Pen. Code, § 5035 · Chapter 1. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Pen. Code, § 5035
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The department shall establish and maintain a Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) program.
(b) The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for restorative justice processes between victims, survivors, and next of kin of victims of crime and people who are incarcerated or on parole, which often culminate in a dialogue between those parties.
(c) The VOD program shall be administered and coordinated by the department’s Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services and shall utilize nonprofit, community-based restorative justice organizations to facilitate the VOD processes.
(d) Participation in the VOD program shall be voluntary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 980, Sec. 2. (SB 379) Effective January 1, 2025.
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