Penal Code - PEN
PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000 - 10008]
( Part 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) TITLE 5. OFFENSES RELATING TO PRISONS AND PRISONERS [4500 - 4758]
( Title 5 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106. ) CHAPTER 1. Offenses by Prisoners [4500 - 4504]
( Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 173. ) 4503.
Any person confined therein who holds as hostage any person within any prison or facility under the jurisdiction of the Director of Corrections, or who by force or threat of force holds any person or persons against their will in defiance of official orders within any such prison or facility, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for three, five, or seven years to be served consecutively.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 579.)