BILL NUMBER: AB 1890	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Rod Pacheco and Reyes

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2000

   An act to add Section 2717 to the Penal Code, relating to
prisoners.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1890, as amended, Rod Pacheco.   Prisoners:  work outside
prisons:  security and clothing.
   Existing law provides for the employment of state prisoners
outside the prison grounds in road cleanup crews and fire crews, as
specified.
   This bill would provide that the Department of Corrections
 shall provide adequate security with respect to these
prisoners so as to ensure that the prisoners do not escape.  The bill
would also provide that the department  shall require these
prisoners to wear distinctive clothing for identification purposes.

   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2717 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   2717.   (a) The Department of Corrections shall provide
adequate security with respect to prisoners who are working outside
the prison grounds in road cleanup crews pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 2760) or fire crews pursuant to Article 5
(commencing with Section 2780) so as to ensure that the prisoners do
not escape.
   (b)  The Department of Corrections shall require
prisoners who are working outside the prison grounds in road cleanup
crews pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 2760) or fire
crews pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 2780) to wear
distinctive clothing for identification purposes.