Pen. Code, § 5026 · Chapter 1. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Pen. Code, § 5026
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Youth and Community Restoration shall cooperate with the United States Department of Homeland Security by providing the use of prison facilities, transportation, and general support, as needed, for the purposes of conducting and expediting deportation hearings and subsequent placement of deportation holds on undocumented immigrants who are incarcerated in state prison.
(b) For purposes of this section, “immigrant” means a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 50. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed conditionally by Stats. 1994, Ch. 567, Secs. 3 and 6, upon enactment of specified federal legislation.
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