California Penal Code ARTICLE 1 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections

• Section 2051.
  The department is hereby authorized to contract for provisions, clothing, medicines, forage, fuel, and all other staple supplies needed for the support of the prisons...
• Section 2052.
  (a) The department shall have power to contract for the supply of electricity, gas and water for said prisons, upon such terms as the department shall...
• Section 2053.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a correlation between prisoners who are functionally literate and those who successfully reintegrate into society upon release....
• Section 2053.1.
  (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall implement in every state prison literacy programs that are designed to ensure that upon parole...
• Section 2053.4.
  The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall appoint a Superintendent of Correctional Education, who shall oversee and administer all prison education programs....
• Section 2053.5.
  Consistent with the goals and priorities of the department, a career technical education program shall consider all of the following factors:(a) Whether the program aligns with...
• Section 2054.
  (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may establish and maintain classes for inmates by utilizing personnel of the Department of Corrections and...
• Section 2054.2.
  The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall determine and implement a system of incentives to increase inmate participation in, and completion of, academic and vocational...
• Section 2055.
  The Director of Corrections may, in his discretion, from time to time insure any or all products produced at any prison or institution under the...
• Section 2056.
  If any of the shops or buildings in which convicts are employed require rebuilding or repair for any reason, they may be rebuilt or repaired...
• Section 2057.
  Counties are authorized to contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the commitment to the department, of persons who have suffered a felony...
• Section 2059.
  The department shall fix the compensation of its officers and employees, other than those of wardens and clerks, at a gross rate which shall include...
• Section 2060.
  For the purposes of Sections 11009 and 11030 of the Government Code, the following constitute, among other proper purposes, state business for officers and employees...
• Section 2061.
  (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop and implement, by January 15, 2008, a plan to address management deficiencies within the department. The plan...
• Section 2062.
  (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop and implement a plan to obtain additional rehabilitation and treatment services for prison inmates and parolees. The...
• Section 2063.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall regularly provide operational and fiscal information to the Legislature to...
• Section 2064.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall regularly provide to the Legislature information on the outcomes of...
• Section 2065.
  (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall complete all of the tasks associated with inmates granted medical parole pursuant to Section 3550 that are specified...
• Section 2066.
  (a) Pursuant to Section 715 of the Military and Veterans Code, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide one employee, trained and accredited by the Department...

Last modified: October 22, 2018