2011 California Code
Penal Code
PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000 - 10007]
ARTICLE 1. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections
Section 2053
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a correlation between prisoners who are functionally literate and those who successfully reintegrate into society upon release. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature, in enacting The Prisoner Literacy Act, to raise the percentage of prisoners who are functionally literate, in order to provide for a corresponding reduction in the recidivism rate.
(b) The Department of Corrections shall determine the reading level of each prisoner upon commitment.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 144. Effective January 1, 2005.)
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