Defendants: incarceration.

Existing law, in part, provides that all persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, or, not being present, have advised and encouraged its commission, or who, by threats, menaces, command, or coercion, compel another to commit any crime, are principals in any crime so committed. Existing law provides that a criminal conspiracy requires an agreement and some criminal act, besides the agreement, be done within this state to effect the object of the conspiracy, by one or more of the parties to the agreement, in order to constitute a conspiracy. This bill would prohibit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, when notified by a prosecuting attorney or court that the 2 defendants are either codefendants or coconspirators in the commission of a violent felony, from housing those inmates within sight or sound of each other and require, to the extent possible, those inmates be housed in separate facilities.