Section 3421 Of Chapter 4. Community Treatment Programs From California Penal Code >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4.
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. Children of women inmates may only participate in the program
until they reach the age of six years, at which time the Board of
Prison Terms may arrange for their care elsewhere under any procedure
authorized by statute and transfer the mother to another placement
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections if necessary;
and provided further, that at its discretion in exceptional cases,
including, but not limited to cases where the mother's period of
incarceration is extended, the board may retain such child and mother
for a longer period of time.