California Code of Regulations
Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs
Subchapter 6 - Adult Parole
Article 12 - Parole Field Files
Section 3640 - Parole Field Files

(a) For the purpose of this section, a parole field file means a file maintained by a parole unit office containing information about a supervised person and their current parole.

(b) Except by means of valid authorization, subpoena, or court order, no supervised person or their attorney or the attorney's designee shall have access to another supervised person's field file or component thereof.

(c) Supervised persons may review their own field file, subject to applicable federal and state law. This review shall be conducted in the presence of staff. The supervised person will not be provided access to a computer to view any of their electronic records, if applicable, but instead will have a printed copy made available.

(d) No supervised person or their attorney or the attorney's designee shall access information designated confidential pursuant to section 3321 which is in or from the supervised person's field file.

(e) An attorney or the attorney's designee, hired to or appointed to represent a supervised person in the parole revocation process may review a supervised person's field file, subject to applicable federal and state law. A supervised person's attorney or the attorney's designee is not required to obtain authorization from the supervised person before reviewing the supervised person's field file, though authorization may be provided. This review shall be conducted in the presence of staff. The attorney or the attorney's designee will not be provided access to a computer to view any of the supervised person's electronic records, if applicable, but instead will have a printed copy made available.

(f) No parole field file or component thereof shall be released to any agency or person outside the department, except for private attorneys hired to represent the department, the Office of the Attorney General, the Board of Parole Hearings, the Inspector General, and as provided by applicable federal and state law. Any outside person or entity that receives person field files is subject to all legal and departmental standards for the integrity and confidentiality of those documents.