Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1850 · Article 9. Youth Correctional Centers
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1850
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The purpose of this article is to protect society more effectively by providing a system of flexible constraints and controls that utilize short-term confinement for selected youthful offenders, followed by intensive probation supervision. To this end it is the intent of the Legislature that this article be liberally interpreted in conformity with its declared purpose.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1193.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=1850.
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