SECTIONS 2540-2541 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 2540-2541

2540. No officer or employee of the department shall receive
directly, or indirectly, any compensation for his services other than
that prescribed or authorized by law or the director; nor shall he
receive any compensation whatever, directly or indirectly, for any
act or service which he may do or perform for or on behalf of any
contractor, or agent, or employee of a contractor. For any violation
of the provisions of this section the officer or employee shall be
discharged from his office or service; and every contractor, or
employee, or agent of a contractor engaged therein, shall be expelled
from the prison grounds, and not again permitted within the same as
a contractor, agent, or employee.

2541. No officer or employee of the department, or contractor, or
employee of a contractor, shall, without permission of the director,
make any gift or present to a prisoner, or receive any from a
prisoner, or have any barter or dealings with a prisoner. For every
violation of the provisions of this section, the party engaged
therein shall incur the same penalty as prescribed in the preceding
section. No officer or employee of the prison shall be interested,
directly or indirectly, in any contract or purchase made or
authorized to be made by anyone for or on behalf of the prisons.