Statute · California Government Code
Cal. Gov't Code § 844 — Police and Correctional Activities
Cal. Gov't Code § 844
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Government Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1997-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
As used in this chapter, “prisoner” includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility. For the purposes of this chapter, a lawfully arrested person who is brought into a law enforcement facility for the purpose of being booked, as described in Section 7 of the Penal Code,…
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Cal. Gov't Code § 844 — Police and Correctional Activities is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
As used in this chapter, “prisoner” includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility. For the purposes of this chapter, a lawfully arrested person who is brought into a law enforcement facility for the purpose of being booked, as described in Section 7 of the Penal Code, becomes a prisoner, as a matter of law, upon his or her initial entry into a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility, pursuant to penal processes.