CA SB1064

Prohibits Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees and contractors from finding state prisoners guilty of rules violations based on uncorroborated or unreliable information from in-custody confidential informants.

Prohibits Board of Parole Hearings employees and contractors from making decisions about state prisoners based on uncorroborated allegations from in-custody confidential informants unless those allegations were found true at a disciplinary hearing with full due process protections.

Requires state prisoners receive written notice at least 10 days before proceedings that may use confidential informant information, including detailed descriptions, dates, investigating officers' names, investigative steps taken, and the informant's reliability history.

Defines "corroborated" information as facts separately and independently confirmed by another informant, nonconfidential source, or physical evidence.

Defines "reliable" information as meeting at least two of five criteria: self-incriminating nature, information from nonconfidential sources, informant as victim, successful polygraph examination, or documented personal knowledge of events.