{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-844","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 844","heading":"","body":"As used in this chapter, “prisoner” includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility. For the purposes of this chapter, a lawfully arrested person who is brought into a law enforcement facility for the purpose of being booked, as described in Section 7 of the Penal Code, becomes a prisoner, as a matter of law, upon his or her initial entry into a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility, pursuant to penal processes.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [810. - 998.3.]","PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [814. - 895.8.]","CHAPTER 3. Police and Correctional Activities [844. - 846.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b608b4717313bdfbdab7e6e44f39846afeb233918c4ab2e7d93898b6a7c90eb2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-840.6","next":"us-ca/gov-844.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}