Title PEN, California Penal Code

Because of the difficulties of finding locations for programs described in this chapter, the state shall assist in making state-owned lands available to counties for purposes of this chapter, so long as those efforts do not impede an agency’s operations or planned expansions and …

(a) The county shall assume full responsibility to administer and operate the center and program consistent with the criteria set forth in this chapter and those established by the board. This shall include maintenance and compliance with all codes, regulations, and health standa…

(a) The board shall establish minimum standards, including security requirements, for the construction of facilities pursuant to this chapter. (b) The board shall develop an architectural program describing the functions which the facility will be expected to serve, but which dee…

(a) The board shall provide evaluation of the progress, activities, and performance of each center and participating county’s progress established pursuant to this chapter and shall report the findings thereon to the Legislature two years after the operational onset of each facil…

Primary offender groups to be dealt with in the programs established by this chapter shall be probation or parole violators who would otherwise be returned to jail or prison. The following standards for selection shall apply: (a) The Director of Corrections, or his or her designe…

In submitting a proposal, a county’s plan shall include at least all of the following elements that meet standards established by the board in its request for proposal, and demonstrate that its program will have strong links to the community organizations involved in providing th…

Each recipient county shall set up a program oversight committee, under rules and guidelines the Board of Corrections formulates, which shall include representatives from the following groups: (a) Parole officials. (b) Probation officials. (c) Sheriff’s department officials. (d) …