Section 4501 Of Chapter 1. Offenses By Prisoners From California Penal Code >> Title 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
4501
. (a) Except as provided in Section 4500, every person confined
in the state prison of this state who commits an assault upon the
person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument shall be guilty
of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for two,
four, or six years to be served consecutively.
(b) Except as provided in Section 4500, every person confined in
the state prison of this state who commits an assault upon the person
of another by any means of force likely to produce great bodily
injury shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the
state prison for two, four, or six years to be served consecutively.