California Assembly Bill AB2530 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2530INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Atkins FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 6030 of the Penal Code, relating to correctional facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2530, as introduced, Atkins. Correctional facilities: minimum standards. Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections. Under existing law, this entity is required to establish minimum standards for state and local correctional facilities. These standards include standards in the areas of health and sanitary conditions, fire and life safety, security, rehabilitation programs, recreation, treatment of inmates, and personnel training. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 6030 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section 34 of Chapter 36 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read: 6030. (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall establish minimum standards for local correctional facilities. The standards for state correctional facilities shall be established by January 1, 2007. The board shall review those standards biennially and make any appropriate revisions. (b) The standards shall include, but not be limited to, the following  areas  : health and sanitary conditions, fire and life safety, security, rehabilitation programs, recreation, treatment of persons confined in state and local correctional facilities, and personnel training. (c) The standards shall require that at least one person on duty at the facility is knowledgeable in the area of fire and life safety procedures. (d) The standards shall also include requirements relating to the acquisition, storage, labeling, packaging, and dispensing of drugs. (e) The standards shall require that inmates who are received by the facility while they are pregnant  are   be  provided all of the following: (1) A balanced, nutritious diet approved by a doctor. (2) Prenatal and postpartum information and health care, including, but not limited to, access to necessary vitamins as recommended by a doctor. (3) Information pertaining to childbirth education and infant care. (4) A dental cleaning while in a state facility. (f) The standards shall provide that at no time shall a woman who is in labor be shackled by the wrists, ankles, or both including during transport to a hospital, during delivery, and while in recovery after giving birth, except as provided in Section 5007.7. (g) In establishing minimum standards, the authority shall seek the advice of the following: (1) For health and sanitary conditions: The State Department of  Public  Health  Services  , physicians, psychiatrists, local public health officials, and other interested persons. (2) For fire and life safety: The State Fire Marshal, local fire officials, and other interested persons. (3) For security, rehabilitation programs, recreation, and treatment of persons confined in correctional facilities: The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, state and local juvenile justice commissions, state and local correctional officials, experts in criminology and penology, and other interested persons. (4) For personnel training: The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, psychiatrists, experts in criminology and penology, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, state and local correctional officials, and other interested persons. (5) For female inmates and pregnant inmates in local adult and juvenile facilities: The California State Sheriffs' Association and Chief Probation Officers' Association of California, and other interested persons.