Shasta PROB Camp (2025-2026 inspection cycle)

January 22, 2026 Tracie Neal, Chief Probation Officer Shasta County Probation Department 2684 Radio Lane Redding, CA 96001 2025-2026 UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION, WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTIONS 209 & 885, SHASTA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT DETENTION FACILITY Dear Chief Neal: An Unannounced Inspection of the Shasta County Probation Department was completed for the following facility on Tuesday, December 9, 2025: FACILITY NAME BSCC # FACILITY TYPE River’s Edge Academy 7622 CAMP This inspection was conducted pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 209 and 885 to determine compliance with the Minimum Standards for Juvenile Detention Facilities as outlined in Title 15, California Code of Regulations. INSPECTION RESULTS The focus of the Unannounced Inspection was to evaluate Title 15 Section 1374 Visiting, 1375 Correspondence, and 1376 Telephone Access. The inspection consisted of a site visit, documentation review, and an interview with staff and youth. We identified no items of noncompliance with Title 15 Minimum Standards. Refer to the attached Title 15 Modified Procedures Checklist for detailed information. An Exit Briefing with your staff was held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025; Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) staff presented an inspection overview and discussed technical assistance and best practice recommendations. * * * Please email me at shay.molennor@bscc.ca.gov or call (916) 708-2062 if you have any questions. Tracie Neal Chief Probation Officer Page 2 Sincerely, SHAY MOLENNOR Field Representative Facilities Standards and Operations Division Enclosures Cc: Presiding Judge, Shasta County Juvenile Court* Chair, Juvenile Justice Commission, Shasta County* Chair, Board of Supervisors, Shasta County* County Administrator, Shasta County* Jeremy Kenyon, Division Director (electronic copy) *Copies of the inspection are available upon request or online at www.bscc.ca.gov. 7622 Shasta PROB River’s Edge Academy Camp UI LTR 25-26 JUVENILE HALLS, SPECIAL PURPOSE JUVENILE HALLS AND CAMPS Board of State and Community Corrections PROCEDURES CHECKLIST 1 2 BSCC Code: 7622 FACILITY NAME: Shasta County River’s Edge Academy FACILITY TYPE: Camp PERSON(S) INTERVIEWED: Jeremy Kenyon, Division Director; A. Hemenway, Supervising Juvenile Detention Officer; female youth ages 15 and 16, male youth ages 15 and 16 FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Shay Molennor DATE: December 16, 2025 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS3 1374 VISITING Policy 5.6 Visiting Procedures The facility administrator shall develop and implement BSCC staff reviewed visiting documentation written policies and procedures for visiting, that include from September 1, 2025, through December provisions for special visits. Youth shall be allowed to 16, 2025. The documentation showed visitors receive visits by parents, guardians or persons standing included parents/guardians, grandparents, in loco parentis, and children of youth. Other family ☒ ☐ ☐ siblings, and extended family, as well as members, such as grandparents and siblings, and special visits from community and supportive adults, may be allowed to visit with the collaborative partners. In addition, interviews approval of the facility administrator or designee, and in with facility administration, staff, and youth conjunction with the youth’s case plan or in the best affirmed compliance with this regulation. interest of the youth. All visits shall occur at reasonable times, subject only to Policy 5.6 Visiting Procedures the limitations necessary to maintain order and security. Visitation shall not be denied solely based on the visitor’s criminal history. The staff shall determine in each case, whether the visitor’s criminal history represents a risk to ☒ ☐ ☐ the safety of youth or staff in the facility. Any denial of visitation or limitation on visitations shall be communicated to the youth, person denied and facility administrator. 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 Juvenile Facilities, Division 1, Chapter 1, Subchapter 5 for the complete list and text of regulations. 2 This is a modified version of the Procedures Checklist and is only intended for the 2025 Unannounced Inspection of the Shasta Rivers Edge Academy. 3 Excerpts from facility policies, procedures, or other reference documents are indicated in italicized text. 7622 Shasta PROB River’s Edge Academy Camp UI PRO 25-26 Page 1 of 3 J453 JUV PRO eff. 01.01.25 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS3 Opportunity for visitation shall be a minimum of two hours Policy 5.6 (I)(A) and (D) Visiting Procedures per week. Visits may be supervised, but conversations Policy 5.7.7 (I)(C) Counseling and Casework shall not be monitored unless there is a security or safety Services need. Policy 5.11.2 (I)(E) Access to Mental Health Services To ensure compliance with this regulation, the facility has added an additional day for visiting. Visiting is now held on Wednesday for an hour ☒ ☐ ☐ and at three designated times for one hour on Saturday and Sunday, for a total of three hours per week. In addition to regularly scheduled visits, a youth can purchase a commissary visit as part of their Behavior Management Program. The facility offers two hours per week visitation through Goto Meeting for those youth who are unable to get in-person visits. Provisions for special visits, in addition to the two-hour Policy 5.6 (II)(B) and (C) Visiting Procedures minimum and/or outside of the regular visiting hours, shall be accommodated as necessary and within the discretion Family therapy and Child Family Team of the facility administrator or designee. Family therapy meetings are regularly held outside the and professional visits shall be accommodated outside provision of this regulation. The facility allows ☒ ☐ ☐ the provisions of this regulation. Facilities may provide additional opportunities for family engagement visitation opportunities outside of normal visiting hours to through Family Fun Nights, which the youth accommodate special visits. play games and share a meal with their family, GEO, and facility staff. The facility may provide access to technology as an Policy 5.6 (I)(G) Visiting Procedures alternative, but not as a replacement, to in-person visiting. The facility is exploring the purchase of ☒ ☐ ☐ tablets to facilitate additional opportunities for youth to communicate and maintain ties with family and other supportive relationships. 1375 CORRESPONDENCE Policy 5.4.10 (1)(B) Resident Mail The facility administrator shall develop and implement Youth indicate there is no limit on the amount written policies and procedures for correspondence which ☒ ☐ ☐ of mail they can receive. provide that: (a) there is no limitation on the volume of mail that youth may send or receive; (b) youth may send two letters per week postage free; Policy 5.4.10 (1)(B)(1) Resident Mail BSCC staff interviewed youth who indicated ☒ ☐ ☐ they have the opportunity to write letters daily and the facility pays for the postage. (c) youth may correspond confidentially with state and Policy 5.4.10 (III) Resident Mail federal courts, any member of the State Bar or holder of public office, and the Board; however, authorized facility ☒ ☐ ☐ staff may open and inspect such mail only to search for contraband and in the presence of the youth; and, (d) incoming and outgoing mail, other than that described Policy 5.4.1 (IV) Resident Mail-Inspection of in (c), may be read by staff only when there is reasonable Mail cause to believe facility safety and security, public safety, ☒ ☐ ☐ or youth safety is jeopardized. 7622 Shasta PROB River’s Edge Academy Camp UI PRO 25-26 Page 2 of 3 J453 JUV PRO eff. 01.01.25 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS3 1376 TELEPHONE ACCESS Policy 5.4.9 Resident Access to Telephone The administrator of each juvenile facility shall develop BSCC staff reviewed documentation of all and implement written policies and procedures to provide telephone calls utilizing the phone system youth with access to telephone communications. from September 1, 2025, through December 16, 2025. Youth are allowed two phones call each day. Additional phone call privileges are ☒ ☐ ☐ available as part of the facility’s Behavior Management System. Youth interviewed indicated they had daily access to the telephone. BSCC staff confirmed all telephones in the housing units were operational. 7622 Shasta PROB River’s Edge Academy Camp UI PRO 25-26 Page 3 of 3 J453 JUV PRO eff. 01.01.25