California Penal Code

§ 3417

PEN § 3417 Effective Jun 27, 2012Title 2 · Part 3 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)Subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 3414, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall admit to the program any applicant whose child was born prior to the receipt of the inmate by the department, whose child was born after the receipt of the inmate by the department, or who is pregnant, if all of the following requirements are met:

(1)The applicant has a probable release or parole date with a maximum time to be served of six years, calculated after deduction of any possible good time credit.

(2)The applicant was the primary caretaker of the infant prior to incarceration. “Primary caretaker” as used in this chapter means a parent who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, and safety of the child prior to incarceration. A parent who, in the best interests of the child, has arranged for temporary care for the child in the home of a relative or other responsible adult shall not for that reason be excluded from the category, “primary caretaker.”

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 71. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012.