Section 2911 Of Article 1.5. Transfer Of Prisoners From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.5.
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. (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.