California · Penal Code

PEN §11198: (a) Except as authorized by California statute, no city, county, city and county, or private entity shall cause to be brought into, housed in, confined in, or detained in this state any person sentenc

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California prohibits cities, counties, and private entities from bringing or housing people sentenced to criminal commitment from outside California into the state, except as authorized by statute.

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(a) Except as authorized by California statute, no city, county, city and county, or private entity shall cause to be brought into, housed in, confined in, or detained in this state any person sentenced to serve a criminal commitment under the authority of any jurisdiction outside of California. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that this act shall neither prohibit nor authorize the confinement of federal prisoners in this state.

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