Los Angeles Signal Hill PD (2023-2024 inspection cycle)

April 3, 2025 Brad Kenneally, Chief of Police (A) Signal Hill Police Department 2745 Walnut Ave. Signal Hill, CA 90755 2023-2024 COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTION, PENAL CODE SECTION 6031, WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 209, SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT DETENTION FACILITY Dear Chief Kenneally: The 2023-2024 Comprehensive Inspection of the Signal Hill City Police Department has been completed. The following facility was inspected on November 14, 2024: FACILITY NAME BSCC # FACILITY TYPE Signal Hill Police Department 2842 I This inspection was conducted pursuant to Penal Code Section 6031 to determine compliance with the Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities as outlined in Titles 15 and 24, California Code of Regulations. In addition to the inspection(s) by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), inspections are also required annually by the County Health Officer and biennially by the State Fire Marshal or an authorized representative (Health and Safety Code Sections 101045 and 13146.1). The results of those inspections are considered a part of this report. INSPECTION RESULTS We identified no items of noncompliance with Title 15 or Title 24 Minimum Standards. For detailed information, refer to the attached Procedures Checklist, Physical Plant Evaluation, and Living Area Space Evaluation. An Exit Briefing with your staff was held on Thursday, November 14, 2024; BSCC staff presented an inspection overview and discussed technical assistance and best practice recommendations. * * * Please email me at michael.bush@bscc.ca.gov or call (916) 956-5968 if you have any questions. Brad Kenneally Chief of Police (A) Page 2 Sincerely, MICHAEL J BUSH Field Representative Facilities Standards and Operations Division Enclosures Cc: Presiding Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court* Chair, Grand Jury, Los Angeles County* Chair, Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County* County Administrator, Los Angeles County* Don Moreau, Sergeant, Signal Hill Police Department *Copies of the inspection are available upon request or online at www.bscc.ca.gov. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI LTR 23-24 TYPE I FACILITIES Board of State and Community Corrections PROCEDURES1 BSCC Code: 2842 FACILITY NAME: Signal Hill Police Department FACILITY TYPE: I PERSON(S) INTERVIEWED: Administrative Sergeant Don Moreau FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J Bush DATE: 11-14-24 TITLE 15 SECTION P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1020 CORRECTIONS OFFICER CORE COURSE2 The Signal Hill Police Department (SHPD) is a Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) participating agency. (a) In addition to the provisions of California Penal Code Section Compliance with sections related to training (with the 831.5, all custodial personnel of a Type I, II, III, or IV facility shall exception 1021) is determined by an annual audit of successfully complete the “Corrections Officer Core Course” as training records. described in Section 179 of Title 15, CCR, within one year from the date of assignment. The agency is in compliance with applicable training (b) Custodial Personnel who have successfully completed the standards. 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 Managerial personnel of any Type I, II, III or IV jail shall be required to complete either the STC management course (as described in Section 182, Title 15, CCR) or the POST management course within one year from date of assignment. 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. 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, 1021, 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 I CI PRO 23-24 Page 1 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1027 NUMBER OF PERSONNEL In addition to the implementation and operation of all programs and activities A sufficient number of personnel shall be employed in required by the regulations, another each local detention facility to ensure the implementation ☒ ☐ ☐ predicator for the compliance with this section and operation of the programs and activities required by is the availability of staff to complete and these regulations. document at least hourly safety checks. Whenever there is a person 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 incarcerated people in the event of an emergency. Such an employee shall not have any other duties which would conflict with the supervision and care of ☒ ☐ ☐ incarcerated people in the event of an emergency. Whenever one or more females are in custody, there SHPD P&P Manual Page 4 shall be at least one female employee who shall be immediately available and accessible to such females. All female prisoners in custody will be transported directly from the field to the Long Note: Reference PC § 4021. ☒ ☐ ☐ Beach Police Department women’s jail, or the Los Angeles County Women’s Jail (as applicable), except when there is a female officer. In order 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 SHPD P&P Manual Page 18 The facility administrator shall develop and implement The inspections will be documented on the policy and procedures for conducting safety checks that Jail Log. include, but are not limited to, the following: ☒ ☐ ☐ (a) Safety checks will determine the safety and well-being of individuals and shall be conducted at least hourly through direct visual observation of all people held and housed in the facility. (b) There shall be no more than a 60-minute lapse Jailers will make a personal on-site inspection between safety checks. at least once each hour of each prisoner who ☒ ☐ ☐ is being video monitored. (c) Safety checks for people in sobering cells, safety cells, and restraints shall occur more frequently as outlined in section 1055, section 1056, and section 1058 of these ☒ ☐ ☐ regulations. (d) Safety checks shall occur at random or varied The inspections should be made at irregular intervals. ☒ ☐ ☐ intervals. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 2 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (e) There shall be a written plan that includes the Page 19 documentation of all safety checks. Documentation shall include: Jailers will make a personal on-site inspection (1) the actual time at which each individual safety at least once each hour of each prisoner who check occurred; 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. (2) the location where each individual safety check Page 71-73 occurred, such as a cell, module, or dormitory number; and, The Jail Log is to remain inside the actual jail, ☒ ☐ ☐ in close proximity to where the prisoner is being housed. (3) Initials or employee identification number of staff The inspections will be documented on the who completed the safety check(s). ☒ ☐ ☐ Jail Log. (f) A documented process by which safety checks are The jail supervisor will randomly review reviewed at regular defined intervals by a supervisor or observation logs for consistency and facility manager, including methods of mitigating patterns completion. ☒ ☐ ☐ of inconsistent documentation, or untimely completion of, safety checks. 1028 FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY STAFF SHPD P&P Manual Page 67-68 Whenever there is a person in custody, there shall be at All jail staff are trained to Title 15 standards, least one person on duty at all times who meets the ☒ ☐ ☐ including Fire and Life Safety issues. training standards established by the Board for general fire and life safety. [Penal Code section 6030(c)]. The facility manager shall ensure that there is at least one All staff receive orientation training specific to person on duty who trained in fire and life safety this facility. ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures that relate specifically to the facility. 1029 POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL3 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. Notes: 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 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 I CI PRO 23-24 Page 3 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (3) Policy on the use of force that meets current state SHPD P&P Manual #300 and federal legal requirements and includes Jail Manual pages 22-23 prohibition of the use of carotid restraint and choke ☒ ☐ ☐ holds. (4) Policy on the use of restraint equipment, including Jail Manual pages 22-23 the restraint of pregnant persons as referenced in ☒ ☐ ☐ Penal Code Section 3407. (5) Procedure and criteria for screening newly Jail Manual pages 20-21 received persons for release. ☒ ☐ ☐ (6) Security and control including physical counts and Jail Manual pages 8, 18-20 searches of the facility and incarcerated persons, contraband control, and key control. Each facility administrator shall, at least annually, 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. (7) Emergency procedures include: Jail Manual pages 71-73 (A) fire suppression preplan as required by ☒ ☐ ☐ section 1032 of these regulations; (B) escape, disturbances, and the taking of Jail Manual Pages 68-69 hostages; ☒ ☐ ☐ (C) mass arrests; Page 69 ☒ ☐ ☐ (D) natural disasters; Pages 69-70 ☒ ☐ ☐ (E) periodic testing of emergency equipment; Page 73 and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (F) storage, issue, and use of weapons, Page 37 ammunition, chemical agents, and related ☒ ☐ ☐ security devices. (8) Suicide Prevention. Pages 55-67 ☒ ☐ ☐ (9) Separation of incarcerated persons. Pages 13-15 ☒ ☐ ☐ (10) Zero tolerance in the prevention of sexual abuse Pages 6-7 Prison Rape Elimination Act 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 Page 8 respond to retaliation against any staff or person after ☒ ☐ ☐ reporting any abuse. (12) Release policy, including release planning for Pages 20-21 incarcerated persons. ☒ ☐ ☐ (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 be limited to, the following: The Department will not tolerate retaliation (1) multiple internal ways for incarcerated people to against any person who reports sexual abuse privately report sexual abuse and sexual or sexual harassment or who cooperates with harassment, retaliation by other incarcerated ☒ ☐ ☐ a sexual abuse or sexual harassment persons or staff for reporting sexual abuse and investigation. sexual harassment, and staff neglect or violation of responsibilities that may have contributed to such incidents, 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 4 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (2) a method for uninvolved incarcerated persons, Pages 6-7 Prison Rape Elimination Act family, 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 Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 The facility shall have a comprehensive written suicide 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 prevention program developed by the facility administrator or designee, in conjunction with the health Suicide kit is available in the Jailer’s authority and mental health director, to identify, monitor, ☒ ☐ ☐ workstation and provide treatment to those incarcerated persons who present a suicide risk. The facility will not detain prisoners who are a The program shall include the following: suicide risk. (classification and medical form). (a) Annual suicide prevention training for all custodial Each staff has completed suicide training personnel. ☒ ☐ ☐ during adult correctional core. (b) Intake screening for suicide risk immediately upon Each staff member has completed intake intake and prior to housing assignment. screening training during adult correctional ☒ ☐ ☐ core. (c) Suicide prevention screening during special Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 situations, including placement in restrictive housing, 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 following a hearing, and after a transfer or change in ☒ ☐ ☐ 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 classification. (d) Provisions facilitating communication among Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 arresting/transporting officers, facility staff, court staff, 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 medical and mental health personnel in relation to suicide ☒ ☐ ☐ 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 risk. (e) Housing recommendations for people at risk of suicide Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 that balance safety and environment. The least restrictive 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 ☒ ☐ ☐ environment should be considered. 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 (f) Supervision depending on level of suicide risk. Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 ☒ ☐ ☐ 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 (g) Suicide attempt and suicide intervention policies and Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 procedures. 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 ☒ ☐ ☐ 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 (h) Provisions for reporting suicides and suicides Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 attempts. 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 ☒ ☐ ☐ 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 (i) Multi-disciplinary administrative review of suicides and Suicide Recognition and Prevention; page 54 attempted suicides as defined by the facility 418 – Mental Illness Commitment; page 309 administrator, including the development of a corrective 466 – Crisis Intervention Incidents; page 384 ☒ ☐ ☐ action plan to address deficiencies identified in the administrative review. (j) Provisions for follow up care as needed. Incarcerated person does not stay here long ☒ ☐ ☐ enough for such mental health services. (k) Plan for mental health consultation following return Inmates are remanded to Sheriff’s custody from court as determined by the mental health director. ☐ ☐ ☒ after initial court appearance. 1032 FIRE SUPPRESSION PREPLANNING SHPD P&P Manual Pages 71-73 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: 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 5 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (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) monthly fire prevention inspections by facility staff with Page 68 two-year retention of the inspection record; Daily inspections are made of the jail facility 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 LA County Fire Department on Safety Code Section 13146.1(a) and (b) which requires 10/02/23. ☒ ☐ ☐ inspections at least once every two years; (d) an evacuation plan; and, Page 70 ☒ ☐ ☐ (e) a plan for the emergency housing of incarcerated Page 70 people in the case of fire. ☒ ☐ ☐ 1040 POPULATION ACCOUNTING SHPD P&P Manual Pages 8-10 Each facility administrator shall maintain a demographics The Signal Hill Police Department maintains accounting system which reflects the monthly average six basic records with respect to arrest and daily population of sentenced and non-sentenced people population data accounting: by gender and juvenile status. - Monthly Arrest and Citation Register ☒ ☐ ☐ - Daily Watch report - Jail Log - JUS 8715 disposition of arrest and court action - Daily Court and in-custody schedules - DOJ arrest data Facility administrators shall provide the Board with applicable demographic information as described in the ☒ ☐ ☐ Jail Profile Survey. 1041 RECORDS SHPD P&P Manual Page 10 (a) Each facility administrator of a Type I, II, III or IV facility It shall be the responsibility of the Records shall develop written policies and procedures for the Division to maintain the following records on maintenance of individual records for each incarcerated all persons who have been committed or person which shall include, but not be limited to, intake assigned to this facility. ☒ ☐ ☐ 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 incarcerated people. 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). Note: federal survey on sexual violence. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 6 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1044 INCIDENT REPORTS SHPD P&P Manual Page 71 Each facility administrator shall develop written policies Staff will report all incidents which result in and procedures for the maintenance of written records physical harm, or serious threat of physical and reporting of all incidents which result in physical ☒ ☐ ☐ harm, to an employee or inmate of a detention harm, or serious threat of physical harm, to an employee facility or other person. or incarcerated person 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 taken, memorandum and shall include the names of and the date and time of the occurrence. 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 the forwarded to the Administrative Lieutenant facility manager or designee. ☒ ☐ ☐ prior to the end of the Watch Commander’s shift. 1045 PUBLIC INFORMATION PLAN SHPD P&P Manual 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 incarcerated persons shall have available for review the following material: (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities as ☒ ☐ ☐ found in Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations. (b) Facility rules and procedures affecting incarcerated people as specified in sections: ☒ ☐ ☐ (1) 1045, Public Information Plan (2) 1061, Education Plan No incarcerated person. ☒ ☐ ☐ (3) 1062, Visiting ☒ ☐ ☐ (4) 1063, Correspondence ☒ ☐ ☐ (5) 1064, Library Service No incarcerated person. ☐ ☐ ☒ (6) 1065, Exercise and Out of Cell Time ☒ ☐ ☐ (7) 1066, Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Writings ☒ ☐ ☐ (8) 1067, Access to Telephone ☒ ☐ ☐ (9) 1068, Access to Courts and Counsel ☒ ☐ ☐ (10) 1069, Orientation ☒ ☐ ☐ (11) 1070, Individual/Family Service Programs No incarcerated person. ☐ ☐ ☒ (12) 1071, Voting No incarcerated person. ☐ ☐ ☒ (13) 1072, Religious Observance No incarcerated person. ☐ ☐ ☒ (14) 1073, Grievance Procedure No incarcerated person. ☐ ☐ ☒ (15) 1080, Rules and Disciplinary Actions ☒ ☐ ☐ (16) 1081, Plan for Discipline of Incarcerated No incarcerated person. Persons ☐ ☐ ☒ (17) 1082, Forms of Discipline No incarcerated person. ☐ ☐ ☒ (18) 1083, Limitations on Discipline No incarcerated person. ☐ ☐ ☒ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 7 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (19) 1200, Responsibility for Health Care Services ☒ ☐ ☐ 1046 DEATH IN CUSTODY SHPD P&P Manual Pages 46-47 (a) The facility administrator shall develop written policy and procedures to comply with the in-custody death reporting requirements of Government Code section ☒ ☐ ☐ 12525. The facility administrator shall submit a copy of the report filed pursuant to section 12525 to the BSCC within 10 days of an in-custody death. (b) The facility administrator, in cooperation with the SHPD P&P Manual Pages 46-47 health administrator, shall develop written policy and procedures to conduct an initial review and complete a If an inmate dies while in custody, an written report of every in-custody death within 30 days of investigative report shall contain facts the death. The team that conducts the initial review shall determining if all jail medical procedures were include, at a minimum, the facility administrator or followed and the effectiveness of the jail ☒ ☐ ☐ designee, the health administrator, the responsible medical procedures that were in effect. The physician and other health care, and supervision staff Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department who are relevant to the incident. Homicide Unit will handle and conduct an independent investigation of all custodial deaths. Deaths shall be reviewed to determine the SHPD P&P Manual appropriateness of clinical care; whether changes to policies, procedures, or practices are warranted; and to Any incident resulting in death, injury or identify issues that require further study. endangerment to staff or a visitor, serious injury to an inmate, escape, a major ☒ ☐ ☐ 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. (c) The facility administrator shall submit a copy of the SHPD P&P Manual 46-47 initial review report of every in-custody death to the BSCC within 60 days of the death. The facility administrator shall provide a copy of the initial review report that comports ☒ ☐ ☐ with the disclosure requirements of section 832.10 of the Penal Code. The initial review report shall contain the following SHPD P&P Manual 46-47 information: (1) Demographic information (A) Full name of the decedent (B) Date of birth (C) Date of death (D) Time of death (E) Gender (F) Race and ethnicity (G) Relevant medical history (2) Facility Information ☒ ☐ ☐ (A) Name and location of the detention facility (B) Description of the location where the death occurred within the facility (C) Date and time of the incident (D) Detention facility personnel (including names and roles) involved in the reporting of the death or incident (3) Any relevant circumstances leading up to death, including behavioral health or medical issues. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 8 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (d) In any case in which a minor dies while detained in a SHPD P&P Manual Page 80-81 jail, lockup, or court holding facility the BSCC may inspect and evaluate the jail, lockup, or court holding facility In any case in which a minor dies while pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter within 30 detained in the jail, the Administrative calendar days of the death. Any inquiry made by the Commander shall provide to the Board of Board shall be limited to the standards and requirements State and Community Corrections, a copy of set forth in these regulations. the report submitted to the Attorney General under Government Code Section 12525. 1050 CLASSIFICATION PLAN SHPD P&P Manual Page 5 (a) Each administrator of a temporary holding, Type I, II, Classification system separates the or III facility shall develop and implement a written sophisticated from the uninitiated, the violent classification plan designed to properly assign from the nonviolent, the passive from the incarcerated persons to housing units and activities aggressive. This system assists in identifying according to the categories of gender identity, age, security risks, the physically and mentally ill, criminal sophistication, seriousness of crime charged, those requiring protective custody, and those physical or mental health needs, assaultive/non- who may become potential victims to assaultive behavior, risk of being sexually abused, or assertive and assaultive prisoners. sexually harassed and other criteria which will provide for the safety of the incarcerated people 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 person's classification level, housing restrictions, and housing assignments. Note: Subsection (b) does not apply and has been deleted. (c) In deciding housing and programming assignments, Each prisoner shall be medically pre- the agency shall consider on a case-by-case basis screened by the jailer. “Officer Visual whether a placement would ensure the health and safety Observation” and “Officer Inmate of the incarcerated person, and whether the placement Questionnaire” forms are located in the ☒ ☐ ☐ would present management or security problems. A booking area. person’s own views with respect to their own safety shall be given serious consideration. 1051 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SHPD P&P Manual Page 45 The facility administrator, in cooperation with the Arrestees who exhibit symptoms of, or responsible physician, shall develop written policies and knowledge of having, a serious contagious or procedures specifying those symptoms that require ☒ ☐ ☐ communicable disease, such as tuberculosis, medical isolation of an incarcerated person until a hepatitis, AIDS, or active cases of STI shall medical evaluation is completed. be booked and transported to the USC 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 the screened by the jailer. “Officer Visual person has or has had any communicable diseases, such Observation” and Officer Inmate as tuberculosis or has observable symptoms of Questionnaire forms. tuberculosis or any other communicable diseases, or ☒ ☐ ☐ other special medical problem identified by the health authority. The response shall be noted on the medical screening from. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 9 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1052 BEHAVIORAL CRISIS IDENTIFICATION SHPD P&P Manual Page 45 The facility administrator, in cooperation with the Arrestees who are taken into custody for their responsible physician, shall develop written policies and own safety display symptoms of severe ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures to identify and evaluate all incarcerated mental disorder shall be taken immediately to people who may be in behavioral crisis. Evaluation of a hospital that provides mental health behavioral crisis may include telehealth. treatment. If an evaluation from medical or mental health staff is not Each prisoner shall be medically pre- readily available, an incarcerated person shall be screened by the jailer. “Officer Visual considered in behavioral crisis for the purpose of this Observation” and “Officer Inmate ☒ ☐ ☐ section if they appear to be a danger to themselves or Questionnaire” forms are located in the others or appear 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. Separation may be used if necessary, to protect the safety of the person in crisis or others. ☒ ☐ ☐ 1053 ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION SHPD P&P Manual Page 13-15 Except for Type IV facilities, facility administrators shall The Watch Commander, will make develop and implement policies and procedures for the arrangements to transport to the county jail administrative separation of incarcerated people. ☒ ☐ ☐ administrative segregation of offenders who pose a threat to the peace and security of the facility or present, by their behavior, a danger to themselves or others. Policies and procedures must include: SHPD P&P Manual Page 13-15 (a) Administrative separation may consist of separate housing but shall not involve any other deprivation of privileges than is necessary to obtain the objective of ☒ ☐ ☐ protecting the welfare of incarcerated people and facility staff. (b) Administrative separation must not adversely affect SHPD P&P Manual Page 13-15 an incarcerated person’s health. ☒ ☐ ☐ (c) Administrative separation may be used for SHPD P&P Manual Page 13-15 incarcerated people who have: (1) A documented history of activity or behavior, or promoting such activity or behavior, that is criminal in nature, disruptive to facility operations, or affects the safety of the facility, other incarcerated people, and facility staff. (2) Influenced or participated in activity that is criminal in nature, disruptive to facility operations or affects the safety of the facility, other incarcerated ☒ ☐ ☐ people, and facility staff. (3) Committed assault, attempted assault, or participated in a conspiracy to assault or harm other incarcerated persons or facility staff. (4) A history of escape or have recently attempted escape. (5) A demonstrated need for protection from other incarcerated people. (d) Documentation indicating the necessity of SHPD P&P Manual Page 13-15 administrative separation to obtain the objective of ☒ protecting the welfare of incarcerated people and facility ☐ ☐ staff. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 10 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (e) A documented individualized ongoing review and SHPD P&P Manual Page 13-15 evaluation of the need to continue placement in ☒ ☐ ☐ administrative separation. 1055 USE OF SAFETY CELL No Safety Cell in facility. The safety cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section 1231.2.5, shall be used to hold only those people 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 incarcerated person in a safety cell ☐ ☐ ☒ to a physician. Policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to: (a) In no case shall the safety cell be used for punishment or as a substitute for treatment. ☐ ☐ ☒ (b) A person 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. (c) A medical assessment shall be completed as soon as possible, but not more than 12 hours from the time of placement in the safety cell. The person shall be medically cleared for continued retention, referral to ☐ ☐ ☒ advanced treatment, or removal from the safety cell a minimum of every 24 hours thereafter. (d) 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 as soon as possible, but not more than 12 hours from placement. (e) Direct visual observation shall be conducted at least twice every 30 minutes, with no more than a 15-minute lapse between safety checks. Such observation shall be ☐ ☐ ☒ documented. (f) Procedures shall be established to assure administration of necessary nutrition and fluids. ☐ ☐ ☒ (g) People placed in the safety cell 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 person's safety or to the security of the facility are documented. 1056 USE OF SOBERING CELL SHPD P&P Manual Page 50-52 The sobering cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section The sobering cell shall be used only for the 1231.2.4, shall be used for temporary holding of ☒ ☐ ☐ holding of prisoners who are a threat to their incarcerated people who are a threat to their own safety own safety or the safety of others due to their or the safety of others due to their state of intoxication. state of intoxication. A person shall be removed from the sobering cell as soon as they are able to continue the admission process or are ☒ ☐ ☐ no longer a risk to themselves or others. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 11 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS In no case shall a person remain in a sobering cell over SHPD P&P Manual Page 4 six hours without an evaluation by medical or custody staff to determine whether the person has an urgent No prisoner shall be confined to the sobering medical problem, pursuant to section 1213 of these ☒ ☐ ☐ cell for more than six (6) hours unless the regulations. Watch Commander has approved an extension. At 12 hours from the time of placement, all persons must SHPD P&P Manual Page 49 receive an evaluation by responsible health care staff. Before the 12 hours have 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 people held in the SHPD P&P Manual sobering cell shall be conducted no less than every half hour. Such observation shall be documented. ☒ ☐ ☐ Observation logs were consistent with the regulation. 1057 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SHPD P&P Manual Page 50 The facility administrator, in cooperation with the Any confirmed developmentally disabled responsible physician, shall develop written policies and prisoner will be transported to an appropriate procedures for the identification and evaluation, ☒ ☐ ☐ facility or released to an adult relative as soon appropriate classification and housing, protection, and as practical after arrest. nondiscrimination of all incarcerated persons with developmental disabilities. The health authority or designee shall contact the SHPD P&P Manual regional center for any incarcerated person suspected or confirmed to have a developmental disability for the The regional center for the developmentally purposes of diagnosis or treatment within 24 hours of disabled shall be contacted regarding the ☒ ☐ ☐ such determination, excluding holidays and weekends. prisoner’s condition to confirm the disability for purposes of diagnosis and/or treatment within 24 hours of the arrest. 1058 USE OF RESTRAINT DEVICES SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 The facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall develop and implement Medical restraints are not used at this facility. written policies and procedures for the use of restraint Handcuffs/hobbles are used for devices. Restraint devices include any devices which transportation purposes only. immobilize extremities or prevent the incarcerated person ☒ ☐ ☐ from being ambulatory. The provisions of this section do Incarcerated persons requiring restraints will not apply to the use of handcuffs, shackles, or other be transferred to local hospital or Inmate restraint devices when used to restrain incarcerated Reception Center (IRC)/Century Regional people for security reasons. The facility manager may Detention Facility (CRDF). delegate authority to place an incarcerated person in restraints to responsible health care staff. (a) The policy shall address the following areas: SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and (1) acceptable restraint devices; Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (2) signs or symptoms which should result in SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and immediate medical/mental health referral; availability Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 of cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment; ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 12 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (3) protective housing of restrained persons; SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (4) provision for hydration and sanitation needs; and, SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (5) exercising of extremities. SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (b) Policy shall also include, but not be limited to, the SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and following requirements: Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 (1) In no case shall restraints be used for punishment or as a substitute for treatment. ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (2) Restraint devices shall only be used on SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and incarcerated people who display behavior which Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 results in the destruction of property or reveal an intent to cause physical harm to self or others. ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (3) Restraint devices should be used only when less SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and restrictive alternatives, including verbal de-escalation Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 techniques, have been attempted and are deemed ineffective. ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (4) An incarcerated person shall be placed in SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and restraints only with the approval of the facility Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 manager, the facility watch commander, or responsible health care staff; continued retention ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. shall be reviewed a minimum of every hour. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (5) Continuous direct visual observation shall be SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and maintained until a medical opinion can be obtained. Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (6) A medical opinion on placement and retention SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and shall be secured within one hour from the time of Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 placement. ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 13 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (7) A medical assessment shall be completed within SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and four hours of placement. Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (8) Continuous direct visual observation shall be SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and conducted at least twice every 30 minutes to ensure Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 that the restraints are properly employed, and to ensure the safety and well-being of the incarcerated Medical restraints are not used at this facility. person. Such observation shall be documented. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for ☒ ☐ ☐ While in restraint devices all incarcerated persons transportation purposes only. shall be housed alone or in a specified housing area which makes provisions to protect the person from abuse. (9) If the facility manager, or designee, in consultation SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and with responsible health care staff determines that an Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 incarcerated person cannot be safely removed from restraints after eight hours, the person shall be taken ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. to a medical facility for further evaluation. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (10) Where applicable, the facility manager shall use SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and the restraint device manufacturer’s recommended Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 maximum time limits for placement. ☒ ☐ ☐ Medical restraints are not used at this facility. Handcuffs/hobbles are used for transportation purposes only. (11) All events and information related to the SHPD P&P Manual Use of Force and placement in restraints shall be documented and Restraint Equipment; Pages 22-23 shall be video recorded unless exigent circumstances prevent staff from doing so. The Medical restraints are not used at this facility. documentation shall include: the reason for ☒ ☐ ☐ Handcuffs/hobbles are used for placement; person authorizing placement; names of transportation purposes only. staff involved in the placement; injuries sustained; and the duration of placement. 1058.5 RESTRAINTS AND PREGNANT PERSONS 306.3.2 – Restraints of Pregnant Persons; page 56 The facility administrator, in cooperation with the 900.3.6 – Handcuffing of Pregnant Arrestees; responsible physician, shall develop written policies and page 535 ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures for the use of restraint devices on pregnant people. In accordance with Penal Code Section 3407, the policy shall include reference to the following: (1) An incarcerated person known to be pregnant or 306.3.2 – Restraints of Pregnant Persons; in recovery after delivery or termination of the page 56 pregnancy shall not be restrained by the use of leg or ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.3.6 – Handcuffing of Pregnant Arrestees; waist restraints, or handcuffs behind the body. page 535 (2) An incarcerated pregnant person in labor, during 306.3.2 – Restraints of Pregnant Persons; delivery, or in recovery after delivery or termination of page 56 the pregnancy, shall not be restrained by the wrists, 900.3.6 – Handcuffing of Pregnant Arrestees; ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for the ☒ ☐ ☐ page 535 safety and security of the incarcerated person, the staff, or the public. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 14 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (3) Restraints shall be removed when a professional 306.3.2 – Restraints of Pregnant Persons; who is currently responsible for the medical care of page 56 an incarcerated pregnant person during a medical 900.3.6 – Handcuffing of Pregnant Arrestees; emergency, labor, delivery, or recovery after delivery ☒ ☐ ☐ page 535 or termination of the pregnancy determines that the removal of restraints is medically necessary. (4) Upon confirmation of an incarcerated person’s Transfers to CRDF IRC or cited out. pregnancy, they shall be advised, orally or in writing, of the standards and policies governing incarcerated ☒ ☐ ☐ pregnant people. 1059 DNA COLLECTION, USE OF FORCE SHPD P&P Manual Pages 24-25 (a) Pursuant to Penal Code Section 298.1, authorized law No force to collect DNA is used at this facility. 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. (b) The force shall not be used without the prior written authorization of the facility watch commander or designee 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 SHPD P&P Manual Page 25-26 The facility administrator shall develop and implement written policies and procedures, which include the following requirements: ☒ ☐ ☐ (a) A visiting program which shall provide for: (1) As many in-person visits and visitors as facility schedules, space, and number of personnel will allow. (2) A publicly posted schedule of facility visiting hours. If practicable, visiting hours should be made ☒ ☐ ☐ available on weekends, evenings, or holidays. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 15 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (3) For sentenced incarcerated persons in Type I facilities there shall be allowed no fewer than two visits totaling at least one hour per incarcerated ☒ ☐ ☐ person each week. (4) 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. (b) Visits may not be cancelled unless a legitimate operational or safety and security concern exists. All cancelled visits must be documented. The facility ☒ ☐ ☐ manager or designee shall regularly review cancelled visits and document such review. (c) The visiting policies developed pursuant to this section shall include provision for visitation by minor children of ☒ ☐ ☐ the incarcerated person. (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 incarcerated person. (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 incarcerated person 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(a)(4) (June 2017). Mode of visitation; Video visitation and on-site barrier visitation Visitation hours; 1500-1700 hrs 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. 1063 CORRESPONDENCE SHPD P&P Manual Pages 23-24 The facility administrator shall develop written policies For security and safety, the inmate will be and procedures for correspondence which provide that: transferred to the booking area to write his or (a) there is no limitation on the volume of mail that an ☒ ☐ ☐ her letter when there are personnel available incarcerated person may send or receive; to transfer the inmate. For safety and security, no inmate is authorized to possess letter writing equipment in any jail cell. (b) an incarcerated person’s correspondence may be There is no limitation on the volume of mail read when there is a valid security reason and the facility that any inmate may send or receive. ☒ ☐ ☐ manager or designee approves; 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 16 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (c) jail staff shall not review an incarcerated person’s 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 incarcerated person; (d) incarcerated persons may correspond, confidentially, with the facility manager or the facility administrator; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (e) those incarcerated persons who are without funds shall be permitted at least four postage paid envelopes and eight 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 their attorney and to the courts. 1065 EXERCISE AND OUT OF CELL TIME SHPD P&P Manual Page 39 (b) The facility administrator of a Type I facility shall make ☒ ☐ ☐ table games, television, or both, available to incarcerated people. 1066 BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, AND SHPD P&P Manual Page 39 WRITINGS (b) The facility administrator of a Type I facility shall develop and implement a written plan to make available ☒ ☐ ☐ a current newspaper or other like source, including a non- English language alternative, to ensure reasonable access to interested people. 1067 ACCESS TO TELEPHONE SHPD P&P Manual Pages 23-24 The facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures which allow access to a telephone or communication device beyond those telephone calls which are required by Section 851.5 of the Penal Code. Individuals who are known to have, or are perceived by others as having hearing or speech impairments shall be ☒ ☐ ☐ provided access to the appropriate telecommunication device which will facilitate communication. Such devices may include but are not limited to videophones, teletypewriters, or third-party communications assistance. An individual’s access to telephone communications shall not be withdrawn unless doing so is required to uphold the safety and security of the facility. 1068 ACCESS TO COURTS AND COUNSEL SHPD P&P Manual Pages 24-25 The facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures to ensure incarcerated persons have ☒ ☐ ☐ access to the court and to legal counsel. Such access shall consist of: (a) unlimited mail as provided in Section 1063 of these regulations, and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (b) confidential consultation with attorneys. ☒ ☐ ☐ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 17 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1069 ORIENTATION SHPD P&P Manual Page 7 (b) In Type I facilities, the facility administrator shall The booking area shall be posted in English develop written policies and procedures for a program ☒ ☐ ☐ and Spanish. reasonably understandable to non-sentenced detainees to orient them at the time of placement 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 incarcerated 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 SHPD P&P Manual Page 39 The facility administrator of a Type I, II, III or IV facility shall develop written policies and procedures to provide ☒ ☐ ☐ opportunities for incarcerated persons to participate in religious services, practices and counseling on a voluntary basis. 1073 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE Due to the short-term nature of confinement in the Signal Hill City Jail, there is no long- Note: Applicable to Type I facilities holding sentenced term discipline program required in the facility. workers. (a) Each administrator of a Type II, III, or IV facility and Type I facilities which hold incarcerated workers shall develop written policies and procedures whereby all ☐ ☐ ☒ incarcerated persons have the opportunity and ability to submit and appeal grievances relating to any conditions of confinement, included 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; ☐ ☐ ☒ (2) instructions for registering and appealing a grievance, including relevant deadlines; ☐ ☐ ☒ (3) a process for submission and handling of anonymous grievances; ☐ ☐ ☒ (4) resolution of the grievance at the lowest appropriate staff level; ☐ ☐ ☒ (5) appeal to the next level of review; ☐ ☐ ☒ (6) written reasons for denial of grievance at each level of review which acts on the grievance; ☐ ☐ ☒ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 18 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (7) provision for a non-automated initial response within a reasonable time limit which shall not exceed ☐ ☐ ☒ a period of 15 calendar days; (8) provision for resolving questions of jurisdiction within the facility; ☐ ☐ ☒ (9) provision for providing a copy of the grievance, appeal, response, and related documents to the ☐ ☐ ☒ incarcerated person; and, (10) The facility manager or designee shall conduct regular review of grievances, responses, and ☐ ☐ ☒ appeals. (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 ACTIONS SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 20 Wherever discipline is administered, each facility Discipline is not administered in the facility. administrator shall establish written rules and disciplinary actions to guide the conduct of incarcerated persons. ☐ ☐ ☒ Notes: If discipline IS NOT administered, written policy should indicate as such. If discipline IS administered, Sections 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 and 1084 apply. Such rules and disciplinary actions shall be stated simply and affirmatively and posted conspicuously in housing units and the booking area or issued to each person upon ☐ ☐ ☒ booking. For those individuals with limited literacy, who are 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 actions. 1081 PLAN FOR DISCIPLINE OF INCARCERATED SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 20 PERSONS Discipline is not administered in the facility. Each facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures for discipline of incarcerated persons. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: ☐ ☐ ☒ (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) Disciplinary 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. Loss of privileges mandated by regulations. ☐ ☐ ☒ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 19 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS A staff member with investigative and disciplinary 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 incarcerated person shall be acted on with the following provisions and within specified timeframes: 1. A copy of the report, or a separate written notice of ☐ ☐ ☒ the violation(s), shall be provided to the incarcerated person. 2. Unless declined by the incarcerated person, a hearing shall be provided no sooner than 24 hours after the report has been submitted to the disciplinary officer and the incarcerated person 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 incarcerated person, or for good cause. 3. The incarcerated person shall be permitted to appear on their own behalf at the time of hearing and present witnesses and documentary evidence. The incarcerated person shall have access to staff or ☐ ☐ ☒ assistance when they have limited literacy, or the issues are complex. 4. A charge(s) shall be acted on no later than 72 hours after an incarcerated person 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 incarcerated person 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. ☐ ☐ ☒ 1082 FORMS OF DISCIPLINE SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 20 The degree of actions taken by the disciplinary officer Discipline is not administered in the facility. shall be directly related to the severity of the rule infraction and promotion of desired behavior through a progressive disciplinary process. 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. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 20 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1083 LIMITATIONS ON DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 20 The Penal Code and the State Constitution expressly Discipline is not administered in the facility. prohibit all cruel and unusual punishment. Disciplinary actions shall not include corporal punishment, group punishment when feasible, or physical or psychological degradation. ☐ ☐ ☒ Additionally, there shall be the following limitations: (a) Disciplinary separation shall be considered an option of last resort and as a response to the most serious and threatening behavior, for the shortest time possible, and with the least restrictive conditions possible. (1) If a person 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. (2) 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 incarcerated persons who engage ☐ ☐ ☒ in the destruction of bedding or clothing may be deprived of such articles. The decision to deprive a person of such articles of clothing and bedding shall be reviewed by the facility manager or designee during each 24-hour period. (3) If after placement in separation, mental health or medical staff determine that an individual has serious mental illness or an intellectual disability, they shall ☐ ☐ ☒ be removed from disciplinary separation immediately upon this determination. (b) The delegation of authority to any incarcerated person or group of incarcerated people to exercise the right of punishment over any other incarcerated person or group ☐ ☐ ☒ of incarcerated people. Note: PC § 4019.5. (c) 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. (d) No incarcerated person may be deprived of the implements necessary to maintain an acceptable level of personal hygiene as specified in Section 1265 of these ☐ ☐ ☒ regulations. (e) Food shall not be withheld as a disciplinary measure. ☐ ☐ ☒ (f) Correspondence privileges shall not be withheld except in cases where the incarcerated person 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. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 21 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (g) In no case shall access to courts and legal counsel be suspended as a disciplinary measure. ☐ ☐ ☒ 1084 DISCIPLINARY RECORDS SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 20 Penal Code Section 4019.5 requires that a record is kept Discipline is not administered in the facility. of all disciplinary actions administered therefore. This ☐ ☐ ☒ requirement may be satisfied by retaining copies of rule violation reports and report of the disposition of each. 1206.5 MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICABLE SHPD P&P MANUAL page 45 DISEASES IN A CUSTODY SETTING Inmates requiring medical treatment or (a) The responsible physician, in conjunction with the medical supervision are transferred to LA facility administrator and the county health officer, shall County Jail or USC Medical Center Jail Ward develop a written plan to address the identification, for evaluation and treatment. treatment, control and follow-up management of tuberculosis and other communicable diseases. The plan ☐ ☒ ☐ shall cover the intake screening procedures, identification of relevant symptoms, referral for a medical evaluation, treatment responsibilities during incarceration and coordination with public health officials for follow-up treatment in the community. The plan shall reflect the current local incidence of communicable diseases which threaten the health of incarcerated people and staff. (b) Consistent with the above plan, the health authority LASD medical receiving screening form is shall, in cooperation with the facility administrator and the used. 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 Communicable Diseases; page 45 reports; ☒ ☐ ☒ (3) Sharing of medical information with incarcerated Communicable Diseases; page 45 persons and custody staff. ☒ ☐ ☒ (4) Medical procedures required to identify the Communicable Diseases; page 45 presence of disease(s) and lessen the risk of ☒ ☐ ☐ exposure to others; (5) Medical confidentiality requirements; Communicable Diseases; page 45 ☒ ☐ ☐ (6) Housing considerations based up on behavior Communicable Diseases; page 45 medical needs and safety of the affected ☒ ☐ ☐ incarcerated persons; (7) Provisions for consent by an incarcerated person Communicable Diseases; page 45 that address the limits of confidentiality; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ (8) Reporting and appropriate action upon the Communicable Diseases; page 45 possible exposure of custody staff to a ☒ ☐ ☐ communicable disease. 1211 SICK CALL Page 45 The facility administrator, in cooperation with the health authority, shall develop written policies and procedures, which provide daily sick call for all incarcerated persons ☒ ☐ ☐ or provision made that any incarcerated person requesting medical/mental health attention be given such attention. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 22 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1260 STANDARD INSTITUTIONAL CLOTHING SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 37-38 The standard issue of climatically suitable clothing to Inmates are not held after arraignment. incarcerated people held after arraignment in all but Court Paper jump suit, socks, underwear, and ☒ ☐ ☐ Holding, Temporary Holding, and Type IV facilities shall sandals are provided if inmate clothing is include, but not be limited to: soiled, damaged, or held for evidence. (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 person’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. All issued and exchanged clothing shall be clean and free of holes or tears, reasonably fitted, durable, easily laundered and repaired. Undergarments shall be clean, free of holes or tears, and substantially free of stains. ☒ ☐ ☐ Individuals shall be able to select the garment type more compatible with their gender identity and gender expression. 1264 CONTROL OF VERMIN IN PERSONAL SHPD P&P MANUAL Pages 37-38 CLOTHING There shall be written policies and procedures developed by the facility administrator to control contamination ☒ ☐ ☐ and/or spread of vermin in all incarcerated people’s 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 SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 37 There shall be written policies and procedures developed ☒ ☐ ☐ by the facility administrator for the issue of personal hygiene items. Each menstruating person shall be provided with sanitary napkins, panty liners, and tampons as requested with no ☒ ☐ ☐ maximum allowance. Each person to be held over 24 hours who is unable to supply themself with the following personal care items, because of either indigency or the absence of a canteen, ☒ ☐ ☐ shall be issued: (a) Toothbrush, (b) Dentifrice, ☒ ☐ ☐ (c) Soap, ☒ ☐ ☐ (d) Comb, and ☒ ☐ ☐ (e) Shaving implements. ☒ ☐ ☐ Personal care items shall be issued within the first 12 hours of housing assignment. ☒ ☐ ☐ Incarcerated persons shall not be required to share any personal care items listed in items “a” through “d.” ☒ ☐ ☐ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 23 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS Incarcerated people will not share disposable razors. ☒ ☐ ☐ Double edged safety razors, electric razors, and other shaving instruments capable of breaking the skin, when shared among incarcerated people, must be disinfected between individual uses by the method prescribed by the ☐ ☐ ☒ State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology in Sections 979 and 980, Division 9, Title 16, California Code of Regulations. 1266 SHOWERING SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 37 There shall be written policies and procedures developed After classification to a cell, an arrestee may by the facility administrator for showering/bathing. be permitted to shower, and every other day ☒ ☐ ☐ if a shower is requested and/or there is an obvious need. The inmate will be supplied with bar soap, a razor (if requested and supervised), and a freshly laundered towel. Incarcerated persons shall be permitted to shower/bathe upon assignment to a housing unit and at least every ☒ ☐ ☐ other day or more often if possible. Absent exigent circumstances, no person shall be prohibited from showering at least every other day following assignment to a housing unit. If showering is prohibited, it must be approved by the facility manager or ☒ ☐ ☐ designee, and the reason(s) for prohibition shall be documented. 1270 STANDARD BEDDING AND LINEN ISSUE SHPD P&P MANUAL Page 36 The standard issue of clean suitable bedding and linens, All inmates entering the facility who are for each incarcerated person entering a living area who expected to remain overnight shall be issued is expected to remain overnight, shall include, but not be the following: limited to: • One serviceable mattress which meets ☒ ☐ ☐ (a) one serviceable mattress which meets the the requirements of Section 1272 of the requirements of Section 1272 of these regulations; Minimum Jail Standards. (Fire Marshall Technical bulletin 121) • One freshly laundered blanket • One freshly laundered bed sheet (b) one mattress cover or one sheet; ☒ ☐ ☐ (c) one towel; and, Towel provided at time of shower. ☒ ☐ ☐ (d) one blanket or more depending up on climatic conditions. ☒ ☐ ☐ Policy and procedure shall require that items (a), (b), and (d) above be provided prior to the first night in the facility. ☒ ☐ ☐ Two blankets or sleep bag may be issued in place of one mattress cover or one sheet at the request of the ☒ ☐ ☐ incarcerated person. 1280 FACILITY SANITATION, SAFETY, AND SHPD P&P MANUAL Pages 40-43 MAINTENANCE Contracts with a private janitorial service to The facility administrator shall develop written policies clean the jail facility. The jail facility is to be and procedures for the maintenance of an acceptable cleaned seven (7) days per week. The on- level of cleanliness, repair and safety throughout the ☒ ☐ ☐ duty Custody Officer shall inspect the jail facility. Such a plan shall provide for a regular schedule facility after it has been cleaned to determine of housekeeping tasks and inspections to identify and that there is an acceptable level of cleanliness correct unsanitary or unsafe conditions or work practices throughout the facility. which may be found. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 24 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 DETENTION OF MINORS TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS Are minors held in jail cells? SHPD P&P MANUAL Pages 71-79 Penal Code Sections 6030 and 6031.4 require the Secure youth are held in a cell, just outside biennial inspection of local detention facilities that hold of the jail facility. minors in secure detention in the jail. Title 15, Article 9 establishes the minimum standards of how facilities hold Nonsecure youth are held in the officer’s minors in temporary custody in the jail. ☐ ☐ ☒ report writing room. Facilities that do not hold minors in the jail cells are not subject to Title 15, Article 9 biennial inspections; however, if minors are held in the building, they may be subject to the requirements of WIC §207.1. 1047 SERIOUS ILLNESS OR INJURY OF A MINOR IN AN ADULT DETENTION FACILITY The facility administrator shall develop policy and procedures for notification of the court of jurisdiction and ☐ ☐ ☒ the parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, in the event of a suicide attempt, serious illness, injury or death of a minor in custody. 1142 WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES The facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures concerning minors being held in ☐ ☐ ☒ temporary custody which shall address: (a) suicide risk and prevention; (b) use of restraints; ☐ ☐ ☒ (c) emergency medical assistance and services; and, ☐ ☐ ☒ (d) prohibiting use of discipline. ☐ ☐ ☒ 1143 CARE OF MINORS IN TEMPORARY CUSTODY (a) The following shall be made available to all minors ☐ ☐ ☒ held in temporary custody: (1) access to toilets and washing facilities; (2) one snack during term of temporary custody if the minor has not eaten within the past four (4) hours or is otherwise in need of appropriate ☐ ☐ ☒ nourishment; (3) access to drinking water; ☐ ☐ ☒ (4) access to language services; ☐ ☐ ☒ (5) access to disabilities services; ☐ ☐ ☒ (6) sanitary napkins, panty liners, and tampons as requested; ☐ ☐ ☒ (7) privacy during consultation with family, guardian, and/or lawyer; ☐ ☐ ☒ (8) blankets and clothing, as necessary, to assure the comfort of the minor; and, ☐ ☐ ☒ (9) personal clothing unless the clothing is inadequate, presents a health or safety problem, or ☐ ☐ ☒ is required to be utilized as evidence of an offense. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 25 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 DETENTION OF MINORS TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (b) Upon entry, the minor shall be informed in writing of what is available under this section, and it shall be posted in at least one conspicuous place to which ☐ ☐ ☒ minors have access. 1144 CONTACT BETWEEN MINORS AND INCARCERATED ADULTS The facility administrator shall establish policies and ☐ ☐ ☒ procedures to restrict contact, as defined in Section 1006, between minors and adults confined in the facility. In situations where brief or accidental contact may occur, such as booking or facility movement, facility staff (trained in the supervision of incarcerated people) shall ☐ ☐ ☒ maintain a constant, side- by-side presence with the minor or the adult to prevent sustained contact. 1145 DECISION ON SECURE CUSTODY A minor who is taken into temporary custody by a peace officer on the basis that they are is a person described by Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code may be held in secure custody in a law enforcement facility that contains a lockup for adults if the minor is 14 years of age or older and if, in the reasonable belief of the peace officer, the minor presents a serious security risk of harm to self or others, as long as all other conditions of secure custody set forth in these standards are met. ☐ ☐ ☒ Any minor in temporary custody who is less than 14 years of age, or who does not in the reasonable belief of the peace officer present a serious security risk of harm to self or others, shall not be placed in secure custody, but may be kept in non-secure custody in the facility as long as all other conditions of non-secure custody set forth in these standards are met. Note: Minors in secure detention are 14 years of age or older. In making the determination whether the minor presents a serious security risk of harm to self or others, the officer may take into account the following factors: ☐ ☐ ☒ (a) age, maturity, and delinquent history of the minor; (b) severity of the offense(s) for which the minor was taken into custody; ☐ ☐ ☒ (c) minor's behavior, including the degree to which the minor appears to be cooperative or non-cooperative; ☐ ☐ ☒ (d) the availability of staff to provide adequate supervision or protection of the minor; and, ☐ ☐ ☒ (e) the age, type, and number of other individuals who are detained in the facility. ☐ ☐ ☒ 1146 CONDITIONS OF SECURE CUSTODY While in secure custody, minors may be locked in a room or other secure enclosure, secured to a cuffing rail, ☐ ☐ ☒ or otherwise reasonably restrained as necessary to prevent escape and protect the minor and others from harm. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 26 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 DETENTION OF MINORS TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1147 SUPERVISION OF MINORS IN SECURE CUSTODY INSIDE A LOCKED ENCLOSURE (a) Minors shall receive adequate supervision which, at ☐ ☐ ☒ a minimum, includes: (1) constant auditory access to staff by the minor; and, (2) safety checks, as defined in Section 1006, of the minor by staff of the law enforcement facility, at least ☐ ☐ ☒ once every 30 minutes, which shall be documented. (b) Minors of different genders shall not be placed in the same locked room unless under constant direct visual ☐ ☐ ☒ observation by staff of the law enforcement facility. 1148 SUPERVISION OF MINORS IN SECURE CUSTODY OUTSIDE OF A LOCKED ENCLOSURE Minors held in secure custody outside of a locked ☐ ☐ ☒ enclosure shall not be secured to a stationary object for more than 60 minutes unless no other locked enclosure is available. A staff person from the facility shall provide constant direct visual observation to assure the minor's safety ☐ ☐ ☒ while secured to a stationary object. Securing minors to a stationary object for longer than 60 minutes, and every 30 minutes thereafter, shall be ☐ ☐ ☒ approved by a supervisor. The decision for securing a minor to a stationary object for longer than 60 minutes, and every 30 minutes thereafter shall be based upon the best interests of the ☐ ☐ ☒ minor and shall be documented. 1149 CRITERIA FOR NON-SECURE CUSTODY Minors held in temporary custody, who do not meet the criteria for secure custody as specified in Section 207.1(b) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may be held in non- secure custody to investigate the case, ☐ ☐ ☒ facilitate release of the minor to a parent or guardian, or arrange for transfer of the minor to an appropriate juvenile facility. While minors are held in temporary non- secure custody the provisions of Section 1143 apply. 1150 SUPERVISION OF MINORS IN NON- SECURE CUSTODY Minors held in non-secure custody shall receive constant direct visual observation by staff of the law ☐ ☐ ☒ enforcement facility. Entry and release times shall be documented and made available for review. Monitoring a minor using audio, video, or other electronic devices shall never replace constant direct visual observation. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 27 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 DETENTION OF MINORS TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1151 MINORS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANY INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE IN SECURE OR NON-SECURE CUSTODY Facility administrators shall develop policies and procedures providing that a medical clearance shall be ☐ ☐ ☒ obtained for minors who are under the influence of drugs, alcohol or any other intoxicating substance to the extent that they are unable to care for themselves, prior to secure or non-secure custody of that minor. Supervision of minors in secure custody in a locked room shall include safety checks at least once every 15 minutes until resolution of the intoxicated state or ☐ ☐ ☒ release. These safety checks shall be documented, with actual time of occurrence recorded. Supervision of minors in secure custody outside of a locked room shall be supervised in accordance with ☐ ☐ ☒ Section 1148. Supervision of minors in nonsecure custody shall be supervised in accordance with Section 1150. ☐ ☐ ☒ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PRO 23-24 Page 28 of 28 A352 Type I PRO eff. 07.01.24 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 Department FACILITY TYPE: I APPLICABLE REGULATIONS (Check All That Apply): 6/94: 2/99: 2001: 2005: X OTHER: FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 11/14/2024 TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Reception and Booking (2.1) ☒ Contains a weapons locker, designed as outlined in ☐ ☐ these regulations. Contains a cell or room for confinement pending ☒ booking ☐ ☐ Contains a detoxification cell, where applicable 01: Name change to “sobering cell.” ☒ 2-99: Two detoxification cells are provided if both male ☐ ☐ and female inmates are held. Contains safety cell(s) (WA) ☐ ☒ ☐ Shower room available 2-99: Access to shower must be within the secure ☒ ☐ ☐ area Provides secure vault or storage for inmate valuables ☒ ☐ ☐ Telephone(s) available for inmate use (PC § 851.5) ☒ Phones are available in each cell. ☐ ☐ 2-99: Unobstructed access to hot and cold running water ☒ ☐ ☐ Temporary Holding Cell or Room (2.2) ☒ ☐ ☐ Contains 10 square feet of floor area per inmate Holds no more than 16 inmates ☒ ☐ ☐ Is not smaller than 40 square feet and has a clear ☒ ceiling height of 8 feet or more ☐ ☐ Contains sufficient seating to accommodate all ☒ inmates ☐ ☐ Contains water closet (toilet), wash basin, and drinking ☒ fountain ☐ ☐ Provides for clear visual supervision by staff ☒ ☐ ☐ Temporary Staging Cell or Room (2.3) ☐ ☒ Holds inmates classified and segregated per Title 15 § ☐ 1050 and 1053 Detoxification/Sobering Cell (2.4) ☒ 01: Name change to “sobering cell.” ☐ ☐ Contains 20 square feet of floor area per inmate Is limited to no more than 8 inmates ☒ ☐ ☐ Is no smaller than 60 square feet and has a clear ☒ ceiling height of 8 feet or more ☐ ☐ 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PHY 23-24 - 1 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Contains a water closet (toilet) wash basin and ☒ drinking fountain as specified by these regulations ☐ ☐ Has padded partitions located next to toilet fixtures ☒ ☐ ☐ Provides for clear visual supervision by staff ☒ ☐ ☐ Padding on floor ☒ ☐ ☐ 01: A shower is accessible in the secure portion of the facility ☒ ☐ ☐ Safety Cell (2.5) No Safety Cell. Contains 48 square feet with one floor dimension of a ☐ ☒ ☐ least 6 feet and a clear ceiling height of 8 feet or more Single Occupancy Cells (2.6) Cell #6 only. ☒ ☐ ☐ Maximum capacity of one inmate Contain a minimum of 60 square feet of floor area in Type I facilities and 70 square feet in Type II and III ☒ ☐ ☐ facilities Have a minimum clear ceiling height of 8 feet and a ☒ minimum width of 6 feet ☐ ☐ Contain a water closet (toilet), wash basin and ☒ drinking fountain ☐ ☐ Contain a bunk, desk and seat (Desk and seat not Bunks only. required in Type I facilities.) ☒ ☐ ☐ Double Occupancy Cells (2.7) ☒ ☐ ☐ Maximum capacity of two inmates Contain a minimum of 60 square feet of floor area in Type I facilities and 70 square feet in Type II and III ☒ ☐ ☐ facilities Have a minimum clear ceiling height of 8 feet and a ☒ minimum width of 6 feet ☐ ☐ Contain a water closet (toilet), wash basin and ☒ drinking fountain ☐ ☐ Contain 2 bunks, 1 desk and 1 seat (Desk and seat Bunks only. not required in Type I facilities.) ☒ ☐ ☐ 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.) ☐ ☒ ☐ 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 ☐ ☒ ☐ must have a recreation area or provide community access to one. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PHY 23-24 - 2 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS 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. ☐ 2-99: Required in all facilities that provide on-site health care. Visiting Space (2.18) ☒ There is sufficient visiting area. ☐ ☐ Safety Equipment Storage (2.19) Adequate space is provided to store equipment such ☒ ☐ ☐ as fire extinguishers, SCBA, emergency lights, etc. Janitors' Closet (2.20) A securely lockable janitor’s closet provides sufficient ☒ ☐ ☐ 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, 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 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 personal laundry. Emergency Power (2.24) There is an emergency power source available and capable of providing minimal lighting in all areas and ☒ maintaining fire and life safety, security, ☐ ☐ communication and alarm systems. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PHY 23-24 - 3 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Confidential Interview Rooms (2.25) There is at least one suitably furnished confidential interview room in every Type II facility designed for 25 ☒ ☐ ☐ or more inmates. 2-99: Applicable to every facility which provides on- site health care Located in the security area, accessible by both male ☒ and female inmates ☐ ☐ Provides at least 70 square feet floor area with no single dimension less than 6 feet ☒ ☐ ☐ Attorney Interview Space (2.26) (NA Type IV) ☒ Available and provides for confidentiality ☐ ☐ 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; ☒ 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; 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 ☐ ☐ occupancy cell, holding and staging cells and detoxification cells. It must be accessible to inmates in dayrooms and exercise areas. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PHY 23-24 - 4 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS 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. ☐ ☐ 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 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. Beds/Bunks (3.5) Bottom bunks 92” and 96”. At least 30 inches wide and 76 inches long with 21 Top bunks 30”x76”. inches between pans; constructed of pan bottom type ☒ or concrete; 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 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 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 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; firmly bonded to all surfaces; ☒ ☐ ☐ and, without exposed seams. 2842 Los Angeles Signal Hill PD I CI PHY 23-24 - 5 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Mirrors/Shelves/Clothes Hooks (3.9) ☒ 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. ☐ ☒ ☐ 2-99: Requirement for shelves and hooks deleted Clothes hooks are of a collapsible hook type 2-99: Requirement for hooks deleted ☐ ☒ ☐ Seating (3.10) Seating is designed to the level of security. When bench seating is used, eighteen inches of bench are ☒ provided per inmate. ☐ ☐ 2-99: In holding and staging cells, seating is securely fastened to the wall and/or floor. Table/Seat (3.11) (NA Type I) A table and seat is provided in single and double ☐ ☒ ☐ occupancy cells. Weapons Locker (3.12) (NA type IV and Minimum Security Facilities) A secure weapons locker is located outside the ☒ security 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 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 CI PHY 23-24 - 6 - A383 PHY Type 94 99 01 05.dot (8/05) ADULT DETENTION FACILITY LIVING AREA SPACE EVALUATION Board of State and Community Corrections BSCC Code: 2842 FACILITY: Signal Hill Police Department TYPE: I RC: 13 FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 11/14/2024 ROOMS EACH ROOM Cell Applicable # EACH CELL Total DIMENSIONS FIXTURES* Location Type Standards Cells # RC RC (L x W x H) T U W F S Beds 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 CI LASE 23-24 - 1 - A360 LAS Adult-05.dot (8/05)