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2024 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 3 - OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY
TITLE 1 - IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS
CHAPTER 2 - Administration of State Prisons
ARTICLE 2 - Wardens
Section 2084.
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CA Penal Code § 2084 (2024)
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2084. (a) The department shall provide each prisoner with a bed, sufficient covering of blankets, and with garments of substantial material and of distinctive manufacture, and with sufficient plain and wholesome food of such variety as may be most conducive to good health and that shall include the availability of plant-based meals.
(b) The department shall develop a plan to make available the plant-based meals described in subdivision (a) on an overall cost-neutral basis.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “plant-based meals” shall mean entire meals that contain no animal products or byproducts, including meat, poultry, fish, dairy, or eggs.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 512, Sec. 3. (SB 1138) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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