California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1004

Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 481.

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.

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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 1004 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/wic/division-2-children/part-1-delinquents-and-wards-of-the-juvenile-court/chapter-3-institutions-for-delinquents/article-1-establishment-and-general-government/section-1004

Other sections in Article 1 - Establishment and General Government

§ 1000§ 1000.1§ 1000.5§ 1000.7§ 1001§ 1001.5§ 1001.7§ 1002§ 1003§ 1004…§ 1009.3§ 1009.4§ 1010§ 1011§ 1015§ 1016§ 1017§ 1018§ 1019§ 1020

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