California Laws 2016 - Custodial battery (Penal Code 243.15)

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California Laws 2016 – Custodial battery (Penal Code 243.15)

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February 26, 2016 | Rabin Nabizadeh | Battery

The California state legislature enacted 807 new laws during the 2015 legislative session

CA Penal Code 243.15 was added providing that:

“Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a sentence in, a city or county jail, industrial farm, or industrial road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any individual who is not himself or herself a person confined or sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense and is subject to punishment by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail for not more than one year.”

Not that such a battery ever was a good idea, now the consequences of committing one are potentially even more severe.

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