Imprisonment Of Male Prisoners In State Prisons — California Penal Code — Civil Rights Of Prisoners — Civil Rights — Deprivation of rights Date: 15 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session (a) A person sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison or to imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 may during that period of confinement be deprived of such rights, and only such rights, as is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to overturn the decision in Thor v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 725. Ca. Pen. Code § 2600 Amended by Stats 2011 ch 665 (AB 1114),s 1.5, eff. 10/1/2011. Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011. Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 462, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.