California Penal Code

§ 1170.06

PEN § 1170.06 Effective Jun 20, 2014Title 7 · Part 2 · Ch. 4.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a sheriff or a county director of corrections is authorized to offer a program under which inmates as specified in subdivision (c), who are not precluded by subdivision (d), and who have been committed to a county jail may be allowed to participate in a voluntary alternative custody program as defined in subdivision (b) in lieu of their confinement in a county jail. Under this program, one day of participation is in lieu of one day of incarceration in a county jail. Participants in the program shall receive any sentence reduction credits that they would have received had they served their sentence in a county jail, and are subject to denial and loss of credit pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 4019. The sheriff or the county director of corrections may enter into contracts with county agencies, not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, and others in order to promote alternative custody placements.

(b)As used in this section, an alternative custody program shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1)Confinement to a residential home during the hours designated by the sheriff or the county director of corrections.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 26, Sec. 18. (AB 1468) Effective June 20, 2014.