Welfare and Institutions Code section 1857

The Board of Corrections shall adopt and prescribe the minimum standards of construction, operation, programs of education or rehabilitative training or treatment, and qualifications of personnel for youth correctional centers established pursuant to this article. No county establishing or conducting such a youth correctional center shall be entitled to receive any state funds provided for in this article unless and until the minimum standards and qualifications referred to in this section are complied with by such county.

Source: Section 1857, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=1857.­ (updated Feb. 14, 1996; accessed Nov. 2, 2026).

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Nov. 2, 2026

§ 1857's source at ca​.gov