California Penal Code

§ 11190

PEN § 11190Title 1 · Part 4 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4

Statute text

The Western Interstate Corrections Compact as contained herein is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this State with any and all other states legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: Western Interstate Corrections Compact Article I Purpose and Policy The party states, desiring by common action to improve their institutional facilities and provide programs of sufficiently high quality for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of co-operation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the development and execution of such programs of co-operation for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders. Article II Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1397.