California Penal Code

§ 2650

PEN § 2650 Effective Apr 4, 2011Title 1 · Part 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

The person of a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison or to imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 is under the protection of the law, and any injury to his person, not authorized by law, is punishable in the same manner as if he were not convicted or sentenced.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 463. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.