Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54110.3 Definition of Gassing

• Gassing, as defined by PCPenal Code 4501.1(b), means “…intentionally placing or throwing, or causing to be placed or thrown, upon the person of another, any human excrement or other bodily fluids or bodily substances or any mixture containing human excrement or other bodily fluids or bodily substances that result in actual contact with the person’s skin or membranes.” Pursuant to Penal Code Section 4501.1(a), a “…person confined in state prison who commits a battery by gassing upon the person of any peace officer, as defined in Penal Code Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of part 2, or employee of the state prison is guilty of aggravated battery.”

• Hereinafter, inmate/parolee will be referred to as inmate unless specifically identified otherwise by references to the PCPenal Code.