Penal Code section 243.15

Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a sentence in, a city or county jail, industrial farm, or industrial road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any individual who is not himself or herself a person confined or sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense and is subject to punishment by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail for not more than one year.

Source: Section 243.15, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=243.15. (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Nov. 10, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_243.15

Original Source: Section 243.15, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=243.15. (last accessed May 12, 2025).