§ 243.15
Battery by a jail inmate on a non-inmate
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a sentence in, a city or , industrial farm, or industrial road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any individual who is not himself or herself a person confined or sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense and is subject to punishment by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a for not more than one year.
History: Added by renumbering Section 4131.5 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 499, Sec. 4. (SB 795) Effective January 1, 2016.
Simplified explanation
A person confined in a city or county jail, industrial farm, or road camp who commits a battery on a non-inmate is punishable under Section 1170(h) or in county jail up to one year.