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 California Code of Regulations (Last Updated: August 6, 2014)
 Title 15. Crime Prevention and Corrections
 Division 1. Board of State and Community Corrections
 Chapter 1. Board of State and Community Corrections
 Subchapter 4. Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities
 Article 6. Inmate Programs and Activities

  § 1069. Inmate Orientation.  

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  • (a) In Type II, III, and IV facilities, the facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures for the implementation of a program reasonably understandable to inmates designed to orient a newly received inmate at the time of placement in a living area. Such a program shall be published and include, but not be limited to, the following:
    (1) correspondence, visiting, and telephone usage rules;
    (2) rules and disciplinary procedures;
    (3) inmate grievance procedures;
    (4) programs and activities available and method of application;
    (5) medical services;
    (6) classification/housing assignments;
    (7) court appearance where scheduled, if known; and,
    (8) voting, including registration.
    (b) In Type I facilities, the facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures for a program reasonably understandable to non-sentenced detainees to orient an inmate at the time of placement in a living area. Such a program shall be published and include, but not be limited to, the following:
    (1) rules and disciplinary procedures;
    (2) visiting rules;
    (3) availability of personal care items, opportunities for personal hygiene;
    (4) availability of reading and recreational materials; and,
    (5) medical/mental health procedures.
HISTORY
1. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 9-30-82 (Register 82, No. 40).
2. Change without regulatory effect of initial paragraph (Register 86, No. 32).
3. Amendment relettering existing provisions as subsections (a)(1) through (a)(7) and new subsection (b) filed 2-27-91; operative 3-29-91 (Register 91, No. 13).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(7), (b) and (b)(4) filed 8-4-94; operative 9-5-94 (Register 94, No. 31).
5. Amendment filed 1-11-2001; operative 2-10-2001 (Register 2001, No. 2).
6. Amendment of subsections (a)(6) and (a)(7), new subsection (a)(8) and amendment of Note filed 8-20-2012; operative 9-19-2012 (Register 2012, No. 34).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 6024 and 6030, Penal Code. Reference: Section 6030, Penal Code.