California · Penal Code

PEN §4001: Each county jail must contain a sufficient number of rooms to allow all persons belonging to either one of the following classes to be confined separately and distinctly from persons belonging to eith

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

County jails must have sufficient separate rooms to house three groups of detainees—those awaiting trial, those serving sentences, and those held as witnesses or for contempt—in distinct confinement areas.

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Each county jail must contain a sufficient number of rooms to allow all persons belonging to either one of the following classes to be confined separately and distinctly from persons belonging to either of the other classes: 1. Persons committed on criminal process and detained for trial; 2. Persons already convicted of crime and held under sentence; 3. Persons detained as witnesses or held under civil process, or under an order imposing punishment for a contempt.

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