California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 9 - Youth Correctional Centers

  • Section 1850.
    The purpose of this article is to protect society more effectively by providing a system of flexible constraints and controls that utilize short-term confinement for...
  • Section 1851.
    In order to provide appropriate facilities for the rehabilitative treatment of young offenders who otherwise may be committed to the Department of the Youth Authority...
  • Section 1852.
    Complete operation and authority for administration of the youth correctional center shall be vested in the county. The board of supervisors shall place responsibility for...
  • Section 1853.
    Juvenile court wards and criminal offenders eligible for probation may be committed to youth correctional centers as a condition of probation, provided they come within...
  • Section 1854.
    While under commitment to the youth correctional center, the offender is subject to the control of the chief probation officer. The offender may be confined...
  • Section 1855.
    Earnings of offenders who reside in the center and work in the community shall be collected by the chief probation officer. From such earnings the...
  • Section 1856.
    When in the opinion of the chief probation officer an offender appears to be unamenable to the program of the youth correctional center, he shall...
  • Section 1857.
    The Board of Corrections shall adopt and prescribe the minimum standards of construction, operation, programs of education or rehabilitative training or treatment, and qualifications of...
  • Section 1858.
    No youth correctional center established pursuant to this article shall be planned to accommodate more than 350 youths under supervision at any one time. Any...
  • Section 1859.
    Where any such youth correctional center is established, and where the minimum standards and qualifications provided for in Section 1857 have been complied with by...
  • Section 1860.
    (a) From any state moneys made available to it for that purpose, the Youth Authority shall share in the cost pursuant to this article of the...
  • Section 1861.
    The Department of the Youth Authority shall report to the Legislature no later than the fifth legislative day of the 1974 Regular Session on the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018