Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

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Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

Article 8 – Inmate Civil Rights

Revised December 20, 2021

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51080.1 Policy

  • Inmates under the custody of the Department shall not be granted any rights or privileges that are not required by the United States Constitution or by the laws of California. A person sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison may, during that period of confinement, be deprived of such rights, and only such rights, as are reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.