In In re Culver (1968) 69 Cal.2d 898, the Supreme Court addressed whether an arrestee who fled from the arresting officer but before the booking of the person under arrest was a "prisoner" within the meaning of, and thus subject to, the provisions of subdivision (b) of section 4532. (69 Cal.2d at pp. 900-901.) The court analyzed in detail the legislative history of that section and concluded that the legislative history "indicates that section 4532 applies only to persons incarcerated in jails and other institutions of confinement who escape therefrom or such persons who escape from the custody of those to whom they have been entrusted while temporarily outside such places of confinement." (Id. at p. 900.) Holding that because the arrestee had not yet been booked, he was not a "prisoner" within the meaning of section 4532, the court granted the petitioner's writ of habeas corpus. (69 Cal.2d at pp. 904-905.) The court said that it was not unreasonable for the Legislature to conclude that other provisions of the Penal Code were sufficient to deal with escapes from arresting officers and that "an arrestee who has not yet been incarcerated and who may have done no more than walk away from an arresting officer should not be declared guilty of the felony of escape." (Id. at p. 905.)