(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any funding conditionally awarded after the effective date of the legislation that added this section by the Board of State and Community Corrections pursuant to Chapter 3.11 (commencing with Section 15820.90), Chapter 3.12 (commencing with Section 15820.91), Chapter 3.13 (commencing with Section 15820.92), or Chapter 3.131 (commencing with Section 15820.93), to a participating county for the construction or renovation of a local jail facility or adult local criminal justice facility shall be used to construct or renovate a facility that meets or surpasses the minimum number of weekly visits as specified by Section 1062 of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations through the use of in-person visitation space.
(b) For any proposals previously submitted to the board pursuant to the funding authority referenced in subdivision (a) that only provided for video visitation, the board shall require the participating county to submit a scope change to include in-person visitation prior to the board’s approval of the conditional award.
(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “In-person visit” means an on-site visit that may include barriers. In-person visits include interactions in which an inmate has physical contact with a visitor, the inmate is able to see a visitor through a barrier, or the inmate is otherwise in a room with a visitor without physical contact. “In-person visit” does not include an interaction between an inmate and a visitor through the use of an on-site, two-way, audio-video terminal.
(2) “Video visitation” means interaction between an inmate and a member of the public through the means of an audio-visual communication device when the member of the public is located at a local detention facility or at a remote location.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 363, Sec. 5. (SB 112) Effective September 28, 2017.)
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