§ 11560 Substance Abuse Treatment Units

Health and Safety Code·California

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•The law allows prisons and youth facilities to create special units for drug or alcohol addiction treatment.
•These units can be inside prisons or separate places.
•They are for studying, researching, and helping people with addiction problems.
•Only people already in prison or youth facilities can be in these programs.

Example

A person in prison has a drug problem.

The prison can put them in a special unit to get help for their addiction instead of just punishing them.

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§ 11560 Substance Abuse Treatment Units

The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority are authorized to establish substance abuse treatment control units in state correctional facilities or training schools or as separate establishments for any study, research, and treatment that may be necessary for the control of the addiction or habituation, or imminent addiction or habituation, to controlled substances or alcohol of persons committed to the custody of the Director of Corrections or the Director of the Youth Authority. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 465, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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substance abuse treatment control units addiction or habituation controlled substances or alcohol

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 11560.

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