San Mateo SHRF (2025-2026 inspection cycle)

Initial Inspection Report 2025-2026 Biennial Inspection Cycle Date of Exit Briefing: 12/18/2025 Inspection Type: Comprehensive County: San Mateo Facility Name(s): Agency Wide BSCC #(s): 4910+ BSCC Type: II Facility Representatives: Lieutenant Sebring & Sergeant Serrano BSCC Field Representative: Jill Farris Corrective Action Plan Required? YES DATE CAP DUE TO BSCC: 1/19/2026 Current Items of Noncompliance Title 15. Section Description § 1028. Fire and Life Safety Staff (b) The facility administrator, in conjunction with the health authority, shall develop and implement policies and procedures consistent with the requirements of Penal Code Section 6048(b) that require correctional officers certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to begin CPR on a nonresponsive person without obtaining approval from supervisors or medical staff, when it is safe and appropriate to do so. These policies shall cover the following key elements: (1) Acceptable CPR methods and application. (2) Correctional officers shall be certified in CPR and a copy of the certification shall be on file in the facility or at a central location and available for review. (3) Correctional officers shall immediately summon medical aid when a person is identified as Agency policy lacked information covering subsection nonresponsive and shall administer CPR unless the correctional officer is aware of a known medical (b) and sections 1-7 of this regulation. condition(s) that would contraindicate its use. (4) Correctional officers shall use personal *Corrected on November 26, 2025. protective equipment when administering CPR whenever possible to reduce exposure to bodily fluids or bloodborne pathogens that may contain disease- causing agents. (5) If an imminent physical danger prevents a correctional officer from safely administering CPR, they shall begin or resume CPR as soon as the threat has passed, or the nonresponsive person has been safely removed from danger, provided medical aid has not yet arrived. (6) The correctional officer shall continue administering CPR, absent imminent physical danger, until the nonresponsive person shows obvious signs of life, such as normal breathing or physical or verbal responses, or until medical staff or alternative medical responders arrive and take over. NAME County Initial Inspection Report Page 2 Title 15. Section Description (7) In situations where medical staff or alternative medical responders are present when a person is identified as nonresponsive, correctional officers shall defer CPR to those individuals. § 1045. Public Information Plan. (b) Facility rules and procedures affecting incarcerated people as specified in sections: (5) 1064, Library Service (6) 1065, Exercise and Out of Cell Time (7) 1066, Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Agency Policy did not include subsection (b)(5-7, 9, Writings 11-14, and 16-17). (9) 1068, Access to Courts and Counsel (11) 1070, Individual/Family Service Programs (12) 1071, Voting *Corrected December 3, 2025 (13) 1072, Religious Observance (14) 1073, Grievance Procedure (16) 1081, Plan for Discipline of Incarcerated Persons (17) 1082, Forms of Discipline § 1055. Use of Safety Cell Agency policy does not state that there will be no (e) Direct visual observation shall be conducted at least twice every 30 minutes, with no more than a 15- more than a 15-minute lapse between safety checks. minute lapse between safety checks. Such observation shall be documented. *Corrected December 18, 2025 § 1063. Correspondence (e) those incarcerated persons who are without funds Agency policy states incarcerated people without shall be permitted at least four postage paid funds will receive two postage paid envelopes and envelopes and eight sheets of paper each week to permit correspondence with family members and two sheets of paper and one pencil. friends but without limitation on the number of postage paid envelopes and sheets of paper to their attorney *Corrected December 3, 2025. and to the courts. § 1073. Inmate Grievance Procedure Agency policy lacked specific verbiage addressing (8) provision for resolving questions of jurisdiction within the facility; their practice addressing these two sections of the (9) provision for providing a copy of the grievance, regulation. appeal, response, and related documents to the incarcerated person; and, *Corrected December 18, 2025. On the day of inspection, both facilities were out of § 1265. Issue of Personal Care Items stock of panty liners. Agency supply staff ordered Each menstruating person shall be provided product immediately and it will be available when it with sanitary napkins, panty liners, and arrives. tampons as requested with no maximum allowance. *Corrected December 3, 2025,