California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 2002

Added by renumbering Section 2008 by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2256.

The primary purpose of the California Institution for Men shall be for the imprisonment of male offenders who, in the opinion of the department, seem capable of moral rehabilitation and restoration to good citizenship.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 2002 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-3-of-imprisonment-and-the-death-penalty/title-1-imprisonment-of-male-prisoners-in-state-prisons/chapter-1-establishment-of-state-prisons/article-1-california-institution-for-men/section-2002

Other sections in Article 1 - California Institution for Men

§ 2000§ 2001§ 2002

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