BILL NUMBER: AB 2530	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 6030 of the Penal Code, relating to
correctional facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2530, as introduced, Atkins. Correctional facilities: minimum
standards.
   Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community
Corrections. Under existing law, this entity is required to establish
minimum standards for state and local correctional facilities. These
standards include standards in the areas of health and sanitary
conditions, fire and life safety, security, rehabilitation programs,
recreation, treatment of inmates, and personnel training.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6030 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section
34 of Chapter 36 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
   6030.  (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall
establish minimum standards for local correctional facilities. The
standards for state correctional facilities shall be established by
January 1, 2007. The board shall review those standards biennially
and make any appropriate revisions.
   (b) The standards shall include, but not be limited to, the
following  areas  : health and sanitary conditions, fire and
life safety, security, rehabilitation programs, recreation,
treatment of persons confined in state and local correctional
facilities, and personnel training.
   (c) The standards shall require that at least one person on duty
at the facility is knowledgeable in the area of fire and life safety
procedures.
   (d) The standards shall also include requirements relating to the
acquisition, storage, labeling, packaging, and dispensing of drugs.
   (e) The standards shall require that inmates who are received by
the facility while they are pregnant  are   be
 provided all of the following:
   (1) A balanced, nutritious diet approved by a doctor.
   (2) Prenatal and postpartum information and health care,
including, but not limited to, access to necessary vitamins as
recommended by a doctor.
   (3) Information pertaining to childbirth education and infant
care.
   (4) A dental cleaning while in a state facility.
   (f) The standards shall provide that at no time shall a woman who
is in labor be shackled by the wrists, ankles, or both including
during transport to a hospital, during delivery, and while in
recovery after giving birth, except as provided in Section 5007.7.
   (g) In establishing minimum standards, the authority shall seek
the advice of the following:
   (1) For health and sanitary conditions:
   The State Department of  Public  Health  Services
 , physicians, psychiatrists, local public health
officials, and other interested persons.
   (2) For fire and life safety:
   The State Fire Marshal, local fire officials, and other interested
persons.
   (3) For security, rehabilitation programs, recreation, and
treatment of persons confined in correctional facilities:
   The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, state and local
juvenile justice commissions, state and local correctional officials,
experts in criminology and penology, and other interested persons.
   (4) For personnel training:
   The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training,
psychiatrists, experts in criminology and penology, the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, state and local correctional
officials, and other interested persons.
   (5) For female inmates and pregnant inmates in local adult and
juvenile facilities:
   The California State Sheriffs' Association and Chief Probation
Officers' Association of California, and other interested persons.