California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 5035

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 980, Sec. 2. (SB 379) Effective January 1, 2025.
(a)The department shall establish and maintain a Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) program.
(b)The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for restorative justice processes between victims, survivors, and next of kin of victims of crime and people who are incarcerated or on parole, which often culminate in a dialogue between those parties.
(c)The

VOD program shall be administered and coordinated by the department’s Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services and shall utilize nonprofit, community-based

restorative justice organizations to facilitate the VOD processes.

(d)Participation in the VOD program shall be voluntary.

Cite this section

Cal. Pen. Code § 5035 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-3-of-imprisonment-and-the-death-penalty/title-7-administration-of-the-state-correctional-system/chapter-1-the-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation/section-5035

Other sections in Chapter 1 - The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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