Ventura Simi Valley PD (2023-2024 inspection cycle)

March 4, 2025 Charles Steven Shorts, Chief of Police Simi Valley Police Department 3901 Alamo St. Simi Valley, CA 93063-2102 2023-2024 COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTION, PENAL CODE SECTION 6031, WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 209, SIMI VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT Dear Chief Shorts: The 2023-2024 Comprehensive Inspection of the Simi Valley Police Department has been completed. A pre-inspection briefing was held on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, and an onsite inspection of the following facility was conducted Monday, November 11, 2024. FACILITY NAME BSCC # FACILITY TYPE Simi Valley Police Department 6070 THJ The 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 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 Date Fire and Life Safety August 22, 2024 Medical and Mental Health November 15, 2023 Environmental Health September 23, 2024 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 shortly after the inspection; BSCC staff presented an overview of the inspection and discussed technical assistance and best practice recommendations. Charles Steven Shorts Chief of Police Page 2 * * * Please email me at jovin.adamos@bscc.ca.gov or call (916) 207-7074 if you have any questions. Sincerely, JOVIN L. ADAMOS Field Representative Facilities Standards and Operations Division Enclosures Cc: Presiding Judge, Ventura County Superior Court* Chair, Grand Jury, Ventura County* Chair, Board of Supervisors, Ventura County* County Administrator, Ventura County* Travis Coffey, Sergeant, Simi Valley Police Department *Copies of the inspection are available upon request or online at www.bscc.ca.gov. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD THJ CI LTR 23-24 TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITIES Board of State and Community Corrections PROCEDURES1 BSCC Code: 6070 FACILITY NAME: Ventura County – Simi Valley Police Department FACILITY TYPE: THJ PERSON(S) INTERVIEWED: Sgt. Travis Coffey FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Jovin Adamos DATE: 11/11/24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1024 COURT HOLDING AND TEMPORARY Excerpts are from the Simi Valley Police HOLDING FACILITY TRAINING Department (SVPD) Policy Manual (PM) unless otherwise indicated. At a minimum, all supervisors of and personnel who supervise incarcerated persons in, a Court Holding or 900.12 – Training Temporary Holding facility shall complete eight hours of specialized corrections training. Such training shall 902.9 - Training include, but not be limited to: (a) applicable minimum jail standards; The department provided several training (b) jail operations liability; rosters indicating all staff are up to date with (c) separation of incarcerated persons; Court and Temporary Holding Facilities per (d) emergency procedures and planning, fire and life ☒ ☐ ☐ Title 15. safety; and; (e) suicide prevention; (f) de-escalation; (g) juvenile procedures; (h) racial bias; and, (i) mental illness. Note: Each agency shall determine if additional training is needed based upon, but not limited to, the complexity of the facility, the number of people incarcerated, the employees' level of experience and training, and other relevant factors. Such training shall be completed as soon as practical, but 900.12 – Training in any event not more than six months after the date of assigned responsibility. Successful completion of Core The department provided several training training or supplemental Core training, pursuant to ☒ ☐ ☐ rosters indicating all staff are up to date with Section 1020, Corrections Officer Core Course, may be Court and Temporary Holding Facilities per substituted for the initial eight hours of training. Title 15. A total of eight hours of refresher training shall be 900.12 – Training completed every two years. Successful completion of the requirements in Section 1025, Continuing Professional The department provided several training ☒ ☐ ☐ Training may be substituted for the eight-hour refresher. rosters indicating all staff are up to date with Court and Temporary Holding Facilities per Title 15. 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. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1027 NUMBER OF PERSONNEL 900.3.2 – Supervision in Temporary Custody A sufficient number of personnel shall be employed in 900.3.3 – Staffing Plan each local detention facility to ensure the implementation and operation of the programs and activities required by ☒ ☐ ☐ The department provided information to these regulations. indicate sufficient staffing. In addition, the department provided a list of all of their female officers which also indicated sufficient staffing of such. Whenever there is a person in custody, there shall be at 900.3.3 – Staffing Plan 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 900.3.2 – Supervision in Temporary Custody 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 900.3.2 – Supervision in Temporary Custody shall be at least one female employee who shall be ☒ ☐ ☐ immediately available and accessible to such females. Note: Reference PC § 4021. In order to determine if there is a sufficient number of 900.3.3 – Staffing Plan personnel for a specific facility, the facility administrator shall prepare and retain a staffing plan indicating the The department provided information to personnel assigned in the facility and their duties. Such a indicate sufficient staffing. In addition, the ☒ ☐ ☐ staffing plan shall be reviewed by the Board staff at the department provided a list of all of their female time of their biennial inspection. The results of such a officers which also indicated sufficient staffing review and recommendations shall be reported to the of such. local jurisdiction having fiscal responsibility for the facility. 1027.5 SAFETY CHECKS 900.5.2 – Temporary Custody Requirements The facility administrator shall develop and implement 900.8 – Holding Cells: (e) Safety checks by policy and procedures for conducting safety checks that department members shall be conducted at include, but are not limited to, the following: least hourly through direct visual observation (a) Safety checks will determine the safety and well-being of all inmates. There shall be no more than a of individuals and shall be conducted at least hourly ☒ ☐ ☐ 60 minute lapse between safety checks (15 through direct visual observation of all people held and CCR 1027.5). housed in the facility. A random sample of safety checks from January to November of 2024 were reviewed. The department is compliant with this portion of the regulation. (b) There shall be no more than a 60-minute lapse 900.8 – Holding Cells: (e) Safety checks by between safety checks. department members shall be conducted at least hourly through direct visual observation of all inmates. There shall be no more than a 60 minute lapse between safety checks (15 ☒ ☐ ☐ CCR 1027.5). A random sample of safety checks from January to November of 2024 were reviewed. The department is compliant with this portion of the regulation. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 2 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (c) Safety checks for people in sobering cells, safety cells, SVPD does not have any sobering cells, and restraints shall occur more frequently as outlined in safety cells, and does not use restraints as ☐ ☐ ☒ section 1055, section 1056, and section 1058 of these referred to by the regulation. regulations. (d) Safety checks shall occur at random or varied 900.1.1 – Definitions; Safety Checks - Direct, intervals. visual observation by a member of this department performed at random intervals, within time frames prescribed in this policy, to provide for the health and welfare of adults in temporary custody. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.8 – Holding Cells: (e1) A random sample of safety checks from January to November of 2024 were reviewed. The department is compliant with this portion of the regulation. (e) There shall be a written plan that includes the 900.5.1 – Temporary Custody Logs documentation of all safety checks. Documentation shall include: ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.5.2 – Temporary Custody Requirements (1) the actual time at which each individual safety check occurred; 900.8 – Holding Cells (2) the location where each individual safety check It is not specifically in policy but is required occurred, such as a cell, module, or dormitory when documenting safety checks on the ☒ ☐ ☐ number; and, SVPD Detention Facility Log/Prisoner Safety Check form. (3) Initials or employee identification number of staff It is not specifically in policy but is required who completed the safety check(s). when documenting safety checks on the ☒ ☐ ☐ SVPD Detention Facility Log/Prisoner Safety Check form. (f) A documented process by which safety checks are 900.5.1 – Temporary Custody Logs: The reviewed at regular defined intervals by a supervisor or Watch Commander should make periodic facility manager, including methods of mitigating patterns checks to ensure all log entries and safety of inconsistent documentation, or untimely completion of, and security checks are made on time. safety checks. ☒ ☐ ☐ A random sample of safety checks from January to November of 2024 were reviewed. The department is compliant with this portion of the regulation as the Watch Commander reviews each log entry for all incarcerated persons held in this facility. 1028 FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY STAFF 900.3.3 – Staffing Plan Whenever there is a person in custody, there shall be at 900.5.11 – Fire and Life Safety Staff & Fire ☒ ☐ ☐ least one person on duty at all times who meets the Life Suppression Preplanning; Fire and Life training standards established by the Board for general Safety Staff fire and life safety. [Penal Code section 6030(c)]. The facility manager shall ensure that there is at least one 900.5.11 – Fire and Life Safety Staff & Fire person on duty who trained in fire and life safety ☒ ☐ ☐ Life Suppression Preplanning; Fire and Life procedures that relate specifically to the facility. Safety Staff 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 3 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1029 POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL2 Simi Valley Police Department Policy Manual Facility administrator(s) shall develop and publish a 900 – Temporary Custody of Adults manual of policy and procedures for the facility. The policy and procedures manual shall address all Last update/review was noted on 11/06/2024. 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 Simi Valley Police Department Policy Manual facilities shall provide for, but not be limited to, the Table of Contents following: ☒ ☐ ☐ (1) Table of organization, including channels of communications. (2) Inspections and operations reviews by the facility 900.1.2 – Mission Statement & Practices; ☒ ☐ ☐ administrator/manager. Review and Inspections (3) Policy on the use of force that meets current state 300 – Use of Force and federal legal requirements and includes ☒ ☐ ☐ prohibition of the use of carotid restraint and choke holds. (4) Policy on the use of restraint equipment, including 900.6.1 – Pregnant Adults the restraint of pregnant persons as referenced in Penal Code Section 3407. ☒ ☐ ☐ 302 – Handcuffing and Restraints 302.3.2 – Restraint of Pregnant Persons (5) Procedure and criteria for screening newly 900-10 – Release and/or Transfer received persons for release. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.10.1 – Release Under 849(B) and 853.6 PC (6) Security and control including physical counts and 900.11 – Assigned Administrator: Annual searches of the facility and incarcerated persons, review and evaluation of security measures contraband control, and key control. including internal and external security Each facility administrator shall, at least annually, measures, sanitation, safety, and review, evaluate, and make a record of security ☒ ☐ ☐ maintenance (15 CCR 1280). measures. The review and evaluation shall include internal and external security measures of the facility The last review/evaluation was conducted on: including security measures specific to prevention of October of 2024. sexual abuse and sexual harassment. (7) Emergency procedures include: 900.11 – Assigned Administrator (A) fire suppression preplan as required by ☒ ☐ ☐ section 1032 of these regulations; 900.5.11 – Fire and Life Safety Staff & Fire Life Suppression Preplanning (B) escape, disturbances, and the taking of 900.9.1 – Emergency Procedures: (a) ☒ ☐ ☐ hostages; Hostages, (b) Disturbances, and (c) Hostages (C) mass arrests; 900.9.1 – Emergency Procedures: (d) Mass ☒ ☐ ☐ Arrests / Civil Disturbances Outside the Police Jail Facility 2 Procedures related to security and emergency response may be in a separate manual to ensure confidentiality by limiting general access. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 4 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (D) natural disasters; 900.9.1 – Emergency Procedures: (e) Natural ☒ ☐ ☐ Disasters (E) periodic testing of emergency equipment; and 900-11 – Assigned Administrator: (k) Periodic ☒ ☐ ☐ Testing of Equipment (F) storage, issue, and use of weapons, 900.5.7 – Firearms and Other Security ammunition, chemical agents, and related ☒ ☐ ☐ Measures security devices. (8) Suicide Prevention. 900.9.2 – Medical and Mental Health ☒ ☐ ☐ Services; (g) Suicide Prevention Program (9) Separation of incarcerated persons. 900.4.1 – Screening and Placement ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation Plan (10) Zero tolerance in the prevention of sexual abuse 902 – Prison Rape Elimination ☒ ☐ ☐ and sexual harassment. (11) Policy and procedure to detect, prevent, and 902 – Prison Rape Elimination respond to retaliation against any staff or person after ☒ ☐ ☐ reporting any abuse. 902.4 – Reporting Sexual Abuse, Harassment, and Retaliation. (12) Release policy, including release planning for 900-10 – Release and/or Transfer incarcerated persons. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.10.1 – Release Under 849(B) and 853.6 PC (e) The manual for Temporary Holding, Court Holding, 902 – Prison Rape Elimination Type I, II, III, and IV facilities shall provide for, but not be limited to, the following: (1) multiple internal ways for incarcerated people to privately report sexual abuse and sexual ☒ ☐ ☐ harassment, retaliation by other incarcerated persons or staff for reporting sexual abuse and sexual harassment, and staff neglect or violation of responsibilities that may have contributed to such incidents, (2) a method for uninvolved incarcerated persons, 902 – Prison Rape Elimination family, community members, and other interested third parties to report sexual abuse or sexual 902.4 – Reporting Sexual Abuse, harassment. The method for reporting shall be Harassment, and Retaliation. publicly posted at the facility. The department’s public website has a link for people to view the SVPD’s Personnel ☒ ☐ ☐ Complaints Policy: chrome- extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmk aj/https://www.simivalley.org/home/showpubl isheddocument/13623/63869359035197000 0 The policy covers sources of complaints indicating SVPD will accept complaints in any form, including in writing, by email, in person, or by telephone. 1030 SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM 900.9.2 – Medical and Mental Health Services; (g) Suicide Prevention Program The facility shall have a comprehensive written suicide prevention program developed by the facility administrator or designee, in conjunction with the health ☒ ☐ ☐ authority and mental health director, to identify, monitor, and provide treatment to those incarcerated persons who present a suicide risk. The program shall include the following: 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 5 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (a) Annual suicide prevention training for all custodial 900.12 – Training personnel. The department provided several training ☒ ☐ ☐ rosters indicating all staff are up to date with Court and Temporary Holding Facilities per Title 15. (b) Intake screening for suicide risk immediately upon 409 – Mental Illness Commitments intake and prior to housing assignment. 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In Temporary Custody: (d) Individuals who are a suspected suicide risk (see the Mental Illness ☒ ☐ ☐ Commitments Policy). The department provided their Intake Health Screening form which covers questioning behavior that suggests danger to self or others. (c) Suicide prevention screening during special 409 – Mental Illness Commitments situations, including placement in restrictive housing, following a hearing, and after a transfer or change in 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In classification. Temporary Custody: (d) Individuals who are a suspected suicide risk (see the Mental Illness Commitments Policy). ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.9.2 – Medical and Mental Health Services; (g) Suicide Prevention Program; (i): inmates exhibiting suicidal behavior shall be transported to Ventura mental health facility or Ventura County Jail. (d) Provisions facilitating communication among 409 – Mental Illness Commitments arresting/transporting officers, facility staff, court staff, medical and mental health personnel in relation to suicide 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In risk. Temporary Custody: Officers taking custody of a person who exhibits any of the above conditions should notify a supervisor of the situation. These individuals should not be in temporary custody at the Department unless they have been evaluated by a qualified medical or mental health professional, as appropriate for the circumstances. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.4 – Initiating Temporary Custody: The receiving officer should ask the arresting officer if there is any statement, indication, or evidence surrounding the individual's arrest and transportation that would reasonably indicate the individual is at risk for suicide or critical medical care. If there is any suspicion that the individual may be suicidal, the individual shall be transported to the City jail or the appropriate mental health facility. (e) Housing recommendations for people at risk of suicide 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In that balance safety and environment. The least restrictive Temporary Custody: (d) Individuals who are a ☒ ☐ ☐ environment should be considered. suspected suicide risk (see the Mental Illness Commitments Policy). 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 6 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (f) Supervision depending on level of suicide risk. 409 – Mental Illness Commitments 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In ☒ ☐ ☐ Temporary Custody: (d) Individuals who are a suspected suicide risk (see the Mental Illness Commitments Policy). (g) Suicide attempt and suicide intervention policies and 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In procedures. Temporary Custody: (d) Individuals who are a suspected suicide risk (see the Mental Illness ☒ ☐ ☐ Commitments Policy) and (e) Individuals who are obviously in crisis, as defined in the Crisis Intervention Incidents Policy. (h) Provisions for reporting suicides and suicides 409.7 – Documentation ☒ ☐ ☐ attempts. (i) Multi-disciplinary administrative review of suicides and 900.9 – Suicide Attempt, Death, or Serious attempted suicides as defined by the facility Injury administrator, including the development of a corrective ☒ ☐ ☐ action plan to address deficiencies identified in the 900.16 – Death of a Prisoner administrative review. (j) Provisions for follow up care as needed. This is a temporary holding facility. Any ☒ ☐ ☐ follow-up care would be conducted at a health Note: Subsection (k) does not apply and has been facility or county jail. deleted. 1032 FIRE SUPPRESSION PREPLANNING 900.5.11 – Fire and Life Safety Staff & Fire Life Suppression Preplanning; Fire Pursuant to Penal Code Section 6031.1(b), the facility Suppression Preplanning 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: (a) a fire suppression pre-plan developed with the local 900.5.11 – Fire and Life Safety Staff & Fire fire department to be included as part of the policy and Life Suppression Preplanning; Fire ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures manual (Title 15, California Code of Suppression Preplanning Regulations Section 1029); (b) monthly fire prevention inspections by facility staff with The department provided their monthly Fire two-year retention of the inspection record; ☒ ☐ ☐ Safety Check for review. The department is compliant with this portion of the regulation. (c) fire prevention inspections as required by Health and The department was inspected on Safety Code Section 13146.1(a) and (b) which requires ☒ ☐ ☐ 08/22/2024. inspections at least once every two years; (d) an evacuation plan; and 900.5.11 – Fire and Life Safety Staff & Fire Life Suppression Preplanning; Fire Suppression Preplanning: (d) In the event that an evacuation of inmates is necessary, the inmates will be moved to the ☒ ☐ ☐ transportation van. If this is not feasible, the inmate(s) will be transferred to the Ventura County Jail or Juvenile Hall. Those inmates(s) who can be released without posing a threat to the community will be released. Minors will be released to a parent or guardian. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 7 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (e) a plan for the emergency housing of incarcerated 900.5.11 – Fire and Life Safety Staff & Fire people in the case of fire. Life Suppression Preplanning; Fire Suppression Preplanning: (d) In the event that an evacuation of inmates is necessary, the inmates will be moved to the transportation van. If this is not feasible, the inmate(s) will be transferred to the Ventura ☒ ☐ ☐ County Jail or Juvenile Hall. Those inmates(s) who can be released without posing a threat to the community will be released. Minors will be released to a parent or guardian. 900.9.1 – Emergency Procedures: (f) Emergency Housing Alternative 1044 INCIDENT REPORTS 900.9.3 – Injured or Ill Prisoners: (e) Each facility administrator shall develop written policies 900.16 – Death of Prisoner: (c) Reports and procedures for the maintenance of written records ☒ ☐ ☐ and reporting of all incidents which result in physical 900.17 – Records; Incident Reports harm, or serious threat of physical harm, to an employee or incarcerated person of a detention facility or other There were no incident reports to review for person. this inspectional cycle. Such records shall include the names of the persons 900.9.3 – Injured or Ill Prisoners: (e) involved, a description of the incident, the actions taken, and the date and time of the occurrence. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.16 – Death of Prisoner: (c) Reports 900.17 – Records; Incident Reports Such a written record shall be prepared by the staff 900.9.3 – Injured or Ill Prisoners: (e) assigned to investigate the incident and submitted to the facility manager or designee. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.16 – Death of Prisoner: (c) Reports 900.17 – Records; Incident Reports 1046 DEATH IN CUSTODY 900.9 – Suicide Attempt, Death or Serious Injury (a) The facility administrator shall develop written policy and procedures to comply with the in-custody death 900.16 – Death of a Prisoner ☒ ☐ ☐ 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 900.9 – Suicide Attempt, Death or Serious health administrator, shall develop written policy and Injury procedures to conduct an initial review and complete a written report of every in-custody death within 30 days of 900.16 – Death of a Prisoner the death. The team that conducts the initial review shall ☒ ☐ ☐ include, at a minimum, the facility administrator or During the documentation review, it was designee, the health administrator, the responsible noted the PM did not reflect this portion of the physician and other health care, and supervision staff regulation. The PM was immediately updated who are relevant to the incident. and training bulletins of the update were relayed to personnel. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 8 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS Deaths shall be reviewed to determine the 900.9 – Suicide Attempt, Death or Serious appropriateness of clinical care; whether changes to Injury policies, procedures, or practices are warranted; and to identify issues that require further study. 900.16 – Death of a Prisoner ☒ ☐ ☐ During the documentation review, it was noted the PM did not reflect this portion of the regulation. The PM was immediately updated and training bulletins of the update were relayed to personnel. (c) The facility administrator shall submit a copy of the 900.9 – Suicide Attempt, Death or Serious initial review report of every in-custody death to the BSCC Injury 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 900.9 – Suicide Attempt, Death or Serious information: Injury: (h) In-custody death review reports in (1) Demographic information compliance with 15 CCR 1046 (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. (d) In any case in which a minor dies while detained in a jail, lockup, or court holding facility the BSCC may inspect and evaluate the jail, lockup, or court holding facility pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter within 30 calendar days of the death. Any inquiry made by the Board shall be limited to the standards and requirements set forth in these regulations. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 9 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1050 CLASSIFICATION PLAN 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation Plan. (a) Each administrator of a temporary holding, Type I, II, or III facility shall develop and implement a written The facility seldom holds incarcerated classification plan designed to properly assign persons. It is the standard practice of the incarcerated persons to housing units and activities SVPD to utilize each cell of their facility as according to the categories of gender identity, age, single-occupancy. criminal sophistication, seriousness of crime charged, physical or mental health needs, assaultive/non- assaultive behavior, risk of being sexually abused, or 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, This is a Temporary Holding Facility; the agency shall consider on a case-by-case basis incarcerated persons are not housed in this whether a placement would ensure the health and safety facility and programming assignments are not of the incarcerated person, and whether the placement ☐ ☐ ☒ available. would present management or security problems. A person’s own views with respect to their own safety shall be given serious consideration. 1051 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In Temporary Custody: (h) Any individual who The facility administrator, in cooperation with the claims to have, is known to be afflicted with, responsible physician, shall develop written policies and or displays symptoms of any communicable procedures specifying those symptoms that require disease that poses an unreasonable medical isolation of an incarcerated person until a exposure risk (15 CCR 1051). medical evaluation is completed. 900.4 – Initiating Temporary Custody ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation Plan; Communicable Diseases 900.9.2 – Medical and Mental Health Services; (b4) Medical/Mental Health Procedures Manual and (c1) Medical Receiving and Screening 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 0 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS At the time of intake into the facility, an inquiry shall be 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In made of the person being booked as to whether the Temporary Custody: (h) Any individual who person has or has had any communicable diseases, such claims to have, is known to be afflicted with, as tuberculosis or has observable symptoms of or displays symptoms of any communicable tuberculosis or any other communicable diseases, or disease that poses an unreasonable other special medical problem identified by the health exposure risk (15 CCR 1051). authority. The response shall be noted on the medical screening from. 900.4 – Initiating Temporary Custody 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation ☒ ☐ ☐ Plan; Communicable Diseases 900.9.2 – Medical and Mental Health Services; (b4) Medical/Mental Health Procedures Manual and (c1) Medical Receiving and Screening The department provided their Intake Health Screening form which covers questioning basic medical information. 1052 BEHAVIORAL CRISIS IDENTIFICATION 429 – Crisis Intervention Incidents The facility administrator, in cooperation with the 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In responsible physician, shall develop written policies and Temporary Custody: (d) Individuals who are a ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures to identify and evaluate all incarcerated suspected suicide risk (see the Mental Illness people who may be in behavioral crisis. Evaluation of Commitments Policy) and (e) Individuals who behavioral crisis may include telehealth. are obviously in crisis, as defined in the Crisis Intervention Incidents Policy. If an evaluation from medical or mental health staff is not 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In readily available, an incarcerated person shall be Temporary Custody: Individuals who exhibit considered in behavioral crisis for the purpose of this certain behaviors or conditions should not be section if they appear to be a danger to themselves or ☒ ☐ ☐ in temporary custody at the Simi Valley Police others or appear gravely disabled. Department, but should be transported to a jail facility, a medical facility, or another type of facility as appropriate. An evaluation from medical or mental health staff shall be 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In secured within 24 hours of identification or at the next Temporary Custody: Individuals who exhibit daily sick call, whichever is earliest. certain behaviors or conditions should not be ☒ ☐ ☐ in temporary custody at the Simi Valley Police Department, but should be transported to a jail facility, a medical facility, or another type of facility as appropriate. Separation may be used if necessary, to protect the 900.4.1 – Screening and Placement safety of the person in crisis or others. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation Plan 1053 ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION 900.4.1 – Screening and Placement Except for Type IV facilities, facility administrators shall ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation Plan develop and implement policies and procedures for the administrative separation of incarcerated people. Policies and procedures must include: 900.4.1 – Screening and Placement (a) Administrative separation may consist of separate housing but shall not involve any other deprivation of 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation Plan privileges than is necessary to obtain the objective of ☒ ☐ ☐ protecting the welfare of incarcerated people and facility staff. Note: Subsections (b) through (e) do not apply and have been deleted. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 1 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1055 USE OF SAFETY CELL This facility does not have a safety cell. If one is needed, the incarcerated person is The safety cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section immediately transferred to a medical facility or 1231.2.5, shall be used to hold only those people who ☐ ☐ ☒ county jail. The remaining sections of this display behavior which results in the destruction of regulation will be marked as N/A (Not property or reveals an intent to cause physical harm to Applicable). 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 This facility does not have a sobering cell. If one is needed, the incarcerated person is The sobering cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section immediately transferred to a medical facility or ☐ ☐ ☒ 1231.2.4, shall be used for temporary holding of county jail. The remaining sections of this incarcerated people who are a threat to their own safety regulation will be marked as N/A (Not or the safety of others due to their state of intoxication. Applicable). 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. In no case shall a person remain in a sobering cell over six hours without an evaluation by medical or custody staff to determine whether the person has an urgent ☐ ☐ ☒ medical problem, pursuant to section 1213 of these regulations. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 2 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS At 12 hours from the time of placement, all persons must ☐ ☐ ☒ receive an evaluation by responsible health care staff. Intermittent direct visual observation of people held in the sobering cell shall be conducted no less than every half ☐ ☐ ☒ hour. Such observation shall be documented. 1057 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 900.3.1 – Individuals Who Should Not Be In Temporary Custody: (j) Any individual with an The facility administrator, in cooperation with the obvious developmental disability (15 CCR responsible physician, shall develop written policies and 1057). procedures for the identification and evaluation, appropriate classification and housing, protection, and 900.4 – Initiating Temporary Custody nondiscrimination of all incarcerated persons with ☒ ☐ ☐ developmental disabilities. 900.4.3 – Classification and Segregation Plan. The department provided their Intake Health Screening form which covers questioning developmental disabilities and/or mobility restrictions or body deformities. The health authority or designee shall contact the This process is conducted by the county jail regional center for any incarcerated person suspected or when the incarcerated person is transferred confirmed to have a developmental disability for the ☒ ☐ ☐ from the temporary holding facility. purposes of diagnosis or treatment within 24 hours of such determination, excluding holidays and weekends. 1058 USE OF RESTRAINT DEVICES SVPD does not utilize restraints as described in this regulation. The remainder of the The facility administrator, in cooperation with the sections for this regulation will be marked as responsible physician, shall develop and implement N/A (Not Applicable). written policies and procedures for the use of restraint devices. Restraint devices include any devices which immobilize extremities or prevent the incarcerated person ☐ ☐ ☒ from being ambulatory. The provisions of this section do not apply to the use of handcuffs, shackles, or other restraint devices when used to restrain incarcerated people for security reasons. The facility manager may delegate authority to place an incarcerated person in restraints to responsible health care staff. (a) The policy shall address the following areas: ☐ ☐ ☒ (1) acceptable restraint devices; (2) signs or symptoms which should result in immediate medical/mental health referral; availability ☐ ☐ ☒ of cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment; (3) protective housing of restrained persons; ☐ ☐ ☒ (4) provision for hydration and sanitation needs; and, ☐ ☐ ☒ (5) exercising of extremities. ☐ ☐ ☒ (b) Policy shall also include, but not be limited to, the following requirements: ☐ ☐ ☒ (1) In no case shall restraints be used for punishment or as a substitute for treatment. (2) Restraint devices shall only be used on incarcerated people who display behavior which ☐ ☐ ☒ results in the destruction of property or reveal an intent to cause physical harm to self or others. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 3 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (3) Restraint devices should be used only when less restrictive alternatives, including verbal de-escalation ☐ ☐ ☒ techniques, have been attempted and are deemed ineffective. (4) An incarcerated person shall be placed in restraints only with the approval of the facility manager, the facility watch commander, or ☐ ☐ ☒ responsible health care staff; continued retention shall be reviewed a minimum of every hour. (5) Continuous direct visual observation shall be ☐ ☐ ☒ maintained until a medical opinion can be obtained. (6) A medical opinion on placement and retention shall be secured within one hour from the time of ☐ ☐ ☒ placement. (7) A medical assessment shall be completed within ☐ ☐ ☒ four hours of placement. (8) Continuous direct visual observation shall be conducted at least twice every 30 minutes to ensure that the restraints are properly employed, and to ensure the safety and well-being of the incarcerated person. Such observation shall be documented. ☐ ☐ ☒ While in restraint devices all incarcerated persons 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 with responsible health care staff determines that an incarcerated person cannot be safely removed from ☐ ☐ ☒ restraints after eight hours, the person shall be taken to a medical facility for further evaluation. (10) Where applicable, the facility manager shall use the restraint device manufacturer’s recommended ☐ ☐ ☒ maximum time limits for placement. (11) All events and information related to the placement in restraints shall be documented and shall be video recorded unless exigent circumstances prevent staff from doing so. The ☐ ☐ ☒ documentation shall include: the reason for placement; person authorizing placement; names of staff involved in the placement; injuries sustained; and the duration of placement. 1058.5 RESTRAINTS AND PREGNANT PERSONS 302 – Handcuffing and Restraints The facility administrator, in cooperation with the 302.3.2 – Restraint of Pregnant Persons responsible physician, shall develop written policies and ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures for the use of restraint devices on pregnant 900.6.1 – Pregnant Adults 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 302.3.2 – Restraint of Pregnant Persons in recovery after delivery or termination of the ☒ ☐ ☐ pregnancy shall not be restrained by the use of leg or 900.6.1 – Pregnant Adults waist restraints, or handcuffs behind the body. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 4 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (2) An incarcerated pregnant person in labor, during 302.3.2 – Restraint of Pregnant Persons delivery, or in recovery after delivery or termination of the pregnancy, shall not be restrained by the wrists, 900.6.1 – Pregnant Adults ☒ ☐ ☐ ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for the safety and security of the incarcerated person, the staff, or the public. (3) Restraints shall be removed when a professional 302.3.2 – Restraint of Pregnant Persons who is currently responsible for the medical care of an incarcerated pregnant person during a medical 900.6.1 – Pregnant Adults emergency, labor, delivery, or recovery after delivery or termination of the pregnancy determines that the ☒ ☐ ☐ During the documentation review, it was removal of restraints is medically necessary. noted the PM did not reflect this portion of the regulation. The PM was immediately updated and training bulletins of the update were relayed to personnel. (4) Upon confirmation of an incarcerated person’s 302.3.2 – Restraint of Pregnant Persons pregnancy, they shall be advised, orally or in writing, of the standards and policies governing incarcerated 900.6.1 – Pregnant Adults pregnant people. ☒ ☐ ☐ During the documentation review, it was noted the PM did not reflect this portion of the regulation. The PM was immediately updated and training bulletins of the update were relayed to personnel. 1067 ACCESS TO TELEPHONE 900.4.2 – Consular Notification The facility administrator shall develop written policies 900.5.5 – Telephone Calls 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 900.5.5 – Telephone Calls The facility administrator shall develop written policies 900.5.9 – Attorneys and Bail Bondsmen ☒ ☐ ☐ and procedures to ensure incarcerated persons have access to the court and to legal counsel. Such access shall consist of: (b) confidential consultation with attorneys. 900.5.5 – Telephone Calls: (C) Calls between an individual in temporary custody and the individual's attorney shall be deemed ☒ ☐ ☐ confidential and shall not be monitored, eavesdropped upon, or recorded (Penal Code § 851.5(b)(1); 15 CCR 1068). 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 5 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1080 RULES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS 900.5.10 – Discipline: Discipline will not be administered to any individual in custody at Wherever discipline is administered, each facility this facility. Any individual in custody who administrator shall establish written rules and disciplinary repeatedly fails to follow directions or facility actions to guide the conduct of incarcerated persons. rules should be transported to the appropriate jail, mental health facility or hospital as soon Notes: If discipline IS NOT administered, written policy ☐ ☐ ☒ as practicable. should indicate as such. If discipline IS administered, Sections 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 and 1084 apply. Discipline is not administered with this department. The remaining sections of this regulation will be marked as N/A (Not Applicable). 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 900.5.10 – Discipline: Discipline will not be PERSONS administered to any individual in custody at this facility. Any individual in custody who Each facility administrator shall develop written policies repeatedly fails to follow directions or facility and procedures for discipline of incarcerated persons. rules should be transported to the appropriate The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following jail, mental health facility or hospital as soon elements: ☐ ☐ ☒ as practicable. (a) Temporary Loss of Privileges: For minor acts of non- conformance or minor violations of facility rules, staff may Discipline is not administered with this impose a temporary loss of privileges, such as access to department. The remaining sections of this television, telephones, commissary, or lockdown for less regulation will be marked as N/A (Not than 24 hours, provided there is written documentation Applicable). 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. ☐ ☐ ☒ 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. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 6 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 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 900.5.10 – Discipline: Discipline will not be administered to any individual in custody at The degree of actions taken by the disciplinary officer this facility. Any individual in custody who shall be directly related to the severity of the rule repeatedly fails to follow directions or facility infraction and promotion of desired behavior through a rules should be transported to the appropriate progressive disciplinary process. Acceptable forms of jail, mental health facility or hospital as soon discipline shall consist of, but not be limited to, the as practicable. 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. 1083 LIMITATIONS ON DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS 900.5.10 – Discipline: Discipline will not be administered to any individual in custody at The Penal Code and the State Constitution expressly this facility. Any individual in custody who prohibit all cruel and unusual punishment. Disciplinary repeatedly fails to follow directions or facility actions shall not include corporal punishment, group rules should be transported to the appropriate punishment when feasible, or physical or psychological jail, mental health facility or hospital as soon degradation. ☐ ☐ ☒ as practicable. Additionally, there shall be the following limitations: Discipline is not administered with this (a) Disciplinary separation shall be considered an option department. The remaining sections of this of last resort and as a response to the most serious and regulation will be marked as N/A (Not threatening behavior, for the shortest time possible, and Applicable). with the least restrictive conditions possible. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 7 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (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. (g) In no case shall access to courts and legal counsel be ☐ ☐ ☒ suspended as a disciplinary measure. 1084 DISCIPLINARY RECORDS 900.5.10 – Discipline: Discipline will not be administered to any individual in custody at Penal Code Section 4019.5 requires that a record is kept this facility. Any individual in custody who of all disciplinary actions administered therefore. This ☐ ☐ ☒ repeatedly fails to follow directions or facility requirement may be satisfied by retaining copies of rule rules should be transported to the appropriate violation reports and report of the disposition of each. jail, mental health facility or hospital as soon as practicable. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 8 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1270 STANDARD BEDDING AND LINEN ISSUE 900.13 – Prisoner Bedding: (a) The booking officer should offer one blanket and one The standard issue of clean suitable bedding and linens, mattress to each person booked into the for each incarcerated person entering a living area who facility. ☒ ☐ ☐ is expected to remain overnight, shall include, but not be limited to: This is a temporary holding facility and (a) one serviceable mattress which meets the incarcerated persons are not typically held requirements of Section 1272 of these regulations; longer than six hours. (b) one mattress cover or one sheet; This is a temporary holding facility and incarcerated persons are not typically held ☐ ☐ ☒ longer than six hours. This item is not provided. (d) one blanket or more depending up on climatic 900.13 – Prisoner Bedding: (a) The booking conditions. officer should offer one blanket and one mattress to each person booked into the facility. ☐ ☐ ☒ This is a temporary holding facility and incarcerated persons are not typically held longer than six hours. Additional blankets are not noted in policy but may be an option. Policy and procedure shall require that items (a), (b), and This is a temporary holding facility and (d) above be provided prior to the first night in the facility. ☐ ☐ ☒ incarcerated persons are not typically held longer than six hours. Some sections of this regulation will not be applicable. Two blankets or sleep bag may be issued in place of one This is a temporary holding facility and mattress cover or one sheet at the request of the incarcerated persons are not typically held ☐ ☐ ☒ incarcerated person. longer than six hours. This item is not provided. Temporary Holding facilities which hold persons longer This is a temporary holding facility and than 12 hours shall provide an incarcerated person with incarcerated persons are not typically held bedding and linen that meet the requirements of (a), (b) ☐ ☒ longer than six hours. Some sections of this ☐ and (d) above prior to their first night in the facility and regulation will not be applicable. every night thereafter. 1280 FACILITY SANITATION, SAFETY, AND 900.15 – Facility Sanitation and Maintenance MAINTENANCE The facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures for the maintenance of an acceptable ☒ ☐ ☐ level of cleanliness, repair, and safety throughout the facility. Such a plan shall provide for a regular schedule of housekeeping tasks and inspections to identify and correct unsanitary or unsafe conditions or work practices which may be found. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 1 9 of 23 A351 TH 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? If YES, see remaining document for Title 15, Article 9 inspection. Penal Code Sections 6030 and 6031.4 require the biennial inspection of local detention facilities that hold 312 – Temporary Custody of Juveniles minors in secure detention in the jail. Title 15, Article 9 establishes the minimum standards of how facilities hold 312.4 – Custody of Juveniles: Juveniles minors in temporary custody in the jail. ☒ taken into custody shall be held in non- ☐ ☐ secure custody unless otherwise authorized Facilities that do not hold minors in the jail cells are not by this policy. subject to Title 15, Article 9 biennial inspections; however, if minors are held in the building, they may be subject to the requirements of Welfare and Institutions Code section 207.1. 1047 SERIOUS ILLNESS OR INJURY OF A MINOR 312.12 – Suicide Attempt, Death, or Serious IN AN ADULT DETENTION FACILITY Injury of a Juvenile The facility administrator shall develop policy and ☒ 900.9.2 – Medical and Mental Health procedures for notification of the court of jurisdiction and ☐ ☐ Services; (g) Suicide Prevention Program 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 312 – Temporary Custody of Juveniles The facility administrator shall develop written policies 312.3 – Juveniles Who Should Not Be Held: and procedures concerning minors being held in Juveniles who exhibit any of the following temporary custody which shall address: conditions should not be held at the Simi (a) suicide risk and prevention; ☒ Valley Police Department: (c) A known ☐ ☐ suicide risk or obviously severely emotionally disturbed 900.9.2 – Medical and Mental Health Services; (g) Suicide Prevention Program (b) use of restraints; ☒ 312.9 – Use of Restraint Devices ☐ ☐ (c) emergency medical assistance and services; and ☒ 312.3.1 – Emergency Medical Care of ☐ ☐ Juveniles in Custody (d) prohibiting use of discipline. 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: (r) No discipline may be administered to any ☒ juvenile, nor may juveniles be subjected to ☐ ☐ corporal or unusual punishment, humiliation, or mental abuse (15 CCR 1142). 1143 CARE OF MINORS IN TEMPORARY 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: CUSTODY (e) ☒ ☐ (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 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: the minor has not eaten within the past four (4) ☒ (g) hours or is otherwise in need of appropriate ☐ ☐ nourishment; (3) access to drinking water; ☒ 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: ☐ ☐ (h) (4) access to language services; ☒ 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: ☐ ☐ (p) 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 2 0 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 DETENTION OF MINORS TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (5) access to disabilities services; ☒ 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: ☐ ☐ (q) (6) sanitary napkins, panty liners, and tampons as ☒ 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: requested; ☐ ☐ (f) (7) privacy during consultation with family, guardian, ☒ 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: and/or lawyer; ☐ ☐ (j) (8) blankets and clothing, as necessary, to assure ☒ 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: the comfort of the minor; and ☐ ☐ (l) (9) personal clothing unless the clothing is 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements: inadequate, presents a health or safety problem, or ☒ (k) ☐ ☐ is required to be utilized as evidence of an offense. (b) Upon entry, the minor shall be informed in writing of 312.8 – Temporary Custody Requirements 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 312.7 – No-Contact Requirements 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 312.7 – No-Contact Requirements 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 312.11 – Secure Custody A minor who is taken into temporary custody by a peace officer on the basis that they are 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 312.11 – Secure Custody: (a) 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 ☒ 312.11 – Secure Custody: (b) taken into custody; ☐ ☐ (c) minor's behavior, including the degree to which the ☒ 312.11 – Secure Custody: (c) minor appears to be cooperative or non-cooperative; ☐ ☐ 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 2 1 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 DETENTION OF MINORS TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (d) the availability of staff to provide adequate ☒ 312.11 – Secure Custody: (d) supervision or protection of the minor; and ☐ ☐ (e) the age, type, and number of other individuals who ☒ 312.11 – Secure Custody: (e) are detained in the facility. ☐ ☐ 1146 CONDITIONS OF SECURE CUSTODY 312.11 – 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. 1147 SUPERVISION OF MINORS IN SECURE 312.11.1 – Locked Enclosures 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 312.11.1 – Locked Enclosures: (d) minor by staff of the law enforcement facility, at least Unscheduled safety checks to provide for the once every 30 minutes, which shall be documented. ☒ health and welfare of the juvenile by a staff ☐ ☐ member, no less than once every 15 minutes, shall occur (15 CCR 1147; 15 CCR 1151). (b) Minors of different genders shall not be placed in the 312.11.1 – Locked Enclosures: (e) Juveniles same locked room unless under constant direct visual ☒ ☐ of different genders shall not be placed in the ☐ observation by staff of the law enforcement facility. same locked room (15 CCR 1147). 1148 SUPERVISION OF MINORS IN SECURE 312.11 – Secure Custody 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 312.11 – Secure Custody: An employee must direct visual observation to assure the minor's safety ☒ be present at all times to ensure the juvenile's while secured to a stationary object. ☐ ☐ safety while secured to a stationary object (15 CCR 1148). Securing minors to a stationary object for longer than 60 312.11 – Secure Custody minutes, and every 30 minutes thereafter, shall be ☒ ☐ ☐ approved by a supervisor. The decision for securing a minor to a stationary object 312.11 – Secure Custody 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 312.1.1 – Definitions; Non-secure Custody Minors held in temporary custody, who do not meet the 312.4 – Custody of Juveniles 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. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 2 2 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 DETENTION OF MINORS TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1150 SUPERVISION OF MINORS IN NON- 312.1.1 – Definitions; Non-secure Custody 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. 1151 MINORS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANY 312.3 – Juveniles Who Should Not Be Held: INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE IN SECURE (d) Significantly intoxicated except when OR NON-SECURE CUSTODY approved by the Watch Commander. A medical clearance shall be obtained for Facility administrators shall develop policies and minors who are under the influence of drugs, procedures providing that a medical clearance shall be alcohol, or any other intoxicating substance obtained for minors who are under the influence of to the extent that they are unable to care for drugs, alcohol, or any other intoxicating substance to the ☒ themselves (15 CCR 1151). ☐ ☐ extent that they are unable to care for themselves, prior to secure or non-secure custody of that minor. Officers taking custody of a juvenile who exhibits any of the above conditions should take reasonable steps to provide medical attention or mental health assistance and notify a supervisor of the situation (15 CCR 1142; 15 CCR 1151). Supervision of minors in secure custody in a locked 312.11.1 – Locked Enclosures 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 312.11 – Secure Custody locked room shall be supervised in accordance with ☒ ☐ ☐ Section 1148. Supervision of minors in nonsecure custody shall be 312.1.1 – Definitions; Non-secure Custody ☒ ☐ ☐ supervised in accordance with Section 1150. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PRO 23-24 Page 2 3 of 23 A351 TH PRO eff. 07.01.24 ADULT COURT AND TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITIES PHYSICAL PLANT EVALUATION The Board of State and Community Corrections APPLICABLE TITLE 24 REGULATIONS: 6/94; 2/99; 2001; 2005; 2008; 2010; 2013; 2017; 2019 BSCC Code: 6070 FACILITY NAME: Ventura County – Simi Valley PD FACILITY TYPE: THJ 06/94: ☒ APPLICABLE REGULATIONS (Check All That Apply): FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Jovin Adamos DATE: 11/11/24 TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS The design of court holding and temporary holding facilities shall include the following required spaces from Sections 1231.2.2, 1231.2.19, 1231.2.20, 1231.2.21, 1231.2.22, 1231.2.24 and 1231.2.26. 1231.2.1 RECEPTION AND BOOKING* Located in the administrative area and the vehicle sallyport. Facilities where booking and housing occur shall have the following space and equipment: ☒ ☐ ☐ 1. Weapons locker as specified in Section 1231.3.12. 2. A cell or room for the confinement of inmates pending their booking, complying with Section ☒ ☐ ☐ 1231.2.2. 3. A sobering cell as described in Section 1231.2.4 There are no sobering cells in this facility. if intoxicated, inmates who may pose a danger to themselves or others are held. For those facilities ☐ ☒ ☐ that accept male and female intoxicated inmates two sobering cells shall be provided. 4. Access to a shower within the secure portion of There is a shower near the end of the hallway ☒ the facility. ☐ ☐ in the secured area. 5. Provide access to a secure vault or storage There are secured storage cabinets, but space for inmate valuables. incarcerated person’s property is usually kept ☒ with the arresting officer and transported when ☐ ☐ the incarcerated person is transferred to county jail. 6. A safety cell or cells as described in Section There are no safety cells in this facility. 1231.2.5 if the program statement identifies the ☐ ☒ ☐ need for such a cell. 7. Telephones which are accessible to the inmates. ☒ Available at the officer’s station. ☐ ☐ 8. Unobstructed access to hot and cold running ☒ water for staff use. ☐ ☐ * Required for Temporary Holding facilities when Operational Program Statement identified the need for such spaces. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PHY 23-24 Page 1 of 5 A383 PHY CH-TH (23-24).dot (rev.5/24) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS 1231.2.2 TEMPORARY HOLDING CELL OR ROOM ☒ A temporary holding cell or room shall: ☐ ☐ 1. Contain a minimum of 10 square feet (0.93 m2) of floor area per inmate; 2. Be limited to no more than 16 inmates; ☒ ☐ ☐ 3. Be no smaller than 40 square feet (3.7 m2) and have a clear ceiling height of 8 feet (2438 mm) or ☒ ☐ ☐ more; 4. Contain seating to accommodate all inmates as ☒ required in Section 1231.3; ☐ ☐ 5. Contain a toilet, wash basin and drinking ☒ fountain as specified in Section 1231.3; ☐ ☐ 6. Maximize visual supervision of inmates by staff; ☒ and ☐ ☐ 7. When located in a temporary holding facility, the The benches are large enough to become cell or room shall be equipped with a bunk if ☐ ☒ beds as needed; however, incarcerated ☐ inmates are to be held longer than 12 hours. persons are not held longer than six hours. 1231.2.13 Pharmaceutical storage space* The Operational Program Statement did not identify the need for such. Provide lockable storage space for medical supplies ☐ ☒ ☐ and pharmaceutical preparations as referenced by Title 15, California Code of Regulations, Section 1216. 1231.2.19 SAFETY EQUIPMENT STORAGE A secure area shall be provided for the storage of ☒ safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, self- ☐ ☐ contained breathing apparatus, wire and barcutters, emergency lights, etc. 1231.2.20 JANITORS’ CLOSET This is a Temporary Holding Facility. In Type II facilities, at least one securely lockable ☒ janitors’ closet with sufficient area for the storage of ☐ ☐ cleaning implements and supplies must be provided within the security areas of the facility A mop sink shall also be available within the security Located in the administrative area. area of the facility. In court holding, temporary holding, ☒ Types I, III and IV facilities, the closet need not be in ☐ ☐ the security area. * Required for Temporary Holding facilities when Operational Program Statement identified the need for such spaces. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PHY 23-24 Page 2 of 5 A383 PHY CH-TH (23-24).dot (rev.5/24) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS 1231.2.21 STORAGE ROOMS One or more storage rooms shall be provided to accommodate a minimum of 80 cubic feet (2.3 m3) of storage area per inmate for inmate clothing and ☒ personal property, institutional clothing, bedding and ☐ ☐ supplies. Court holding, temporary holding and Type I facilities may be excluded from the storage space requirement for personal and institutional clothing unless clothing is issued. 1231.2.22 AUDIO MONITORING SYSTEM The facility is outfitted with CCTV with audio. The feed is available in the watch commander’s In court holding, temporary holding, Type I, Type II and office, dispatchers’ area, and the administrative Type II facilities there shall be an inmate- or sound- sergeant’s office. actuated audio monitoring system in temporary holding cells or rooms, temporary staging cells or rooms, ☒ ☐ ☐ sobering cells, safety cells, single and double occupancy cells, dormitories, dayrooms, exercise areas and correctional program/multipurpose space, which is capable of alerting personnel who can respond immediately. 1231.2.24 EMERGENCY POWER There shall be a source of emergency power in all detention facilities capable of providing minimal lighting ☒ ☐ ☐ in all housing units, activities areas, corridors, stairs and central control points, and to maintain fire and life safety, security, communications and alarm systems. Such an emergency power source shall conform to the requirements specified in Title 24, Part 3, Article 700, ☒ California Electrical Code, California Code of ☐ ☐ Regulations. 1231.2.26 ATTORNEY INTERVIEW SPACE There is one room for an attorney and client and one for interviews for detectives. All facilities except Type IV facilities shall include ☒ ☐ ☐ attorney interview areas which provide for confidential consultation with inmates. 1231.3.1 TOILETS/URINALS 4. In temporary holding cells and temporary staging ☒ ☐ ☐ cells toilets/urinals must be provided in a ratio to inmates of 1:16. 6. One urinal or 2 feet (610 mm) of urinal trough There are no urinals or urinal troughs in this may be substituted for each toilet up to one third of facility. ☒ the total number of toilets required, except in those ☐ ☐ facilities or portions thereof used for females. 7. Toilet areas shall provide modesty for inmates ☒ with staff being able to visually supervise. ☐ ☐ 1231.3.2 WASH BASINS 4. In temporary holding cells and temporary staging ☒ ☐ ☐ cells, wash basins must be provided in a ratio to inmates of 1:16. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PHY 23-24 Page 3 of 5 A383 PHY CH-TH (23-24).dot (rev.5/24) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS 6. Wash basins must be provided with hot and cold ☒ or tempered water. ☐ ☐ 7. Two feet (610 mm) of wash basin trough may be There are no wash basin troughs in this facility. ☒ substituted for each basin required. ☐ ☐ 1231.3.3 DRINKING FOUNTAINS There must be a minimum of one drinking fountain in every single-occupancy cell, double-occupancy cell, ☒ ☐ ☐ dormitory, temporary holding cell, temporary staging cell, sobering cell, and be accessible to the occupants of day rooms and exercise areas. Additional drinking fountains shall be located in other areas of the facility so that drinking water will be ☒ ☐ ☐ available to inmates and staff. Such drinking fountains must meet the following minimum health requirements: 1. The drinking fountain bubbler shall be on an ☒ ☐ ☐ angle which prevents waste water from flowing over the drinking fountain bubbler. 2. Water flow shall be actuated by mechanical ☒ means. ☐ ☐ 1231.3.4 SHOWERS* There is a shower near the end of the hallway in the secured area. Must be available to all inmates on a ratio of at least ☒ ☐ ☐ one shower to every 20 inmates or fraction thereof and must provide hot and cold water or tempered water. Shower stalls/shower areas must be designed and constructed of materials which are impervious to water ☒ ☐ ☐ and soap so they may be easily cleaned. Shower areas shall provide modesty for inmates with ☒ staff being able to visually supervise. ☐ ☐ 1231.3.6 LIGHTING Lighting in housing units, dayrooms and activity areas must be sufficient to permit easy reading by a person ☒ ☐ ☐ with normal vision, and shall not be less than 20 footcandles (215.2 lux) at desk level and in the grooming area. Lighting shall be centrally controlled and/or occupant ☒ controlled in housing cells or rooms. ☐ ☐ Night lighting in these areas shall be sufficient to give ☒ good visibility for purposes of supervision ☐ ☐ In minimum-security areas, lighting may be supplied by ordinary lighting fixtures, and in areas of higher ☒ ☐ ☐ security, light fixtures must be of secure design. * Required for Temporary Holding facilities when Operational Program Statement identified the need for such spaces. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PHY 23-24 Page 4 of 5 A383 PHY CH-TH (23-24).dot (rev.5/24) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS 1231.3.10 SEATING ☒ In temporary holding and temporary staging cells, ☐ ☐ seating must be securely fixed to the floor and/or wall. When bench seating is used, 18 inches (457 mm) of ☒ bench is seating for one person. ☐ ☐ 1231.3.12 WEAPONS LOCKER Located in the administrative area and the vehicle sallyport. ☒ A secure weapons locker shall be located outside the ☐ ☐ security perimeter of the facility Such weapons lockers shall be equipped with individual compartments, each with an individual ☒ ☐ ☐ locking device. Weapons lockers are required in temporary and court holding facilities and in all facilities of higher than ☒ ☐ ☐ minimum security. 1231.6.7 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS Automatic fire alarm systems shall be installed in ☒ ☐ ☐ existing protective social-care homes or facilities in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9. 13-102(c)6 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS *1994 standards Design requirements as specified in Title 24, Part 1, 13- 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.) 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD PHY 23-24 Page 5 of 5 A383 PHY CH-TH (23-24).dot (rev.5/24) ADULT DETENTION FACILITY LIVING AREA SPACE EVALUATION Board of State and Community Corrections BSCC Code: 6070 FACILITY: Ventura County – Simi Valley PD TYPE: THJ RC: (36) FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Jovin Adamos DATE: 11/11/24 ROOMS EACH ROOM EACH CELL FIXTURES* Cell Applicable # Total DIMENSIONS Location Type Standards Cells # RC (L x W x H) RC T U W F S Beds Previous notes: Notes: There are two locked interview rooms; one for attorney/client and another for interviewing suspects. There are two non-rated pre-booking booths (A & B) inside the jail area. Juveniles are typically held in report writing room. A cuffing ring is mounted on a bench adjacent to the juvenile cells but is not used. There is one shower in the secure section of the facility. 1 Holding 1994 1 (4) 6’5” x 10’11” x 10’ 1 1 1 Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench 2 Holding 1994 1 (4) 6’5” x 10’11” x 10’ 1 1 1 Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench 3 Holding 1994 1 (4) 6’3” x 10’11” x 10’ 1 1 1 Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench 4 Holding 1994 1 (4) 6’4” x 10’11” x 10’ 1 1 1 Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench 5 Holding 1994 1 (4) 6’6” x 11’5” x 10’ 1 1 1 Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench 6 Holding 1994 1 (4) 6’5” x 11’5” x 10’ 1 1 1 Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench 7 Holding 1994 1 (4) 14’3” x 10’11” x 1 1 1 10’ Notes: Irregular shaped. Has 3 benches. Two 8’ benches that form an L-shape and a 6’3” x 2’3” bench. Juvenile 8 1994 1 (4) 8’ x 9’1” x 10’ 1 1 1 Holding Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench Juvenile 9 1994 1 (4) 8’ x 9’1” x 10’ 1 1 1 Holding Notes: 6’3” x 2’3” bench * 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. 6070 Ventura Simi Valley PD LASE 23-24 Page 1 of 1 A360 LASE Adult (23-24).dot (rev.12/23)