Penal Code section 6230

(a)

Offenders shall perform all the labor necessary to maintain the restitution center and meet the offenders’ needs unless the director finds that a particular task can be better performed by other persons.

(b)

The director may employ and pay compensation to offenders to perform work at a center.

Source: Section 6230, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=6230. (updated Jan. 1, 1984; accessed Nov. 17, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_6230

Original Source: Section 6230, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=6230. (last accessed May 12, 2025).