Penal Code section 3040

The Board of Parole Hearings shall have the power to allow prisoners imprisoned in the state prisons pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1168 to go upon parole outside the prison walls and enclosures. The board may parole prisoners in the state prisons to camps for paroled prisoners established under Section 2792.

Source: Section 3040, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=3040. (updated Jan. 1, 2024; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_3040

Original Source: Section 3040, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=3040. (last accessed May 12, 2025).