Sutter County Jail Targeted (2023-2024 inspection cycle)

Initial Inspection Report 2023-2024 Biennial Inspection Cycle Date of Exit Briefing: 6/17/2024 Inspection Type: Targeted County: Sutter Facility Name(s): Sutter County Jail BSCC #(s): 5780 BSCC Type: II Facility Representatives: Capt. Niswonger and Lt. Garza BSCC Field Representative: Steven Wicklander Corrective Action Plan Required? YES DATE CAP DUE TO BSCC: 7/15/2024 Current Items of Noncompliance Title 15. Section Description Choose an item. N/A Title 24. Section Description 13-102 (c) 6. Design requirements During the onsite inspection, BSCC staff determined Pods A and B (single and double occupancy cells) are (2) Suicide Hazards. Architectural plans shall be noncompliant with the 2001 Title 24 Design reviewed by the Board for the purpose of reducing hazards posed by fixtures and equipment which could requirements subsection 2, which were in place at the be used for an act of suicide by an inmate. The facility time of original construction. The noncompliance was design shall avoid any surfaces, edges, fixtures, or due to the hood on the faucets and the desks and fittings that can provide an attachment for self-inflicted upper/lower bunks having a gap between the wall that injury. The following features shall be incorporated in incarcerated people can use as a ligature tie-off point the design of temporary holding cells, temporary staging cells, sobering cells, safety cells, single for suicide. occupancy cells, and any other area where an inmate may be left alone: