California · Penal Code

PEN §171: Every person, not authorized by law, who, without the permission of the officer in charge of any reformatory in this State, communicates with any person detained therein, or brings therein or takes th

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who unauthorized communicates with or transfers letters, writings, or reading material to/from someone in a reformatory without permission from the officer in charge is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Every person, not authorized by law, who, without the permission of the officer in charge of any reformatory in this State, communicates with any person detained therein, or brings therein or takes therefrom any letter, writing, literature, or reading matter to or from any person confined therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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