AB 1359

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law requires a male defendant sentenced to death to be taken to the warden of the San Quentin State Prison. Existing law also provides that a condemned inmate may be housed at the California Medical Facility for medical or mental health treatment and may be housed at the California State Prison, Sacramento, for commission of specified offenses while in prison, and that in either case, he shall be subject to similar privileges and classifications as would be applied to him if he were housed at San Quentin State Prison. Existing law provides that no more than 15 condemned inmates may be rehoused at the California State Prison, Sacramento, for the commission of specified offenses while in prison. This bill would make the above provisions applicable to both male and female defendants sentenced to death. The bill would also provide that a condemned inmate shall be housed in any state prison that contains level 4 security or is a condemned facility subject to similar privileges and classifications as would be applied to him or her if he or she were housed at San Quentin State Prison, as specified. The bill would increase the number of condemned inmates that may be rehoused, as described above, at the California State Prison, Sacramento, from 15 to 30. The bill would also delete related provisions requiring female persons sentenced to death to be delivered to the warden of the Central California Women's Facility.