Pen. Code, § 2084 · Article 2. Wardens
Pen. Code, § 2084
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The department shall provide each prisoner with a bed, sufficient covering of blankets, and with garments of substantial material and of distinctive manufacture, and with sufficient plain and wholesome food of such variety as may be most conducive to good health and that shall include the availability of plant-based meals.
(b) The department shall develop a plan to make available the plant-based meals described in subdivision (a) on an overall cost-neutral basis.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “plant-based meals” shall mean entire meals that contain no animal products or byproducts, including meat, poultry, fish, dairy, or eggs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 512, Sec. 3. (SB 1138) Effective January 1, 2019.
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