Every person, not authorized by law, who, without the permission of the officer in charge of any reformatory in this State, communicates with any person detained therein, or brings therein or takes therefrom any letter, writing, literature, or reading matter to or from any person confined therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Penal Code § 171
Other Offenses Against Public Justice
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tucker v. United States (1970)
Most recently applied in Tucker v. United States (September 1970)
Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.
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