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DIVISION 2.5. YOUTHS 1700-2106›CHAPTER 1. The Youth Authority 1700-1915›ARTICLE 9. Youth Correctional Centers 1850-1861

§ 1850

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The purpose of this article is to protect society more effectively by providing a system of flexible constraints and controls that utilize short-term confinement for selected youthful offenders, followed by intensive probation supervision. To this end it is the intent of the Legislature that this article be liberally interpreted in conformity with its declared purpose.

(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1193.)

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