Except as provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 830), neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to provide a prison, jail or penal or correctional facility or, if such facility is provided, for failure to provide sufficient equipment, personnel or facilities therein.
Cal. Gov. Code § 845.2
Police and Correctional Activities
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 27 Cal. 4th 1112 - Zelig v. County of Los Angeles (2002)
Most recently applied in Wilkins-Jones v. County of Alameda (March 2012)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.