to state prisons as the director believes can benefit by
confinement, care, education, treatment, and employment.
(b) Any contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
provide for (1) reimbursement to the United States government for the
cost of services, including any costs incurred by the federal
government in transporting prisoners, and (2) other matters as may be
necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities
and rights of the respective parties to the contract.
(c) No inmate may be transferred from an institution within this
state to a federal facility pursuant to a contract unless he or she
has executed, in the presence of the warden or other head of the
institution in this state in which he or she is confined, a written
consent to the transfer. The inmate shall have the right to a private
consultation with an attorney of his or her choice, concerning his
or her rights and obligations under this section, prior to his or her
appearance before the warden or other head of the institution for
the purpose of executing the written consent.
(d) Whenever a contract has been made pursuant to this section the
director may direct the transfer of an inmate to the facility
designated and shall thereafter deliver the inmate to the custody of
the appropriate federal officials for transportation to the facility.
An inmate so transferred shall at all times be subject to the
jurisdiction of this state and may at any time be removed from the
facility in which he or she is confined for return to this state, for
transfer to another facility in which this state may have a
contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on
probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose
permitted by the laws of this state; in all other respects, an inmate
transferred to a federal facility shall be subject to all provisions
of the law or regulations applicable to persons committed for
violations of laws of the United States not inconsistent with the
sentence imposed on the inmate.
(e) The Board of Prison Terms, and the panels and members thereof,
may meet at the federal facility where an inmate is confined
pursuant to this section or enter into cooperative arrangements with
corresponding federal agencies or officials, as necessary to carry
out the term-fixing and parole functions. Nothing in this subdivision
shall be deemed to waive an inmate's right to personally appear
before the Board of Prison Terms.
(f) Any inmate confined pursuant to a contract entered into
pursuant to this section shall be released within the territory of
this state unless the inmate, this state and the federal government
shall agree upon release in some other place. This state shall bear
the cost of return of the inmate to his or her territory.
(g) This section shall not apply to any inmate or ward who is
transferred by the Department of the Youth Authority or the
Department of Corrections to the custody of the Attorney General of
the United States pursuant to Section 5025.
(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.
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.
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation may enter into one or more agreements to obtain secure
housing capacity within the state. These agreements may be entered
into with private entities and may be in the form of a lease or an
operating agreement. The secretary may procure and enter these
agreements on terms and conditions he or she deems necessary and
appropriate. Notwithstanding any other law, any process, regulation,
requirement, including any state governmental reviews or approvals,
or third-party approval that is required under statutes that relate
to the procurement and implementation of those agreements is hereby
waived, however, no agreement shall contain terms, either directly or
indirectly, that involve the repayment of any debt issuance or other
financing and, consistent with state law, shall provide that payment
of that agreement is subject to appropriation.
(b) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation may enter into one or more agreements to obtain secure
housing capacity in another state. These agreements may be entered
into with private entities and may be in the form of an operating
agreement or other contract. The secretary may procure and enter
these agreements on terms and conditions he or she deems necessary
and appropriate. Notwithstanding any other law, any process,
regulation, requirement, including any state governmental reviews or
approvals, or third-party approval that is required under statutes
that relate to the procurement and implementation of those agreements
is hereby waived, however, no agreement shall contain terms, either
directly or indirectly, that involve the repayment of any debt
issuance or other financing and, consistent with state law, shall
provide that payment of that agreement is subject to appropriation.
This subdivision does not authorize the department to operate a
facility out of state.
(c) The provisions of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)
of the Public Resources Code do not apply to this section.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.