Orange Westminster PD THJ CI (2025-2026 inspection cycle)

Initial Inspection Report 2025-2026 Biennial Inspection Cycle Date of Exit Briefing: 4/12/2026 Inspection Type: Comprehensive County: Orange Facility Name(s): Westminster Jail BSCC #(s): 3776 BSCC Type: THJ Facility Representatives: Commander Sweasy BSCC Field Representative: James Peak Corrective Action Plan Required? YES DATE CAP DUE TO BSCC: 5/12/2026 Current Items of Noncompliance Title 24. Section Description (2) Suicide hazards. Architectural plans shall be reviewed by the Board for the purpose of reducing hazards posed by fixtures and equipment which could be used for an act of suicide by an incarcerated person. The facility design shall avoid any surfaces, edges, fixtures or fittings that can provide an attachment for self-inflicted injury. The following features shall be incorporated in the design of temporary holding cells, temporary staging cells sobering cells, safety cells, single occupancy cells and any other area where an incarcerated 13-102 (c) 6. Design requirements persons may be left without direct visual observation: • Call boxes and air vents The call boxes and air vents have sharp o edges creating ligature points. • Modesty panel in sobering cells: The panel is not extend to the floor, o creating a ligature point.