· CA legislature · 20252026

Prisons: employment of inmates.

Existing law requires every able-bodied prisoner imprisoned in a state prison to work as many hours of faithful labor in each day and every day during their term of imprisonment as prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in departmental rules and regulations. This bill would…

Sponsor

Sade Elhawary (D-CA)

Introduced

2026-02-20

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.