Commencing July 1, 2005, the supervision, management and control of the state prisons, and the responsibility for the care, custody, treatment, training, discipline and employment of persons confined therein are vested in the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Cal. Penal Code § 5054
The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 185 Cal. App. 4th 649 - In Re Furnace (2010)
Most recently applied in In re Villa (March 2013)
Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 41
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