CHAPTER 2. California Rehabilitation Center [3300. - 3313.]

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC 2.

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Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3300. Section 3300.

There is hereby established an institution and branches, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to be known as the California Rehabilitation Center. Branches may be established in existing institutions of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Operations, in halfway houses as described in Section 3153, in such other facilities as may be made available on the grounds of other state institutions, and in city and county correctional facilities where treatment facilities are available. Branches shall not be established on the grounds of such other institutions in any manner which will result in the placement of patients of such institutions into inferior facilities. Branches placed in a facility of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have prior approval of the Director of State Hospitals, and branches placed in a facility of the State Department of Developmental Services shall have the prior approval of the Director of Developmental Services. Commencing July 1, 2005, the branches in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities shall be established by order of the secretary, and shall be subject to his or her administrative direction. Branches placed in city or county facilities shall have prior approval of the legislative body of the city or county. Persons confined pursuant to this section in branches established in city and county correctional facilities shall be housed separately from the prisoners therein, and shall be entitled to receive treatment substantially equal to that which would be afforded those persons if confined in the main institution of the California Rehabilitation Center.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3301. Section 3301.

The principal purpose of the California Rehabilitation Center shall be the receiving, control, confinement, employment, education, treatment and rehabilitation of persons under the custody of the Department of Corrections or any agency thereof who are addicted to the use of narcotics or are in imminent danger of becoming so addicted.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3302. Section 3302.

The Director of Corrections shall acquire, or construct, and equip, in accordance with law, suitable buildings, structures and facilities for the California Rehabilitation Center.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3303. Section 3303.

(a) The Director of Corrections may prescribe and amend rules and regulations for the administration of the California Rehabilitation Center. These rules and regulations shall be promulgated and filed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall, to the extent practical, be stated in language that is easily understood by the general public. (b) The director shall maintain, publish, and make available to the general public, a compendium of the rules and regulations promulgated by the director pursuant to this section. (c) The following exceptions to the procedures specified in this section apply to the rules and regulations made by the director for the California Rehabilitation Center: (1) The director may specify an effective date that is any time more than 30 days after the rule or regulation is filed with the Secretary of State; provided that no less than 20 days prior to that effective date, copies of the rule or regulation shall be posted in conspicuous places throughout each institution and shall be mailed to all persons or organizations who request them. (2) The director may rely upon a summary of the information compiled by a hearing officer; provided that the summary and the testimony taken regarding the proposed action shall be retained as part of the public record for at least one year after the adoption, amendment, or repeal.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3304. Section 3304.

A warden shall be appointed for the California Rehabilitation Center pursuant to Section 6050 of the Penal Code, and the Director of Corrections shall appoint, subject to civil service, such other officers and employees as may be necessary.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3305. Section 3305.

The supervision, management and control of the California Rehabilitation Center and the responsibility for the care, custody, training, discipline, employment, and treatment of the persons confined in the center are vested in the Director of Corrections. Part 3 (commencing with Section 1999) of the Penal Code applies to the institution as a prison under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and to the persons confined in the institution insofar as those provisions may be applicable.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3306. Section 3306.

The Director of Corrections may authorize the temporary removal from the California Rehabilitation Center or any of its branches under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections of any person confined therein. The director may require that such temporary removal be under custody. Unless the person is removed for medical treatment, the removal shall not be for a period longer than three days. The director may require the person to reimburse the state, in whole or in part, for expenses incurred by the state in connection with such temporary removal other than for medical treatment. Under specific regulations established by the director for the selection of confined persons, the director may authorize assignment to conservation camp programs.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3307. Section 3307.

The Director of Corrections may establish and operate facilities to be known as community correctional centers.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3308. Section 3308.

The primary purpose of such facilities is to provide housing, supervision, counseling, and other correctional programs for persons committed to the Director of Corrections.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3309. Section 3309.

Commencing July 1, 2005, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall make rules and regulations for the government of the community correctional centers in the management of their affairs.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3310. Section 3310.

The Director of Corrections may transfer persons confined in the California Rehabilitation Center, or branches thereof, to community correctional centers and place persons on outpatient status in community correctional centers.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3311. Section 3311.

The Director of Corrections may grant furloughs to residents of community correctional centers for the purpose of employment, education, including vocational training, or arranging a suitable employment and residence program.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 3313. Section 3313.

(a) The Department of Finance and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall release a report that provides an updated comprehensive plan for the state prison system, including a permanent solution to the decaying infrastructure of the California Rehabilitation Center. The report shall be submitted with the Governor’s 2016–17 Budget to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that given the reduction in the prison population, further investment in building additional prisons is unnecessary at this time, and that the California Rehabilitation Center may be closed without jeopardizing the court-ordered prison population cap.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026