Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for:

(a) Any injury resulting from determining whether to parole or release a prisoner or from determining the terms and conditions of his parole or release or from determining whether to revoke his parole or release.

Terms Used In California Government Code 845.8

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • prisoner: includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility. See California Government Code 844

(b) Any injury caused by:

(1) An escaping or escaped prisoner;

(2) An escaping or escaped arrested person; or

(3) A person resisting arrest.

(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1099.)

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