ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions [1700. - 1705.]

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC 1.
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Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 1700. Section 1700.

The purpose of this chapter is to protect society from the consequences of criminal activity and to that purpose community restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment shall be substituted for retributive punishment and shall be directed toward the rehabilitation of young persons who have committed public offenses.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 1703. Section 1703.

As used in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Public offenses” means public offenses as that term is defined in the Penal Code. (b) “Court” includes any official authorized to impose sentence for a public offense. (c) “Youth Authority,” “Authority,” “authority,” or “division” means the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities. (d) “Board” or “board” means the Board of Parole Hearings, until January 1, 2007, at which time “board” shall refer to the body created to hear juvenile parole matters under the jurisdiction of the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (e) The masculine pronoun includes the feminine.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 1705. Section 1705.

It is the intention of the Legislature that all persons in the custody of an institution under the supervision of the Department of the Youth Authority shall be afforded reasonable opportunities to exercise religious freedom.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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