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DIVISION 2. CHILDREN 100-1500›PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT 100-1459›CHAPTER 3. Institutions for Delinquents 1000-1258›ARTICLE 1. Establishment and General Government 1000-1020

§ 1004

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

The authority shall have charge of the persons committed to or confined in each such institution, and shall provide for their care, supervision, education, training, employment, discipline, and government. It shall exercise its powers toward the correction of their faults, the development of their characters, and the promotion of their welfare.

(Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 481.)

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