Sierra SHRF Sierra County Jail (2025-2026 inspection cycle)

Initial Inspection Report 2025-2026 Biennial Inspection Cycle Date of Exit Briefing: 8/29/2025 Inspection Type: Comprehensive County: Sierra Facility Name(s): Sierra County Sheriff’s Office BSCC #(s): 5440 BSCC Type: TH Facility Representatives: Sergeant Stringer BSCC Field Representative: Dale Miller Corrective Action Plan Required? YES DATE CAP DUE TO BSCC: 9/24/2025 Current Items of Noncompliance Title 15. Section Description § 1027.5 Safety Checks (e) There shall be a written plan that includes the Safety check logs do not clearly indicate the cell in documentation of all safety checks. Documentation which the person is being held when the safety check shall include: takes place. (2) the location where each individual safety check occurred, such as a cell, module, or dormitory number § 1050. Classification Plan Although in most cases, persons that are brought into (a) Each administrator of a temporary holding… shall develop and implement a written this facility come from other counties’ jails, there are classification plan designed to properly assign times when a person may be booked and temporarily incarcerated persons to housing units…based held in this facility. At the time of the inspection, there on objective criteria and include receiving was no classification questionnaire being used or screening performed at the time of intake by available. Additionally, there is not a question asked trained personnel… (b) …A person’s own views with respect to their regarding the person’s feeling of safety in the facility. own safety shall be given serious consideration. § 1051. Communicable Diseases At the time of intake into the facility, an inquiry shall be made of the person being booked as to whether the person has or has had any communicable diseases, At the time of the inspection, there was not a medical such as tuberculosis or has observable symptoms of questionnaire being used or available. 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… NAME County Initial Inspection Report Page 2 Title 15. Section Description § 1056. Use of Sobering Cell The sobering cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section There is no form used to record the reason for 1231.2.4, shall be used for temporary holding of placement in the sobering cell or recorded incarcerated people who are a threat to their own observation for removing the person from the cell. safety or the safety of others due to their 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. Title 24. Section Description 1231.3.3 Drinking fountains At the time of this inspection the fountains in Cells 2 There must be a minimum of one drinking fountain in and 4 were not operational. every single-occupancy cell…