{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-171","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 171","heading":"","body":"Every person, not authorized by law, who, without the permission of the officer in charge of any reformatory in this State, communicates with any person detained therein, or brings therein or takes therefrom any letter, writing, literature, or reading matter to or from any person confined therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice [142. - 181.]"],"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":"3e08b166f22beaa9a836e75ea628d8cb5cbca7a33342109b16bfb678f615d33e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-170","next":"us-ca/pen-171b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}