Pen. Code, § 2626 · Article 2. Prisoners as Witnesses
Pen. Code, § 2626
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized to accept donated materials and services related to videoconferencing and teleconferencing in order to implement a program, at a prison to be determined by the department, to facilitate the participation of incarcerated parents in dependency court hearings regarding their children.
(b) The implementation of this program is contingent upon the receipt of sufficient donations of materials and services by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 482, Sec. 2. (SB 962) Effective January 1, 2011.
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