Title PEN, California Penal Code

The supervision, management, and control of the restitution centers and the responsibility for the care, custody, discipline, and employment of persons confined therein are vested in the Director of Corrections. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1520, Sec. 1.)

The Director of Corrections may commingle inmates who have been assigned to a restitution center pursuant to Section 6227 with inmates who are in transit for community correctional reentry center placement. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 249, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)

Supervision of inmates in the restitution centers may be by contract with private nonprofit or profit corporations, or by peace officer personnel of the Department of Corrections on a 24-hour basis. As a condition to any contract awarded by the state to a vendor for restitution c…

The Director of Corrections in establishing a restitution center shall enter into an agreement with the county, city, or city and county in which the facility is located to reimburse the county, city, or city and county for any additional direct law enforcement costs that will oc…

The court may order the Department of Corrections to place an eligible defendant in a restitution center if the court makes a restitution order, or if a restitution agreement is entered into by the victims and the defendant. The Department of Corrections may send a defendant to a…

The Judicial Council shall provide information to sentencing courts to ensure that the judges responsible for sentencing are aware of the existence of the restitution center. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 249, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

A defendant is eligible for placement in a restitution center if the defendant does not have a criminal history of a conviction for the sale of drugs within the last five years, or for an offense requiring registration pursuant to Section 290, or a serious felony, as listed in Se…

In each county, city, or city and county, in which a restitution center is established, there shall be a restitution center community advisory board to assist the Director of Corrections in establishing and promoting the restitution program of the center. The board shall include …

(a) Offenders shall perform all the labor necessary to maintain the restitution center and meet the offenders’ needs unless the director finds that a particular task can be better performed by other persons. (b) The director may employ and pay compensation to offenders to perform…

(a) Wages earned by an offender, less any deductions for taxes, shall be paid directly to the Department of Corrections. (b) Wage moneys received by the department shall be used to reimburse the offender for costs directly associated with continued employment, including transport…

(a) An offender shall not leave a restitution center except to go to work or when specifically authorized and shall return to the restitution center immediately after work or when required by the person in charge of the restitution center. (b) An offender who violates this sectio…

(a) The offender shall not be allowed to take employment if the rate of pay or other conditions of employment are less than those paid or provided for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work is performed. (b) To help in administering the restitution center prog…

The Department of Corrections shall, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, adopt regulations for administering restitution centers. To the extent practical, the rules and regulations shall be stated in l…

This chapter shall be known as “Restitution Centers.” (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 854, Sec. 56. Effective January 1, 2002.)