Los Angeles Signal Hill PD Inspection Rpt 20-22 I (2020-2022 inspection cycle)

February 9, 2023 Carl Charles, Interim Chief of Police Signal Hill Police Department 2745 Walnut Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90755 2020-2022 BIENNIAL INSPECTION POLICE SIGNAL HILL DEPARTMENT TYPE I FACILITY, 6031 PC & 209 WIC Dear Chief Charles, On December 12, 2022 staff of the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) conducted the biennial inspection of your agency’s Type I Jail Facility. Pursuant to Penal Code Section 6031, this inspection was performed to determine compliance with the Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities as outlined in Titles 15 and 24, California Code of Regulations (CCR). In addition, BSCC staff conducted compliance monitoring pursuit to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 209(f) for the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). The complete BSCC inspection report is enclosed and consists of: this transmittal letter; the Title 15 Procedures Checklist outlining applicable minimum standards for the facility; the Physical Plant Evaluation outlining Title 24 requirements for design of the facility; the Living Area Space Evaluation summarizing the physical plant configuration and showing the capacity of the facility. Refer to the Title 15 Checklist for indication of compliance status and evidence used to determine compliance. We encourage the practice of maintaining a permanent file for historical copies of all inspections, that would also include documentation of corrections made following the inspection. This file should be the first point of reference when preparing for all future inspections. LOCAL INSPECTIONS In addition to the biennial inspection by the BSCC, inspections are also required annually by the County Health Department and biennially by the State Fire Marshal or an authorized representative (Health and Safety Code Sections 101045 and 13146.1). Please consider our report in conjunction with the reports from the County Health Department and the respective fire authorities for a comprehensive perspective of your facilities. Local inspection reports are forwarded to your department under a separate cover. Each of the local inspections were current. Carl Charles Interim Chief of Police Page 2 Inspection Date Fire and Life Safety 06/28/2022 Medical and Mental Health 11/03/2022 Environmental Health 11/03/2022 Nutrition 11/03/2022 BSCC INSPECTION Title 15, CCR Inspection Our evaluation consisted of reviewing only those policies and procedures related specifically to the applicable regulations included in Title 15, CCR1. There were no noncompliance issues noted. Please refer to the Procedures Checklist for detailed information. Title 24, CCR Physical Plant There were no changes made to the physical plant. We found no items of noncompliance. Please refer to the Physical Plant Checklist for detailed information. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) Compliance The BSCC monitors local detention facilities for compliance with JJDPA. Secure and nonsecure youth are detained outside the jail facility. There are no violations. --- This concludes our inspection report for the 2020-2022 biennial inspection cycle of the Signal Hill Police Department’s Type I Facility. If you should have any questions, please contact me at (916) 956-5968 or email at michael.bush@bscc.ca.gov. Sincerely, MICHAEL BUSH Field Representative 1 BSCC does not review all policies and procedures. We do not “approve” policies and procedures, nor do we review them for constitutional or legal issues. We recommend agencies seek review through their legal advisor, risk manager and other persons deemed appropriate. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I LTR 20-22 Carl Charles Interim Chief of Police Page 3 Facilities Standards and Operations Division Enclosures cc: City Manager, City of Signal Hill* Presiding Judge, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles* Grand Jury Foreman, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles* Don Moreau, Sergeant, Signal Hill Police Department* *Complete copies of this inspection are available at www.bscc.ca.gov. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I LTR 20-22 TYPE I FACILITIES Board of State and Community Corrections PROCEDURES1 BSCC Code: 2842 FACILITY NAME: Police Department FACILITY TYPE: I PERSON(S) INTERVIEWED: Sergeant Don Moreau FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 12/12/2022 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1020 CORRECTIONS OFFICER CORE COURSE2 The Signal Hill Police Department is a Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) participating agency. Compliance (a) In addition to the provisions of California Penal with sections related to training (with the Code Section 831.5, all custodial personnel of a Type exception 1021) is determined by an annual I, II, III, or IV facility shall successfully complete the “Corrections Officer Core Course” as described in ☒ ☐ ☐ audit of training records. Section 179 of Title 15, CCR, within one year from the date of assignment. The latest audit found the agency is in compliance with applicable training standards. (b) Custodial Personnel who have successfully completed the course of instruction required by Penal Code Section 832.3 shall also successfully complete the “Corrections Officer Basic Academy Supplemental ☒ ☐ ☐ Core Course” as described in Section 180 of Title 15, CCR, within one year from the date of assignment. 1021 JAIL SUPERVISORY TRAINING Prior to assuming supervisory duties, jail supervisors ☒ ☐ ☐ shall complete the core training requirements pursuant to Section 1020, Corrections Officer Core Course. In addition, supervisory personnel of any Type I, II, III or IV jail shall also be required to complete either the STC Supervisory Course (as described in Section 181, ☒ ☐ ☐ Title 15, CCR) or the POST supervisory course within one year from date of assignment. 1023 JAIL MANAGEMENT TRAINING Prior to appointment as a Manager, Jail managers shall have completed the Corrections Officer Core Course. All Jail Managerial personnel of any Type I, II, III or IV jail shall be required to complete either the STC management Supervisors shall attend the POST or STC ☒ ☐ ☐ Supervisory Training within one year of course (as described in Section 182, Title 15, CCR) or appointment. the POST management course within one year from date of assignment. 1 This document is intended for use as a tool during the inspection process; this worksheet may not contain each Title 15 regulation that is required. Additionally, many regulations on this worksheet are SUMMARIES of the regulation; the text on this worksheet may not contain the entire text of the actual regulation. Please refer to the complete California Code of Regulations, Title 15, Minimum Standards for Local Facilities, Division 1, Chapter 1, Subchapter 4 for the complete list and text of regulations. 2 For STC participating agencies, consistency with training sections 1020, 1023 & 1025 is annually assessed by the STC Division. Unless otherwise indicated, the regulatory intent is for training to occur within one year from the date of assignment. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 1 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1025 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING With the exception of any year that a core training module is successfully completed, all facility/system administrators, managers, supervisors, and custody ☒ ☐ ☐ personnel of a Type I, II, III, or IV facility shall successfully complete the “annual required training” specified in Section 184 of Title 15, CCR. 1027 NUMBER OF PERSONNEL In addition to the implementation and operation of all programs and activities required by the regulations, another A sufficient number of personnel shall be employed in each local detention facility to ensure the ☒ ☐ ☐ predicator for the compliance with this section is the availability of staff to complete implementation and operation of the programs and and document at least hourly safety checks. activities required by these regulations. Whenever there is an inmate in custody, there shall be at least one employee on duty at all times in a local detention facility or in the building which houses a local detention facility who shall be immediately available ☒ ☐ ☐ and accessible to inmates in the event of an emergency. Such an employee shall not have any other duties which would conflict with the supervision and care of ☒ ☐ ☐ inmates in the event of an emergency. Whenever one or more female inmates are in custody, Page 4 there shall be at least one female employee who shall All female prisoners in custody will be be immediately available and accessible to such transported directly from the field to the Long females. Beach Police Ddepartment women’s jail, or ☒ ☐ ☐ Note: Reference PC§ 4021. the Los Angeles County Women’s Jail (as applicable), except when there is a female officer. To determine if there is a sufficient number of personnel for a specific facility, the facility administrator shall prepare and retain a staffing plan indicating the personnel assigned in the facility and their duties. Such a staffing plan shall be reviewed by the Board staff at ☒ ☐ ☐ the time of their biennial inspection. The results of such a review and recommendations shall be reported to the local jurisdiction having fiscal responsibility for the facility. 1027.5 SAFETY CHECKS Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) staff reviewed and verified 10 months of observation logs. Each log was Safety checks shall be conducted at least hourly through direct visual observation of all inmates. There ☒ ☐ ☐ within the regulation standard 60 minutes time frame. shall be no more than a 60-minute lapse between safety checks. There is a written plan that includes the documentation Page 18 of routine safety checks. Jailers will make a personal on-site inspection at least once each hour of each prisoner who is being video monitored. The inspections should be made at irregular ☒ ☐ ☐ intervals. The inspections will be documented on the Jail Log. The Jail Log is to remain inside the actual jail, in close proximity to where the prisoner is being housed. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 2 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1028 FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY STAFF Page 67-68 All jail staff is trained to Title 15 standards, Pursuant to Penal Code Section 6030(c), whenever including Fire and Life Safety issues. there is an inmate in custody, there shall be at least ☒ ☐ ☐ one person on duty at all times who meets the training standards established by the BSCC for general fire and life safety. The facility manager shall ensure that there is at least All staff receive orientation training specific one person on duty who trained in fire and life safety to this facility. ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures that relate specifically to the facility. 1029 POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL 3 Agency has implemented a comprehensive jail policy and procedures manual. Facility administrator(s) shall develop and publish a manual of policy and procedures for the facility. The policy and procedures manual shall address all applicable Title 15 and Title 24 regulations and shall be comprehensively reviewed and updated at least every two years. Such a manual shall be made available to all employees. ☒ ☐ ☐ The policies and procedures required in subsections (a)(6) and (a)(7) may be placed in a separate manual to ensure confidentiality. Subsections c and d do not apply and have been deleted. (a) The manual for Temporary Holding, Type I, II, and III facilities shall provide for, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Table of organization, including channels of communications. ☒ ☐ ☐ (2) Inspections and operations reviews by the facility administrator/manager. ☒ ☐ ☐ (3) Policy on the use of force. Pages 20-21 ☒ ☐ ☐ (4) Policy on the use of restraint equipment, Pages 20-21 including the restraint of pregnant inmates as ☒ ☐ ☐ referenced in Penal Code Section 3407. (5) Procedure and criteria for screening newly Page 20 and 35 received inmates for release per Penal Code sections 849(b)(2) and 853.6, and any other such ☒ ☐ ☐ processes as the facility administrator is empowered to use. (6) Security and control including: Page 8 ☒ ☐ ☐ (A) physical counts of inmates, Page 8 ☒ ☐ ☐ (B) searches of the facility and inmates, Pages 17-18 ☒ ☐ ☐ (C) contraband control, and, Pages 17-18 ☒ ☐ ☐ (D) key control. Page 19 ☒ ☐ ☐ Each facility administrator shall, at least annually, Page 81 review, evaluate, and make a record of security measures. The review and evaluation shall include internal and external security measures of the facility ☒ ☐ ☐ including security measures specific to prevention of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. 3 Procedures related to security and emergency response may be in a separate manual to ensure confidentiality by limiting general access. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 3 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (7) Emergency procedures include: Pages 67-68 (A) fire suppression preplan as required by ☒ ☐ ☐ section 1032 of these regulations; (B) escape, disturbances, and the taking of Pages 65-66 hostages; ☒ ☐ ☐ (C) mass arrests; ☒ ☐ ☐ (D) natural disasters; Page 67 ☒ ☐ ☐ (E) periodic testing of emergency equipment; Page 36 and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (F) storage, issue, and use of weapons, Page 36 ammunition, chemical agents, and related ☒ ☐ ☐ security devices. (8) Suicide Prevention. Page 53 ☒ ☐ ☐ (9) Segregation of Inmates. Page 12 ☒ ☐ ☐ (10) Zero tolerance in the prevention of sexual Pages 6-7 Prison Rape Elimination Act abuse and sexual harassment. (PREA) The Signal Hill Police Department has zero ☒ ☐ ☐ tolerance toward all forms of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Abuse can be reported in several ways. (11) Policy and procedure to detect, prevent, and Pages 6-7 respond to retaliation against any staff or inmate ☒ ☐ ☐ after reporting any abuse. (e) The manual for Temporary Holding, Court Holding, Pages 6-7 Prison Rape Elimination Act Type I, II, III, and IV facilities shall provide for, but not The Department will not tolerate retaliation be limited to, the following: against any person who reports sexual (1) multiple internal ways for inmates to privately abuse or sexual harassment or who report sexual abuse and sexual harassment, cooperates with a sexual abuse or sexual ☒ ☐ ☐ retaliation by other inmates or staff for reporting harassment investigation. sexual abuse and sexual harassment, and staff neglect or violation of responsibilities that may have contributed to such incidents, (2) a method for uninvolved inmates, family, Pages 6-7 Prison Rape Elimination Act community members, and other interested third- parties to report sexual abuse or sexual ☒ ☐ ☐ harassment. The method for reporting shall be publicly posted at the facility. 1030 SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM Pages 54 The facility will not detain prisoners who are The facility shall have a comprehensive written suicide a suicide risk. (classification and medical prevention program developed by the facility form). administrator, in conjunction with the health authority ☒ ☐ ☐ and mental health director, to identify, monitor, and These types of prisoners will be transferred provide treatment to those inmates who present a to an appropriate facility. suicide risk. The program shall include the following: (a) Suicide prevention training for all staff that have Each staff has completed suicided training direct contact with inmates. ☒ ☐ ☐ during adult correctional core. (b) Intake screening for suicide risk immediately upon Each staff have completed intake screening intake and prior to housing assignment. ☒ ☐ ☐ training during adult correctional core. (c)Provisions facilitating communication among arresting/transporting officers, facility staff, medical ☐ ☐ ☒ and mental health personnel in relation to suicide risk. (d) Housing recommendations for inmates at risk of suicide. ☐ ☐ ☒ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 4 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (e) Supervision depending on level of suicide risk. ☐ ☐ ☒ (f) Suicide attempt and suicide intervention policies and procedures. ☐ ☐ ☒ (g) Provisions for reporting suicides and suicides attempts. ☐ ☐ ☒ (h) Multi-disciplinary administrative review of suicides and attempted suicides as defined by the facility ☒ ☐ ☐ administrator. 1032 FIRE SUPPRESSION PREPLANNING Pages 67-68 Pursuant to Penal Code Section 6031.1(b), the facility administrator shall consult with the local fire department ☒ ☐ ☐ having jurisdiction over the facility, with the State Fire Marshal, or both, in developing a plan for fire suppression which shall include, but not be limited to: (a) a fire suppression pre-plan developed with the local fire department to be included as part of the policy and procedures manual (Title 15, California Code of ☒ ☐ ☐ Regulations Section 1029); (b) regular fire prevention inspections by facility staff on Page 68 a monthly basis with two-year retention of the inspection Daily inspections are made of the jail facility record; by the on-duty Watch Commander. Hazardous conditions with respect to fire ☒ ☐ ☐ safety, as well as conditions detrimental to inmate health, will be documented and corrected as a result of these daily inspections. (c) fire prevention inspections as required by Health and Conducted by Los Angeles (LA) County Fire Safety Code Section 13146.1(a) and (b) which requires Department on December 12/19/19. Fire ☒ ☐ ☐ inspections at least once every two years; clearance granted. (d) an evacuation plan; and, Page 67 ☒ ☐ ☐ (e) a plan for the emergency housing of inmates in the Page 67 case of fire. ☒ ☐ ☐ 1040 POPULATION ACCOUNTING Pages 7-8 • The Signal Hill Police Department Each facility administrator shall maintain an inmate maintains six basic records with demographics accounting system which reflects the respect to arrest and population monthly average daily population of sentenced and non- data accounting: sentenced inmates by categories of male, female and • Monthly Arrest and Citation juvenile. Register ☒ ☐ ☐ • Daily Watch report • Jail Log • JUS 8715 disposition of arrest and court action • Daily Count and in-custody schedules • DOJ arrest data Facility administrators shall provide the BSCC with applicable inmate demographic information as ☒ ☐ ☐ described in the Jail Profile Survey. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 5 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1041 INMATE RECORDS Page 71 It shall be the responsibility of the Records (a) Each facility administrator of a Type I, II, III or IV Division to maintain the following records on facility shall develop written policies and procedures for all persons who have been committed or the maintenance of individual inmate records which assigned to this facility. shall include, but not be limited to, intake information, ☒ ☐ ☐ personal property receipts, commitment papers, court orders, reports of disciplinary actions taken, medical orders issued by the responsible physician and staff response, and non-medical information regarding disabilities and other limitations. (b) Each facility administrator shall collect accurate, uniform data for every allegation of sexual abuse at facilities under its direct control and from other facilities with which it contracts for the confinement of its inmates. The data collected shall include, at a ☒ ☐ ☐ minimum, the data necessary to satisfy the reporting requirements of 34 U.S.C. section 30303(a)(1) (federal survey on sexual violence). 1044 INCIDENT REPORTS Page 68 Staff will report all incidents which result in Each facility administrator shall develop written policies physical harm, or serious threat of physical and procedures for the maintenance of written records harm, to an employee or inmate of a and reporting of all incidents which result in physical ☒ ☐ ☐ detention facility or other person. harm, or serious threat of physical harm, to an employee or inmate of a detention facility or other person. Such records shall include the names of the persons The report shall be in the form of a written involved, a description of the incident, the actions memorandum and shall include the names taken, and the date and time of the occurrence. of the persons involved, a description of the ☒ ☐ ☐ incident, the action taken, and the date and time of the occurrence. Such a written record shall be prepared by the staff The memorandum shall be written and assigned to investigate the incident and submitted to forwarded to the Administrative Lieutenant the facility manager or his/her designee. ☒ ☐ ☐ prior to the end of the Watch Commander’s shift. 1045 PUBLIC INFORMATION PLAN Page 14 Each facility administrator of a Type I, II, III or IV facility shall develop written policies and procedures for the dissemination of information to the public, to other ☒ ☐ ☐ government agencies, and to the news media. The public and inmates shall have available for review the following material: (a) The State Corrections Standards Authority Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities as ☒ ☐ ☐ found in Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations. (b) Facility rules and procedures affecting inmates as Posted specified in sections: ☒ ☐ ☐ (1) 1045, Public Information Plan ☒ ☐ ☐ (2) 1061, Inmate Education Plan No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (3) 1062, Visiting ☒ ☐ ☐ (4) 1063, Correspondence ☒ ☐ ☐ (5) 1064, Library Service ☐ ☐ ☒ (6) 1065, Exercise and Recreation ☒ ☐ ☐ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 6 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (7) 1066, Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Writings ☒ ☐ ☐ (8) 1067, Access to Telephone ☒ ☐ ☐ (9) 1068, Access to Courts and Counsel ☒ ☐ ☐ (10) 1069, Inmate Orientation ☒ ☐ ☐ (11) 1070, Individual/Family Service Programs No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (12) 1071, Voting ☒ ☐ ☐ (13) 1072, Religious Observance No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (14) 1073, Inmate Grievance Procedure No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (15) 1080, Rules and Disciplinary Penalties No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (16) 1081, Plan for Inmate Discipline No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (17) 1082, Forms of Discipline No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (18) 1083, Limitations on Discipline No sentenced inmates. ☐ ☐ ☒ (19) 1200, Responsibility for Health Care Services ☒ ☐ ☐ 1046 DEATH IN CUSTODY Pages 45-46 If an inmate dies while in custody, an (a) Death in Custody Reviews for Adults and Minors. investigative report shall contain facts determining if all jail medical procedures The facility administrator, in cooperation with the health were followed and the effectiveness of the administrator, shall develop written policy and procedures to ensure that there is an initial review of ☒ ☐ ☐ jail’s medical procedures that were in effect. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s every in-custody death within 30 days. The review Department Homicide Unit will handle and team shall include the facility administrator and/or the conduct an independent investigation of all facility manager, the health administrator, the custodial deaths. responsible physician and other health care and supervision staff who are relevant to the incident. Deaths shall be reviewed to determine the Any incident resulting in death, injury or appropriateness of clinical care; whether changes to endangerment to staff or a visitor, serious policies, procedures, or practices are warranted; and to injury to an inmate, escape, a major identify issues that require further study. disturbance, a detention facility emergency or an unsafe condition at the detention ☒ ☐ ☐ facility shall be submitted to the Administrative Services Bureau Commander as soon as practicable but within 24 hours of the incident. Minors are not held in the jail facility. (b) Death of a Minor Pages 45-46 In any case in which a minor dies while detained in a jail, ☒ ☐ ☐ lockup, or court holding facility: (1) The administrator of the facility shall provide to In any case in which a minor dies while the Board a copy of the report submitted to the detained in the jail, the Administrative Attorney General under Government Code Section Commander shall provide, to the Board of 12525. A copy of the report shall be submitted within ☒ ☐ ☐ State and Community Corrections, a copy of 10 calendar days after the death. the report submitted to the Attorney General under Government Code Section 12525. (2) Upon receipt of a report of death of a minor from Upon receipt of a report of a death of a minor the administrator, the Board may within 30 calendar from the Administrator, the BSCC may days inspect and evaluate the jail, lockup, or court within 30 calendar days inspect and holding facility pursuant to the provisions of this evaluate the jail, lock-up, or court holding ☒ ☐ ☐ subchapter. Any inquiry made by the Board shall be facility. limited to the standards and requirements set forth in these regulations. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 7 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1050 CLASSIFICATION PLAN Page 4 Classification system separates the (a) Each administrator of a temporary holding, Type I, II, sophisticated from the uninitiated, the or III facility shall develop and implement a written violent from the nonviolent, the passive from classification plan designed to properly assign inmates the aggressive. This system assists in to housing units and activities according to the identifying security risks, the physically and categories of sex, age, criminal sophistication, mentally ill, those requiring protective seriousness of crime charged, physical or mental health custody, and those who may become needs, assaultive/non-assaultive behavior, risk of being potential victims to assertive and assaultive sexually abused, or sexually harassed and other criteria prisoners. ☒ ☐ ☐ which will provide for the safety of the inmates and staff. Such housing unit assignment shall be accomplished to the extent possible within the limits of the available number of distinct housing units or cells in a facility. The written classification plan shall be based on objective criteria and include receiving screening performed at the time of intake by trained personnel, and a record of each inmate's classification level, housing restrictions, and housing assignments. Each administrator of a Type II or III facility shall establish and implement a classification system which will include the use of classification officers or a classification committee in order to properly assign inmates to housing, work, rehabilitation programs, and leisure activities. Such a plan shall include the use of as much information as is available about the inmate ☐ ☐ ☒ and from the inmate and shall provide for a channel of appeal by the inmate to the facility administrator or designee. An inmate who has been sentenced to more than 60 days may request a review of his classification plan no more often than 30 days from his last review. Subsection b does not apply and has been deleted. (c) In deciding whether to assign an inmate to a Each prisoner shall be medically pre- housing area for male or female inmates, and in screened by the jailer. “Officer Visual making other housing and programming assignments, Observation” and “Officer Inmate the agency shall consider on a case-by-case basis Questionnaire” forms are located in the whether a placement would ensure the inmate's health booking area. ☒ ☐ ☐ and safety, and whether the placement would present management or security problems. An inmate's own views with respect to his or her own safety shall be given serious consideration. 1051 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Page 44 Persons who exhibit symptoms of, or The facility administrator, in cooperation with the knowledge of having, a serious contagious responsible physician, shall develop written policies or communicable disease, such as and procedures specifying those symptoms that ☒ ☐ ☐ tuberculosis, hepatitis, AIDS, or active require segregation of an inmate until a medical cases of venereal disease shall be booked evaluation is completed. and transported to the University of Southern California Medical Center for incarceration. At the time of intake into the facility, an inquiry shall be Each prisoner shall be medically pre- made of the person being booked as to whether or not screened by the jailer. “Officer Visual he/she has or has had any communicable diseases, Observation” and Officer Inmate such as tuberculosis or has observable symptoms of Questionnaire forms are located in the tuberculosis or any other communicable diseases, or ☐ ☐ ☒ booking area. other special medical problem identified by the health authority. The response shall be noted on the booking form and/or screening device. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 8 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1052 MENTALLY DISORDERED INMATES Page 44 Persons who are taken into custody for their The facility administrator, in cooperation with the own safety, who display symptoms of severe responsible physician, shall develop written policies ☒ ☐ ☐ mental disorder, shall be taken immediately and procedures to identify and evaluate all mentally to a hospital that provides mental health disordered inmates, and may include telehealth. treatment. If an evaluation from medical or mental health staff is Each prisoner shall be medically pre- not readily available, an inmate shall be considered screened by the jailer. “Officer Visual mentally disordered for the purpose of this section if he Observation” and “Officer Inmate or she appears to be a danger to himself/herself or Questionnaire” forms are located in the others or if he/she appears gravely disabled. booking area. ☐ ☐ ☒ An evaluation from medical or mental health staff shall be secured within 24 hours of identification or at the next daily sick call, whichever is earliest. Segregation may be used if necessary to protect the safety of the inmate or others. ☐ ☐ ☒ 1053 ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION Pages 12-14 The jailer, with the knowledge and in the Except in Type IV facilities, each facility administrator presence of the Watch Commander, may shall develop written policies and procedures which make arrangements for the administrative provide for the administrative segregation of inmates segregation of offenders who pose a threat who are determined to be prone to: promote activity or to the peace and security of the facility or behavior that is criminal in nature or disruptive to facility present, by their behavior, a danger to operations; demonstrate influence over other inmates, themselves or others. including influence to promote or direct action or behavior that is criminal in nature or disruptive to the ☒ ☐ ☐ safety and security of other inmates or facility staff, as well as to the safe operation of the facility; escape; assault, attempted assault, or participation in a conspiracy to assault or harm other inmates or facility staff; or likely to need protection from other inmates, if such administrative segregation is determined to be necessary in order to obtain the objective of protecting the welfare of inmates and staff. Administrative segregation shall consist of separate and secure housing but shall not involve any other deprivation of privileges than is necessary to obtain the ☐ ☐ ☒ objective of protecting the inmates and staff. 1055 USE OF SAFETY CELL No safety cell. The safety cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section 1231.2.5, shall be used to hold only those inmates who ☐ ☐ ☒ display behavior which results in the destruction of property or reveals an intent to cause physical harm to self or others. The facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall develop written policies and procedures governing safety cell use and may ☐ ☐ ☒ delegate authority to place an inmate in a safety cell to a physician. In no case shall the safety cell be used for punishment or as a substitute for treatment. ☐ ☐ ☒ An inmate shall be placed in a safety cell only with the approval of the facility manager or designee, or responsible health care staff; continued retention shall ☐ ☐ ☒ be reviewed a minimum of every four hours. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 9 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS A medical assessment shall be completed within a maximum of 12 hours of placement in the safety cell or ☐ ☐ ☒ at the next daily sick call, whichever is earliest. The inmate shall be medically cleared for continued ☒ retention every 24 hours thereafter. ☐ ☐ The facility manager, designee or responsible health care staff shall obtain a mental health opinion/consultation with responsible health care staff ☐ ☐ ☒ on placement and retention, which shall be secured within 12 hours of placement. Direct visual observation shall be conducted at least twice every thirty minutes. Such observation shall be ☐ ☐ ☒ documented. Procedures shall be established to assure ☐ administration of necessary nutrition and fluids. ☐ ☒ Inmates shall be allowed to retain sufficient clothing, or be provided with a suitably designed “safety garment,” to provide for their personal privacy unless specific ☐ ☐ ☒ identifiable risks to the inmate's safety or to the security of the facility are documented. 1056 USE OF SOBERING CELL Pages 49-51 The sobering cell shall be used only for the The sobering cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section holding of prisoners who are a threat to their 1231.2.4, shall be used for the holding of inmates who own safety or the safety of others due to are a threat to their own safety or the safety of others ☒ ☐ ☐ their state of intoxication. due to their state of intoxication and pursuant to written policies and procedures developed by the facility administrator. Such inmates shall be removed from the sobering cell as they are able to continue in the processing. ☒ ☐ ☐ In no case shall an inmate remain in a sobering cell Page 4 over six hours without an evaluation by a medical staff No prisoner shall be confined to the sobering person or an evaluation by custody staff, pursuant to cell for more than six (6) hours unless the written medical procedures in accordance with section ☒ ☐ ☐ Watch Commander has approved an 1213 of these regulations, to determine whether the extension. prisoner has an urgent medical problem. At 12 hours from the time of placement, all inmates will Page 49 receive an evaluation by responsible health care staff. Before the 12 hours has elapsed, the prisoner must be evaluated by health care ☒ ☐ ☐ staff (Los Angeles [LA] County Fire paramedics, medical clinic, or hospital). Intermittent direct visual observation of inmates held in Observation logs were consistent with the the sobering cell shall be conducted no less than every regulation standard. ☒ ☐ ☐ half hour. Such observation shall be documented. 1057 DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INMATES Page 49 Any confirmed developmentally disabled The facility administrator, in cooperation with the prisoner will be transported to an responsible physician, shall develop written policies appropriate facility or released to an adult and procedures for the identification and evaluation, ☒ ☐ ☐ relative as soon as practical after arrest. appropriate classification and housing, protection, and nondiscrimination of all developmentally disabled inmates. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 10 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS The health authority or designee shall contact the The regional center for the developmentally regional center on any inmate suspected or confirmed disabled shall be contacted regarding the to be developmentally disabled for the purposes of prisoner’s condition to confirm the disability ☐ ☐ ☒ diagnosis and/or treatment within 24 hours of such for purposes of diagnosis and/or treatment determination, excluding holidays and weekends. within 24 hours of the arrest. 1058 USE OF RESTRAINT DEVICES Pages 21-22 Long term restraints not used. The facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall develop written policies ☒ ☐ ☐ and procedures for the use of restraint devices and may delegate authority to place an inmate in restraints to a responsible health care staff. In addition to the areas specifically outlined in this regulation, at a minimum, the policy shall address the following areas: ☐ ☐ ☒ acceptable restraint devices; signs or symptoms which should result in immediate medical/mental health referral; ☐ ☐ ☒ availability of cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment; ☐ ☐ ☒ protective housing of restrained persons; ☐ ☐ ☒ provision for hydration and sanitation needs; and ☐ ☐ ☒ exercising of extremities. ☐ ☐ ☒ In no case shall restraints be used for punishment or as a substitute for treatment. ☐ ☐ ☒ Restraint devices shall only be used on inmates who display behavior which results in the destruction of property or reveal an intent to cause physical harm to self or others. Restraint devices include any devices which immobilize an inmate's extremities and/or prevent the inmate from being ambulatory. ☐ ☐ ☒ Physical restraints should be utilized only when it appears less restrictive alternatives would be ineffective in controlling the disordered behavior. Inmates shall be placed in restraints only with the approval of the facility manager, the facility watch commander, responsible health care staff; continued ☐ ☐ ☒ retention shall be reviewed a minimum of every hour. A medical opinion on placement and retention shall be secured within one hour from the time of placement. ☐ ☐ ☒ A medical assessment shall be completed within four hours of placement. ☐ ☐ ☒ If the facility manager, or designee, in consultation with responsible health care staff determines that an inmate cannot be safely removed from restraints after eight ☐ ☐ ☒ hours, the inmate shall be taken to a medical facility for further evaluation. Direct visual observation shall be conducted at least twice every thirty minutes to ensure that the restraints are properly employed, and to ensure the safety and ☐ ☐ ☒ well-being of the inmate. Such observation shall be documented. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 11 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS While in restraint devices all inmates shall be housed alone or in a specified housing area for restrained inmates which makes provisions to protect the inmate ☐ ☐ ☒ from abuse. The provisions of this section do not apply to the use of handcuffs, shackles or other restraint devices when ☐ ☐ ☒ used to restrain inmates for security reasons. 1058.5 RESTRAINTS AND PREGNANT INMATES Pages 21-22 Restraints will not be used on suspected The facility administrator, in cooperation with the pregnant prisoners. responsible physician, shall develop written policies ☒ ☐ ☐ and procedures for the use of restraint devices on pregnant inmates. In accordance with Penal Code 3407 the policy shall include reference to the following: (1) An inmate known to be pregnant or in recovery after delivery shall not be restrained by the use of leg irons, ☐ ☐ ☒ waist chains, or handcuffs behind the body. (2) A pregnant inmate in labor, during delivery, or in recovery after delivery, shall not be restrained by the wrists, ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for ☐ ☐ ☒ the safety and security of the inmate, the staff, or the public. (3) Restraints shall be removed when a professional who is currently responsible for the medical care of a pregnant inmate during a medical emergency, labor, ☐ ☐ ☒ delivery, or recovery after delivery determines that the removal of restraints is medically necessary. (4) Upon confirmation of an inmate's pregnancy, she shall be advised, orally or in writing, of the standards ☐ ☐ ☒ and policies governing pregnant inmates. 1059 USE OF REASONABLE FORCE TO Pages 24-25 COLLECT DNA SPECIMENS, SAMPLES, No force to collect DNA is used at this IMPRESSIONS facility. (a) Pursuant to Penal Code Section 298.1, authorized law enforcement, custodial, or corrections personnel including peace officers, may employ reasonable force ☒ ☐ ☐ to collect blood specimens, saliva samples, or thumb or palm print impressions from individuals who are required to provide such samples, specimens or impressions pursuant to Penal Code Section 296 and who refuse following written or oral request. (1) For the purpose of this regulation, the “use of reasonable force” shall be defined as the force that an objective, trained and competent correctional employee, faced with similar facts and ☐ ☐ ☒ circumstances, would consider necessary and reasonable to gain compliance with this regulation. (2) The use of reasonable force shall be preceded by efforts to secure voluntary compliance. Efforts to secure voluntary compliance shall be documented and include an advisement of the ☐ ☐ ☒ legal obligation to provide the requisite specimen, sample or impression and the consequences of refusal. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 12 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (b) The force shall not be used without the prior written authorization of the facility watch commander on duty. The authorization shall include information that reflects the fact that the offender was asked to provide the ☐ ☐ ☒ requisite specimen, sample, or impression and refused. (c) If the use of reasonable force includes a cell extraction, the extraction shall be videotaped, including audio. Video shall be directed at the cell extraction event. The videotape shall be retained by the agency for the length of time required by statute. ☐ ☐ ☒ Notwithstanding the use of the video as evidence in a criminal proceeding, the tape shall be retained administratively. 1062 VISITING Pages 24-25 (a) The facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures for inmate visiting which shall ☒ ☐ ☐ provide for as many visits and visitors as facility schedules, space, and number of personnel will allow. (b) In Type I facilities, the facility administrator shall develop and implement written policies and procedures to allow visiting for non-sentenced detainees. The policies and procedures will include a ☒ ☐ ☐ schedule to assure that non-sentenced detainees will be afforded a visit no later than the calendar day following arrest. (c) The visiting policies developed pursuant to this section shall include provision for visitation by minor ☒ ☐ ☐ children of the inmate. (d) Video visitation may be used to supplement existing visitation programs, but shall not be used to fulfill the requirements of this section if in-person visitation is ☐ ☐ ☒ requested by an inmate. (e) Facilities shall not charge for visitation when visitors are onsite and participating in either in-person or video visitation. For purposes of this subsection, “onsite” is ☐ ☐ ☒ defined as the location where the inmate is housed. (f) Subdivision (d) shall not apply to facilities which (1) exclusively used video visitation prior to January 1, 2017 or (2) had been designed without in-person ☐ ☐ ☒ visitation space and conditionally awarded by the Board prior to June 27, 2017. (g) If a local detention facility offered video visitation only as of January 1, 2017, the first hour of remote video visitation per week shall be offered free of ☐ ☐ ☒ charge. Types and availability of visitation, including: Note: Reference PC § 6031.1 (June 2017) Mode of visitation; On-site barrier visitation. Visitation hours; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Time inmates are allowed for visitation; and, 15 minutes per visit. Any restrictions on inmate visitation. Warrant checks are made. No one on probation or parole may visit with an inmate. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 13 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1063 CORRESPONDENCE Pages 23-24 For security and safety, the inmate will be The facility administrator shall develop written policies transferred to the booking area to write his and procedures for inmate correspondence which or her letter when there are personnel provide that: ☒ ☐ ☐ available to transfer the inmate. For safety and security, no inmate is authorized to possess letter writing equipment in any jail cell. (a) there is no limitation on the volume of mail that an There is no limitation on the volume of mail inmate may send or receive; ☒ ☐ ☐ that any inmate may send or receive. (b) inmate correspondence may be read when there Mail or written correspondence is not to be is a valid security reason and the facility manager or read by police personnel except where there his/her designee approves; is a valid security reason to justify such ☒ ☐ ☐ action and with the approval of the on-duty Watch Commander. (c) jail staff shall not review inmate correspondence to or from state and federal courts, any member of the State Bar or holder of public office, and the State Board of State and Community Corrections; however, ☒ ☐ ☐ jail authorities may open and inspect such mail only to search for contraband, cash, checks, or money orders and in the presence of the inmate; (d) inmates may correspond, confidentially, with the facility manager or the facility administrator; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (e) those inmates who are without funds shall be permitted at least two postage paid envelopes and two sheets of paper each week to permit correspondence with family members and friends but ☒ ☐ ☐ without limitation on the number of postage paid envelopes and sheets of paper to his or her attorney and to the courts. 1065 EXERCISE AND RECREATION Page 38 Table games (b) The facility administrator of a Type I facility shall ☒ ☐ ☐ make table games and/or television available to inmates. 1066 BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Page 38 AND WRITINGS Bilingual reading materials are available in the jail storage cabinets for use by inmates (b) The facility administrator of a Type I facility shall on request. A deck of cards capable of being develop and implement a written plan to make ☒ ☐ ☐ used by one inmate is also available upon available a daily newspaper in general circulation, request. including a non-English language publication, to assure reasonable access to interested inmates. 1067 ACCESS TO TELEPHONE Page 22 Every inmate booked at the Signal Hill City The facility administrator shall develop written policies Jail, whether adult or juvenile, shall be and procedures which allow reasonable access to a entitled to three (3) completed calls telephone beyond those telephone calls which are immediately upon being booked and no later required by Section 851.5 of the Penal Code. ☒ ☐ ☐ than three (3) hours after the arrest, as specified in Section 851.P.C., except when not possible due to violent behavior or extreme intoxication on the part of the inmate. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 14 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1068 ACCESS TO COURTS AND COUNSEL Page 23 Inmates may correspond confidentially with The facility administrator shall develop written policies courts, any member of the bar, officials of and procedures to ensure inmates have access to the ☒ ☐ ☐ this department, elected officials, jail court and to legal counsel. Such access shall consist inspectors, government officials, or officers of: of the court. (a) unlimited mail as provided in Section 1063 of these Pages 23-24 regulations, and, Inmates are not housed long enough to ☒ ☐ ☐ receive mail. (b) confidential consultation with attorneys. Pages 23-24 Inmates will have access to any attorney retained by or on behalf of the inmate, or to ☒ ☐ ☐ an attorney the inmate desires to consult, in a private interview room. 1069 INMATE ORIENTATION Page 6 Prisoners will receive an orientation sheet (b) In Type I facilities, the facility administrator shall upon being booked and housed in the develop written policies and procedures for a program facility. reasonably understandable to non-sentenced ☒ ☐ ☐ detainees to orient an inmate at the time of placement BSCC reviewed Orientation sheet. in a living area. Such a program shall be published and include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) rules and disciplinary procedures; ☒ ☐ ☐ (2) visiting rules; ☒ ☐ ☐ (3) availability of personal care items, opportunities for personal hygiene; ☒ ☐ ☐ (4) availability of reading and recreational materials; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (5) medical/mental health procedures. ☒ ☐ ☐ 1071 VOTING The facility administrator of a Type I (holding sentenced inmate workers) II, III or IV facility shall develop written policies and procedures whereby the ☐ ☐ ☒ county registrar of voters allows qualified voters to vote in local, state, and federal elections, pursuant to election codes. 1072 RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES Page 38 Inmates will have the opportunity to practice The facility administrator of a Type I, II, III or IV facility their religious beliefs. shall develop written policies and procedures to ☒ ☐ ☐ provide opportunities for inmates to participate in religious services, practices and counseling on a voluntary basis. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 15 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1073 INMATE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE Due to the short-term nature of confinement Applicable to Type I facilities holding sentenced in the Signal Hill City Jail, there is no long- workers. term discipline program required in the facility. (a) Each administrator of a Type II, III, or IV facility and Type I facilities which hold inmate workers shall develop written policies and procedures whereby any inmate may appeal and have resolved grievances ☐ ☐ ☒ relating to any conditions of confinement, including but not limited to: medical care; classification actions; disciplinary actions; program participation; telephone, mail, and visiting procedures; and food, clothing, and bedding. Such policies and procedures shall include: (1) a grievance form or instructions for registering a grievance; ☐ ☐ ☒ (2) resolution of the grievance at the lowest appropriate staff level; ☐ ☐ ☒ (3) appeal to the next level of review; ☐ ☐ ☒ (4) written reasons for denial of grievance at each level of review which acts on the grievance; ☐ ☐ ☒ (5) provision for response within a reasonable time limit; and, ☐ ☐ ☒ (6) provision for resolving questions of jurisdiction within the facility. ☐ ☐ ☒ (b) Grievance System Abuse: The facility may establish written policy and procedure to control the submission of an excessive number of ☐ ☐ ☒ grievances. 1080 RULES AND DISCIPLINARY PENALTIES Page 20 If discipline is NOT administered, written policy Discipline is not administered in the facility. should indicate as such. If discipline is administered, Sections 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 and 1084 apply. ☐ ☐ ☒ Wherever discipline is administered, each facility administrator shall establish written rules and disciplinary penalties to guide inmate conduct. Such rules and disciplinary penalties shall be stated simply and affirmatively, and posted conspicuously in housing units and the booking area or issued to each ☐ ☐ ☒ inmate upon booking. For those inmates who are illiterate or unable to read English, and for persons with disabilities, provision shall be made for the jail staff to instruct them verbally or provide them with material in an understandable ☐ ☐ ☒ form regarding jail rules and disciplinary procedures and penalties. 1081 PLAN FOR INMATE DISCIPLINE Page 20 Discipline is not administered in the facility. Each facility administrator shall develop written policies ☐ ☐ ☒ and procedures for inmate discipline. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 16 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (a) Temporary Loss of Privileges: For minor acts of non-conformance or minor violations of facility rules, staff may impose a temporary loss of privileges, such as access to television, telephones, commissary, or ☐ ☐ ☒ lockdown for less than 24 hours, provided there is written documentation and supervisory approval. (b) Punitive Actions: Major violations of facility rules or repetitive minor acts of non-conformance or repetitive minor violations of facility rules shall be reported in writing by the staff member observing the act and ☐ ☐ ☒ submitted to the disciplinary officer. The consequences of such violations may include, but are not limited to: 1. Loss of good time/work time. ☐ ☐ ☒ 2. Placement in disciplinary separation. ☐ ☐ ☒ 3. Disciplinary separation diet. ☐ ☐ ☒ 4. Loss of privileges mandated by regulations. ☐ ☐ ☒ A staff member with investigative and punitive authority shall be designated as a disciplinary officer to impose ☐ ☐ ☒ such consequences. Staff shall not participate in disciplinary review if they are involved in the charges. ☐ ☐ ☒ Such charges pending against an inmate shall be acted on with the following provisions and within ☐ ☐ ☒ specified timeframes: 1. A copy of the report, and/or a separate written notice of the violation(s), shall be provided to the ☐ ☐ ☒ inmate. 2. Unless declined by the inmate, a hearing shall be provided no sooner than 24 hours after the report has been submitted to the disciplinary officer and the inmate has been informed of the charges ☐ ☐ ☒ in writing. The hearing may be postponed or continued for a reasonable time through a written waiver by the inmate, or for good cause. 3. The inmate shall be permitted to appear on his/her own behalf at the time of hearing and present witnesses and documentary evidence. The inmate shall have access to staff or inmate ☐ ☐ ☒ assistance when the inmate is illiterate or the issues are complex. 4. A charge(s) shall be acted on no later than 72 hours after an inmate has been informed of the ☐ ☐ ☒ charge(s) in writing. 5. Subsequent to final disposition of disciplinary charges by the disciplinary officer, the charges and the action taken shall be reviewed by the facility ☐ ☐ ☒ manager or designee. 6. The inmate shall be advised in a written statement by the fact-finders about the evidence relied on and the reasons for the disciplinary ☐ ☐ ☒ action. A copy of the record shall be kept pursuant to Penal Code Section 4019.5. 7. There shall be a policy of review and appeal to a supervisor on all disciplinary action. ☐ ☐ ☒ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 17 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (c) Nothing in this section precludes a facility administrator from administratively segregating any inmate from the general population or program for reasons of personal, mental, or physical health, or under any circumstance in which the safety of the ☐ ☐ ☒ inmates, staff, program, or community is endangered, pending disciplinary action or a review as required by Section 1053 of these regulations. (d) Nothing in this section precludes the imposition of conditions or restrictions that reasonably relate to a ☐ ☐ ☒ legitimate, non-punitive administrative purpose. 1082 FORMS OF DISCIPLINE Page 20 Discipline is not administered in the facility. The degree of punitive actions taken by the disciplinary officer shall be directly related to the severity of the rule infraction. Acceptable forms of discipline shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Loss of privileges. (b) Extra work detail. (c) Short term lockdown for less than 24 hours. ☐ ☐ ☒ (d) Removal from work details. (e) Forfeiture of “good time” credits earned under Penal Code Section 4019. (f) Forfeiture of “work time” credits earned under Penal Code Section 4019. (g) Disciplinary separation. (h) Disciplinary separation diet. 1083 LIMITATIONS ON DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS Page 20 Discipline is not administered in the facility. The Penal Code and the State Constitution expressly prohibit all cruel and unusual punishment. Additionally, there shall be the following limitations: (a) If an inmate is on disciplinary separation status for 30 consecutive days there shall be a review by the ☐ ☐ ☒ facility manager before the disciplinary separation status is continued. This review shall include a consultation with health care staff. Such reviews shall continue at least every fifteen days thereafter until the disciplinary status has ended. This review shall be documented. (b) The disciplinary separation cells or cell shall have the minimum furnishings and space specified in Title 24, Part 2, 1231.2.6 and 2.7. Occupants shall be issued clothing and bedding as specified in Articles 13 and 14 of these regulations and shall not be deprived of them through any portion of the day except that ☐ ☐ ☒ those inmates who engage in the destruction of bedding or clothing may be deprived of such articles. The decision to deprive inmates of such articles of clothing and bedding shall be reviewed by the facility manager or designee during each 24-hour period. (c) The delegation of authority to any inmate or group of inmates to exercise the right of punishment over any other inmate or group of inmates (Penal Code section ☐ ☐ ☒ 4019.5) 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 18 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (d) In no case shall a safety cell, as specified in Title 24, Part 2, 1231.2.5, or any restraint device be used for ☐ ☐ ☒ disciplinary purposes. (e) No inmate may be deprived of the implements necessary to maintain an acceptable level of personal hygiene as specified in Section 1265 of these ☐ ☐ ☒ regulations (f) Food shall not be withheld as a disciplinary measure. ☐ ☐ ☒ (g) The disciplinary separation diet described in section 1247 of these regulations shall only be utilized for ☐ ☐ ☒ major violations of institutional rules. (1) In addition to the provisions of Section 1247, the facility manager shall approve the initial placement on the disciplinary separation ☐ ☐ ☒ diet and ensure that medical staff is notified. (2) In consultation with medical care staff, the facility manager shall approve any continuation on that diet every 72 hours after ☐ ☐ ☒ the initial placement. (h) Correspondence privileges shall not be withheld except in cases where the inmate has violated correspondence regulations, in which case correspondence may be suspended for no longer than ☐ ☐ ☒ 72 hours, without the review and approval of the facility manager. (i) In no case shall access to courts and legal counsel be suspended as a disciplinary measure. ☐ ☐ ☒ 1084 DISCIPLINARY RECORDS Page 20 Discipline is not administered in the facility. Penal Code Section 4019.5 requires that a record is kept of all disciplinary infractions and punishment ☐ ☐ ☒ administered therefore. This requirement may be satisfied by retaining copies of rule violation reports and report of the disposition of each. 1206.5 MANAMEMENT OF COMMUNICABLE At the time of booking, the Custody Officer DISEASES IN A CUSTODY SETTING is required to inquire as to the existence or possible existence of certain specified communicable diseases. Should a (a) The responsible physical in conjunction with the communicable disease exist or possibly facility administrator and the county health officer, exist, the Custody Officer will notify the shall develop a written plan to address the Watch Commander of the circumstances. identification, treatment, control and follow-up management of tuberculosis symptoms, referral for a medical evaluation, treatment responsibilities The Watch Commander will see that the during incarceration and coordination with public diseased inmate is segregated and will health officials for follow-up treatment in the subsequently transport to the appropriate ☒ ☐ ☐ community. The plan shall reflect the current local medical facility, either LAC-USC Medical incidence of communicable disease which Center if the inmate has signs of the illness threaten the health of inmates and staff. or the County Jail-MCJ/CRDF if the inmate has no symptoms of illness but gives a positive history of having a communicable disease. The medical screening report will accompany the inmate and the inmate's condition will be explained to the intake personnel. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 19 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (b) Consistent with the above plan, the health LASD medical receiving screening form is authority shall, in cooperation with the facility used. administrator and the county health officer, set forth in writing, policies and procedures in ☒ ☐ ☐ conformance with applicable state and federal law, which include, but are not limited to: (1) The types of communicable diseases to be reported; ☐ ☐ ☒ (2) The persons who shall receive the medical reports; ☐ ☐ ☒ (3) Sharing of medical information with inmates and custody staff. ☐ ☐ ☒ (4) Medical procedures required to identify the presence of diseases(s) and lessen the risk of ☐ ☐ ☒ exposure to others; (5) Medical confidentiality requirements; ☐ ☐ ☒ (6) Housing considerations based up on behavior medical needs and safety of the affected ☐ ☐ ☒ inmates; (7) Provisions for inmate consent that address the limits of confidentiality; and, ☒ ☐ ☒ (8) Reporting and appropriate action upon the possible exposure of custody staff to a ☐ ☐ ☒ communicable disease. 1211 SICK CALL In custody inmates will have the opportunity to contact staff through the cell intercom or inform staff during mealtime. There shall be written policies and procedures developed by the facility administrator, in cooperation with the health authority, which provides for a daily sick ☒ ☐ ☐ call conducted for all inmates or provision made that any inmate requesting medical/mental health attention be given such attention. 1260 STANDARD INSTUTIONAL CLOTHING The standard issue of climatically suitable clothing to inmates held after arraignment in all but Court Holding, ☒ ☐ ☐ Temporary Holding, and Type IV facilities shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Clean socks and footwear; ☒ ☐ ☐ (b) Clean outergarments; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (c) Clean undergarments; ☒ ☐ ☐ (1) For males – shorts and undershirt, and ☒ ☐ ☐ (2) For females – bra and two pairs of panties. ☒ ☐ ☐ The inmate’s personal undergarments and footwear may be substituted for the institutional undergarments and footwear specified in this regulation. This option notwithstanding, the facility has the primary ☒ ☐ ☐ responsibility to provide the personal undergarments and footwear. Clothing shall be reasonably fitted, durable, easily laundered and repaired. ☒ ☐ ☐ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 20 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1264 CONTROL OF VERMIN IN INMATES’ The inmate will be directed to the jail shower PERSONAL CLOTHING area and will follow the directions, as dictated by the on-duty jailer. Head lice shampoos are effective for the control of There shall be written policies and procedures developed by the facility administrator to control the head, crab, and body lice. The label ☒ ☐ ☐ instructions are simple and must be contamination and/or spread of vermin in all inmates’ followed. personal clothing. Infested clothing shall be cleaned, disinfected, or stored in a closed container so as to eradicate or stop the spread of vermin. 1265 ISSUE OF PERSONAL CARE ITEMS All prisoners who are held over twenty-four (24) hours and request a towel, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, comb, and shaving There shall be written policies and procedures implements shall be furnished these items. developed by the facility administrator for the issue of All prisoners will be furnished toilet tissue as personal hygiene items. Each female inmate shall be provided with sanitary napkins, panty liners, and needed. ☒ ☐ ☐ tampons as requested. Each inmate to be held over 24 hours who is unable to supply himself/herself with the All female arrestees shall be issued sanitary following personal care items, because of either napkins and/or tampons as needed. indigency or the absence of inmate canteen, shall be issued: (a) Toothbrush, ☒ ☐ ☐ (b) Dentifrice, ☒ ☐ ☐ (c) Soap, ☒ ☐ ☐ (d) Comb, and ☒ ☐ ☐ (e) Shaving implements. ☒ ☐ ☐ Inmates shall not be required to share any personal care items listed in the items “a” through “d”. ☒ ☐ ☐ 1266 SHOWERING After classification to a cell, an arrestee may be permitted to shower, and every other day if a shower is requested and/or there is an There shall be written policies and procedures developed by the facility administrator for inmate obvious need. The inmate will be supplied ☒ ☐ ☐ with bar soap, a razor (if requested and showering/bathing. Inmates shall be permitted to supervised) and a freshly laundered towel. shower/bathe upon assignment to a housing unit and at least every other day or more often if possible. 1270 STANDARD BEDDNG AND LINEN ISSUE All inmates entering the facility who are expected to remain overnight, shall be issued the following: The standard issue of clean suitable bedding and linens, for each inmate entering a living area who is • One serviceable mattress which expected to remain overnight, shall include, but not be meets the requirements of Section limited to: ☒ ☐ ☐ 1272 of the Minimum Jail Standards. (Fire Marshall Technical bulletin 121) • One freshly laundered blanket • One freshly laundered bed sheet (a) One serviceable mattress which meets the requirements of Section 1272 of these regulations; ☒ ☐ ☐ (b) One mattress cover or one sheet; ☒ ☐ ☐ (c) One towel; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (d) One blanket or more depending up on climatic conditions. ☒ ☐ ☐ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 21 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1280 FACILITY SANITATION, SAFTEY, AND Contracts with a private janitorial service to MAINTENANCE clean the jail facility. The jail facility is to be cleaned seven (7) days per week. The on- duty Custody Officer shall inspect the jail The facility administrator shall develop written policies facility after it has been cleaned to determine and procedures for the maintenance of an acceptable level of cleanliness, repair and safety throughout the ☒ ☐ ☐ that there is an acceptable level of cleanliness throughout the facility. facility. Such a plan shall provide for a regular schedule of housekeeping tasks and inspections to identify and correct unsanitary or unsafe conditions or work practices which may be found. DETENTION OF MINORS YES NO COMMENTS Are minors held in this facility? Pages 71-79 Secure youth are held in a cell, just outside of the jail The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act facility. (JJDPA) establishes the following federal standards on the detention of minors: Nonsecure youth are held in the officer’s report (1) Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders writing room. (2) Separation ☐ ☒ (3) Jail Removal (6-hour limit) The JJDPA requires an annual inspection on the federal standards for facilities that hold minors in secure detention. Are minors held in the jail cells? Penal Code Section 6030 and 6031.4 require the biennial inspection of local detention facilities that hold minors in secure detention in the jail. Title 15, Article 9 establishes the minimum standards of how ☐ ☒ facilities hold minors in temporary custody in the jail. Facilities that do not hold minors in the jail are not subject to Title 15, Article 9 biennial inspections. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD l PRO 20-22 22 - A352 Type I PRO eff. 1/2019 (20-22).dot ADULT DETENTION FACILITY LIVING AREA SPACE EVALUATION Board of State and Community Corrections BSCC Code: 2842 FACILITY: Signal Hill City Jail TYPE: IJ RC: 13 FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 12/12/2022 ROOMS EACH ROOM Cell Applicable # EACH CELL Total DIMENSIONS FIXTURES* Location Type Standards Cells # Beds RC RC (L x W x H) T U W F S Intake/Booking Sobering 2008 1 (3) (3) 70 sq. ft. 1 1 1 1/2 D 2008 2 2 4 4 75 sq. ft. 1 1 1 Bottom bunk – 30” x 96”. If used as temp holding (5) 3/5 D 2008 3 2 6 6 70 sq. ft. 1 1 1 Bottom bunk – 30 x 92 6 S 2008 1 1 1 70 sq. ft. 1 1 1 Bottom bunk – 30 x 92 Secure cell (Juvenile or Female) outside detention area 1 D 2008 1 1 2 2 75 sq. ft. 1 1 1 Bottom bunk – 30” x 96”. Note: Each cell can hold up to 5 prisoners for temporary holding. *T = Toilets; U = Urinals; W = Wash Basins; F = Fountains; S = Showers in unit. If "Total RC" appears in brackets ( ), it is not part of the facility's rated capacity. "+" indicates that capacity includes prorated air space from adjacent areas. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I LASE 20-22 - 1 - A360 LAS Adult-05.dot (8/05) ADULT TYPE I, II, III AND IV FACILITIES PHYSICAL PLANT EVALUATION BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS APPLICABLE TITLE 24 REGULATIONS: 6/94; 2/99; 2001; 2005 BSCC Code: 2842 FACILITY NAME: Signal Hill Police Facility FACILITY TYPE: IJ APPLICABLE REGULATIONS (Check All That Apply): 6/94: 2/99: 2001: 2005: X OTHER: FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 12/12/2022 TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Reception and Booking (2.1) X Contains a weapons locker, designed as outlined in these regulations. Contains a cell or room for confinement pending booking X Contains a detoxification cell, where applicable 01: Name change to “sobering cell.” X 2-99: Two detoxification cells are provided if both male and female inmates are held. Contains safety cell(s) (WA) X Shower room available X 2-99: Access to shower must be within the secure area Provides secure vault or storage for inmate valuables X Telephone(s) available for inmate use (PC § 851.5) X Phones are available in each cell. 2-99: Unobstructed access to hot and cold running water X Temporary Holding Cell or Room (2.2) X Contains 10 square feet of floor area per inmate Holds no more than 16 inmates X Is not smaller than 40 square feet and has a clear ceiling X height of 8 feet or more Contains sufficient seating to accommodate all inmates X Contains water closet (toilet), wash basin, and drinking X fountain Provides for clear visual supervision by staff X Temporary Staging Cell or Room (2.3) X Holds inmates classified and segregated per Title 15 § 1050 and 1053 Detoxification/Sobering Cell (2.4) X 01: Name change to “sobering cell.” Contains 20 square feet of floor area per inmate Is limited to no more than 8 inmates X Is no smaller than 60 square feet and has a clear ceiling X height of 8 feet or more Contains a water closet (toilet) wash basin and drinking X fountain as specified by these regulations Has padded partitions located next to toilet fixtures X Provides for clear visual supervision by staff X 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I PHY 20-22 - 1 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Padding on floor X 01: A shower is accessible in the secure portion of the facility X Safety Cell (2.5) Contains 48 square feet with one floor dimension of a least X 6 feet and a clear ceiling height of 8 feet or more Single Occupancy Cells (2.6) Cell #6 only. X Maximum capacity of one inmate Contain a minimum of 60 square feet of floor area in Type I X facilities and 70 square feet in Type II and III facilities Have a minimum clear ceiling height of 8 feet and a X minimum width of 6 feet Contain a water closet (toilet), wash basin and drinking X fountain Contain a bunk, desk and seat (Desk and seat not required in Bunks only. Type I facilities.) X Double Occupancy Cells (2.7) X Maximum capacity of two inmates Contain a minimum of 60 square feet of floor area in Type I X facilities and 70 square feet in Type II and III facilities Have a minimum clear ceiling height of 8 feet and a X minimum width of 6 feet Contain a water closet (toilet), wash basin and drinking X fountain Contain 2 bunks, 1 desk and 1 seat (Desk and seat not Bunks only. required in Type I facilities.) X Dayrooms (2.9) Facility will not be used for inmate workers. (Required for inmates in Type II and III facilities (excluding "special use" cells) and inmate workers in Type I facilities.) X Contain 35 square feet of floor area per inmate, exclusive of 3 foot wide corridors in front of cells/rooms 2-99: Deleted 3 foot corridor in front of cells/rooms Exercise Area (2.10) Provided in Type II and III facilities. Type IV facilities X must have a recreation area or provide community access to one. Medical Examination Room (2.12) There is one suitably equipped medical exam room in every Type II or III facility designed to house 25 or more inmates. X 2-99: Required in all facilities that provide on-site health care. Visiting Space (2.18) X There is sufficient visiting area. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I PHY 20-22 - 2 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Safety Equipment Storage (2.19) Adequate space is provided to store equipment such as fire X extinguishers, SCBA, emergency lights, etc. Janitors' Closet (2.20) A securely lockable janitor’s closet provides sufficient X storage for cleaning implements and supplies and is located within the security area (Type II only). A mop sink is available within the security area (Type II). It may be outside the security area in CH, TH and Types I, X III & IV. Audio or Visual Monitoring (2.22) (Prior to 2005 this was N/A for Type III and IV housing only minimum security inmates. In 2005 applicability was extended to all CH, TH, Type I, II, III and IV facilities regardless of security level.) There is an audio monitoring system capable of alerting staff in a central control. When visual electronic X surveillance is use, it is located primarily in corridors, elevators, or at points on the security perimeter such as entrances and exits. 2-99: Video monitoring option and references to electronic surveillance located primarily in corridors, elevators or points in security perimeter were deleted. Laundry Facilities (2.23) Contracts outside agency. Type IV facilities make provision for washing and drying X personal laundry. Emergency Power (2.24) There is an emergency power source available and capable of providing minimal lighting in all areas and maintaining X fire and life safety, security, communication and alarm systems. Confidential Interview Rooms (2.25) There is at least one suitably furnished confidential interview room in every Type II facility designed for 25 or X more inmates. 2-99: Applicable to every facility which provides on-site health care Located in the security area, accessible by both male and X female inmates Provides at least 70 square feet floor area with no single dimension less than 6 feet X Attorney Interview Space (2.26) (NA Type IV) X Available and provides for confidentiality 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I PHY 20-22 - 3 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Water Closets (Toilets)/Urinals (3.1) Provide for inmate privacy/modesty with staff being able to visual supervise; one is provided in every single and double occupancy cell and at the following ratio elsewhere: 1:10 in dormitories (changed from 1:8 in 2001); 1:8 in detoxification/sobering cells; X 1:16 in holding cells; 1:20 in exercise areas; and, Accessible to dayroom occupants no specified ratio. 2-99: Accessible at no specified ratio in exercise areas See regulation for calculations of urinal substitutions. Wash basins (3.2) Provide hot and cold or tempered water; one is provided in every single and double occupancy cell and at the following ratio elsewhere: 1:10 in dormitories (changed from 1:8 in 2001); 1:8 in detoxification/sobering cells; X 1:20 in exercise areas; and, Accessible to dayrooms at no specified ratio. 2-99: Accessible in exercise areas at no specified ratio See regulation for calculations of wash basin trough substitutions. Drinking Fountains (3.3) One is provided in every single and double occupancy cell and in dormitories. Accessible to inmates in dayrooms 2-99: One is provided in every single and double X occupancy cell, holding and staging cells and detoxification cells. It must be accessible to inmates in dayrooms and exercise areas. The water outlet (bubbler) is mechanically actuated and at an angle that prevents wastewater from flowing over the outlet (bubbler). There is a mouth guard on the water outlet. X 2-99: Mouth guard requirement deleted Showers (3.4) Available at a ratio of 1:20; provide hot and cold or tempered water; shower stalls/areas are designed and constructed of materials that are impervious to water and X soap so that they may be easily cleaned. 2-99: Ratio changed from 1:16; specified that shower areas must provide modesty for inmates, with staff ability to supervise. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I PHY 20-22 - 4 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Beds/Bunks (3.5) Bottom bunks 92” and 96”. At least 30 inches wide and 76 inches long with 21 inches Top bunks 30”x76”. between pans; constructed of pan bottom type or concrete; X securely fastened to the floor and/or wall in facilities higher than minimum security. 01: Must be elevated off the floor. Lighting (3.6) Lighting in housing units, dayrooms and activity areas is sufficient to permit easy reading by a person with normal vision, and is not less than 20 foot-candles at desk level and in the grooming area. Night lighting is sufficient for X purposes of supervision. Lighting is centrally controlled and/or occupant controlled in housing cells or rooms. Light fixtures are of secure design in areas higher than minimum security. Windows (3.7) In housing areas higher than minimum security, windows X that are accessible to inmates are no greater than 5 inches in on dimension. Cell Padding (3.8) The floors and partition are padded in detoxification cells. In safety cells, floors, doors, walls and everything on them X are padded. All padded cells are equipped with a tamper resistant fire sprinkler approved by the SFM. All padding is: approved for use by the SFM; nonporous; at least ½ inch thick; of a unitary or laminated construction; X firmly bonded to all surfaces; and, without exposed seams. Mirrors/Shelves/Clothes Hooks (3.9) X A mirror of a material appropriate to the level of security is provided near each wash basin. Consistent with security needs, shelves and clothes hooks are provided wherever feasible. X 2-99: Requirement for shelves and hooks deleted Clothes hooks are of a collapsible hook type 2-99: Requirement for hooks deleted X Seating (3.10) Seating is designed to the level of security. When bench seating is used, eighteen inches of bench are provided per X inmate. 2-99: In holding and staging cells, seating is securely fastened to the wall and/or floor. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I PHY 20-22 - 5 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Table/Seat (3.11) (NA Type I) A table and seat is provided in single and double occupancy X cells. Weapons Locker (3.12) (NA type IV and Minimum Security Facilities) A secure weapons locker is located outside the security X perimeter of the facility and no weapons are brought into the security area. Lockers have individual compartments, locks and keys. Design Requirements (102(c)6) Design requirements as specified in Title 24, Part 1, 102(c)6 are met. (See regulation for specific requirements. Note X areas of non-compliance that are applicable to the facility type and construction date in the "comments" section.) 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I PHY 20-22 - 6 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05)