Cal. PEN § 4001
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 4001, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
Each county jail must contain a sufficient number of rooms to allow all persons belonging to either one of the following classes to be confined separately and distinctly from persons belonging to either of the other classes:
1. Persons committed on criminal process and detained for trial;
2. Persons already convicted of crime and held under sentence;
3. Persons detained as witnesses or held under civil process, or under an order imposing punishment for a contempt.
1. Persons committed on criminal process and detained for trial;
2. Persons already convicted of crime and held under sentence;
3. Persons detained as witnesses or held under civil process, or under an order imposing punishment for a contempt.
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