Section 4575 Of Chapter 3. Unauthorized Communications With Prisons And Prisoners From California Penal Code >> Title 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) Any person in a local correctional facility who possesses
a wireless communication device, including, but not limited to, a
cellular telephone, pager, or wireless Internet device, who is not
authorized to possess that item is guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) Any person housed in a local correctional facility who
possesses any tobacco products in any form, including snuff products,
smoking paraphernalia, any device that is intended to be used for
ingesting or consuming tobacco, or any container or dispenser used
for any of those products, is guilty of an infraction, punishable by
a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(c) Money collected pursuant to this section shall be placed into
the inmate welfare fund, as specified in Section 4025.
(d) Any person housed in a local correctional facility who
possesses a handcuff key who is not authorized to possess that item
is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county
jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine of up to one thousand
dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. As used in
this subdivision, "handcuff key" means any device designed or
intended to open or unlatch a handcuff.
(e) Subdivision (b) shall only apply to a person in a local
correctional facility in a county in which the board of supervisors
has adopted an ordinance or passed a resolution banning tobacco in
its correctional facilities.