SECTIONS 3300-3311 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 3300-3311

3300. There is hereby established an institution and branches,
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, to be known as the California Rehabilitation Center.
Branches may be established in existing institutions of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult
Operations, in halfway houses as described in Section 3153, in such
other facilities as may be made available on the grounds of other
state institutions, and in city and county correctional facilities
where treatment facilities are available. Branches shall not be
established on the grounds of such other institutions in any manner
which will result in the placement of patients of such institutions
into inferior facilities. Branches placed in a facility of the State
Department of Mental Health shall have prior approval of the Director
of Mental Health, and branches placed in a facility of the State
Department of Developmental Services shall have the prior approval of
the Director of Developmental Services. Commencing July 1, 2005, the
branches in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,
Division of Juvenile Facilities shall be established by order of the
secretary, and shall be subject to his or her administrative
direction. Branches placed in city or county facilities shall have
prior approval of the legislative body of the city or county.
Persons confined pursuant to this section in branches established
in city and county correctional facilities shall be housed separately
from the prisoners therein, and shall be entitled to receive
treatment substantially equal to that which would be afforded those
persons if confined in the main institution of the California
Rehabilitation Center.

3301. The principal purpose of the California Rehabilitation Center
shall be the receiving, control, confinement, employment, education,
treatment and rehabilitation of persons under the custody of the
Department of Corrections or any agency thereof who are addicted to
the use of narcotics or are in imminent danger of becoming so
addicted.

3302. The Director of Corrections shall acquire, or construct, and
equip, in accordance with law, suitable buildings, structures and
facilities for the California Rehabilitation Center.

3303. (a) The Director of Corrections may prescribe and amend rules
and regulations for the administration of the California
Rehabilitation Center. These rules and regulations shall be
promulgated and filed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, and shall, to the extent practical, be stated in language that
is easily understood by the general public.
(b) The director shall maintain, publish, and make available to
the general public, a compendium of the rules and regulations
promulgated by the director pursuant to this section.
(c) The following exceptions to the procedures specified in this
section apply to the rules and regulations made by the director for
the California Rehabilitation Center:
(1) The director may specify an effective date that is any time
more than 30 days after the rule or regulation is filed with the
Secretary of State; provided that no less than 20 days prior to that
effective date, copies of the rule or regulation shall be posted in
conspicuous places throughout each institution and shall be mailed to
all persons or organizations who request them.
(2) The director may rely upon a summary of the information
compiled by a hearing officer; provided that the summary and the
testimony taken regarding the proposed action shall be retained as
part of the public record for at least one year after the adoption,
amendment, or repeal.

3304. A warden shall be appointed for the California Rehabilitation
Center pursuant to Section 6050 of the Penal Code, and the Director
of Corrections shall appoint, subject to civil service, such other
officers and employees as may be necessary.

3305. The supervision, management and control of the California
Rehabilitation Center and the responsibility for the care, custody,
training, discipline, employment, and treatment of the persons
confined in the center are vested in the Director of Corrections.
Part 3 (commencing with Section 1999) of the Penal Code applies to
the institution as a prison under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Corrections and to the persons confined in the institution insofar
as those provisions may be applicable.

3306. The Director of Corrections may authorize the temporary
removal from the California Rehabilitation Center or any of its
branches under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections of
any person confined therein. The director may require that such
temporary removal be under custody. Unless the person is removed for
medical treatment, the removal shall not be for a period longer than
three days. The director may require the person to reimburse the
state, in whole or in part, for expenses incurred by the state in
connection with such temporary removal other than for medical
treatment.
Under specific regulations established by the director for the
selection of confined persons, the director may authorize assignment
to conservation camp programs.

3307. The Director of Corrections may establish and operate
facilities to be known as community correctional centers.

3308. The primary purpose of such facilities is to provide housing,
supervision, counseling, and other correctional programs for persons
committed to the Director of Corrections.

3309. Commencing July 1, 2005, the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation shall make rules and regulations for
the government of the community correctional centers in the
management of their affairs.

3310. The Director of Corrections may transfer persons confined in
the California Rehabilitation Center, or branches thereof, to
community correctional centers and place persons on outpatient status
in community correctional centers.

3311. The Director of Corrections may grant furloughs to residents
of community correctional centers for the purpose of employment,
education, including vocational training, or arranging a suitable
employment and residence program.