Prisoners: identification cards.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue an identification card to a person attesting to the true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for the identification card. Existing law also establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the DMV to ensure that all eligible inmates released from state prisons have valid identification cards. The bill would define "eligible inmate" for this purpose to mean an inmate who has previously held a California driver's license or identification card, who has a useable photo on file with the DMV that is not more than 10 years old, who has no outstanding fees due for a prior California identification card, and who has provided certain other information verified by the DMV, including, among other things, the inmate's true full name and date of birth.