Riverside County, Detention Facilities Target (2020-2022 inspection cycle)

April 12, 2021 Chad Bianco, Sheriff Riverside County Sheriff’s Department P.O. Box 512 Riverside, CA 92051 2020-2021 TARGETED INSPECTION OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE JAIL AND COURT HOLDING FACILITIES, PENAL CODE 6031 Dear Sheriff Bianco, On April 6, 2021, BSCC conducted a Targeted Inspection of the following facilities to determine compliance with the Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities as outlined in Titles 15 and 24, California Code of Regulations. The purpose of the Targeted Inspection was to verify what corrective action your agency has taken to correct noncompliance issues for Title 15, CCR from your 2018-2020 Biennial Inspection report listed below for: Robert Presley Detention Center (on-site) Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility (on-site) Cois Byrd Correctional Center (virtual) § Title 15, Section 1058 Restraints Devices: Facility watch commander and the responsible health care staff retention review logs exceeded the one-hour retention review. During our onsite Targeted Inspection and review of the documents your agency provided, BSCC staff determined that Robert Presley Detention Center and the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility were found to be compliance with 1058 Use of Restraints. Unfortunately, Cois Byrd Correctional Center continue be noncompliance with the Use of Restraints. Please refer to the Procedures Checklist for evidence used to determine compliance and noncompliance. BSCC staff provided your agency with an Initial Inspection Report on April 12, 2021, outlining the one remaining noncompliance item. On April 12, 2021, your agency provided a Corrective Action Plan to address your outstanding noncompliance issues. The Enhanced Inspection Process provides sixty days from submission of the Corrective Action plan to address the remaining items of noncompliance (June 12, 2021). We will 3910+ Riverside DOC Target II LTR 20-22 Sheriff Chad Bianco P a g e | 2 work with you and your staff to verify progress toward correction. In addition, we will also be reviewing restraint device observation logs for the months of April - June 2021 to ensure that the watch commander and the health care staff does not exceeded the one- hour retention review This concludes the 2020-2022 Targeted Inspection report. If you should have any questions, please contact me by email at Michael.bush@bscc.ca.gov. Sincerely, MICHAEL J. BUSH Field Representative Facilities Standards and Operations Division Enclosures cc: Chairperson, Board of Supervisors, County of Riverside* Chief Administrative Officer, County of Riverside* Presiding Judge, Superior Court, County of Riverside* Grand Jury Foreman, Superior Court, County of Riverside* Misha Graves, Deputy Chief, Riverside Sheriff’s Edward Delgado, Deputy Chief, Riverside Sheriff’s *Copies of report can be accessed via BSCC website. 3910+ Riverside DOC Target II LTR 20-22 TYPE II AND III FACILITIES Board of State and Community Corrections PROCEDURES Targeted Inspection Checklist BSCC Code: 3910, 3920, 3930 FACILITY NAME: Robert Presley Detention Center, Larry Smith Correctional Facility & Cois Byrd FACILITY TYPE: II Detention Center PERSON(S) INTERVIEWED: Deputy Chiefs Misha Graves & Edward Delgado FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 4/1/2021 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A 18/20 NONCOMPLIANCE COMMENTS CORRECTIVE ACTION / COMMENTS 1027.5 SAFETY CHECKS Division Policies 502.10 Safety checks shall be conducted at least hourly through ☒ ☐ ☐ Security Logs/Checks – Custody staff shall conduct a walk-through security check of their direct visual observation of all inmates. There shall be no respective areas at least once every hour. more than a 60-minute lapse between safety checks. There is a written plan that includes the documentation of During the 18/20 inspection cycle, a sample of routine safety checks. hourly safety checks was reviewed. Several The agency provided BSCC staff with electronic housing pods documented observations logs observation logs from June through November ☒ ☐ ☐ exceed the required 60-minite lapse time. 2020. After completing the review, BSCC staff determined that the agency to be compliant with hourly safety checks for all three facilities. 1058 USE OF RESTRAINT DEVICES Division Policies 503.08 503.07 The facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall develop written policies and ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures for the use of restraint devices and may delegate authority to place an inmate in restraints to a responsible health care staff. In addition to the areas specifically outlined in this Restraint Chair regulation, at a minimum, the policy shall address the ☒ ☐ ☐ following areas: acceptable restraint devices; signs or symptoms which should result in immediate Division Policies 503.07 (6.2.1) ☒ ☐ ☐ medical/mental health referral; availability of cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment; ☒ ☐ ☐ protective housing of restrained persons; ☒ ☐ ☐ 3910+ Riverside DOC Target PRO 20-22 - 1 - A353 Type 2&3 PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A 18/20 NONCOMPLIANCE COMMENTS CORRECTIVE ACTION / COMMENTS provision for hydration and sanitation needs; and ☒ ☐ ☐ Division Policies 503.08 (6.6) exercising of extremities. ☒ ☐ ☐ 503.7 (5.1) In no case shall restraints be used for punishment or as a ☒ ☐ ☐ substitute for treatment. Restraint devices shall only be used on inmates who display 503.07 (1.3) behavior which results in the destruction of property or reveal an intent to cause physical harm to self or others. Restraint devices include any devices which immobilize an inmate's extremities and/or prevent the inmate from being ☒ ☐ ☐ ambulatory. Physical restraints should be utilized only when it appears less restrictive alternatives would be ineffective in controlling the disordered behavior. Inmates shall be placed in restraints only with the approval During the 18/20 inspection cycle, a sample of Division Policies 503.07, 503.08 and 504.24 of the facility manager, the facility watch commander, restrains observation logs were reviewed. responsible health care staff; continued retention shall be Several documented observations logs exceed CBDC facility watch commanders and reviewed a minimum of every hour. the required continued retention reviewed at responsible health care staff; continued retention minimum of every hour, by the facility manager, observations continue to be passed the minimum ☐ ☒ ☐ watch commander and the responsible health of every hour. care staff; CBD facilities’ medical opinion on placement and retention continue to exceed the minimum one hour from the time of placement. A medical opinion on placement and retention shall be During the 18/20 inspection cycle RPDC, LSC Division Policies 503.08 (6.2) Restraint secured within one hour from the time of placement. and CDB facilities observation logs reveals Devices retention review were past the required hour review. The agency provided BSCC staff with electronic ☒ ☐ ☐ restraints observation logs from June through November 2020. After completing the review, BSCC staff determined that the agency to be compliant with medical retention within the one hour time frame. A medical assessment shall be completed within four hours Division Policies 503.07 (6.2) Emergency of placement. Restraint Chair ☒ ☐ ☐ Health Services staff shall evaluate the inmate upon initial placement in the emergency restraint chair, and every hour thereafter. 3910+ Riverside DOC Target PRO 20-22 - 2 - A353 Type 2&3 PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A 18/20 NONCOMPLIANCE COMMENTS CORRECTIVE ACTION / COMMENTS If the facility manager, or designee, in consultation with Division Policies 503.07 (6.7.3 Emergency responsible health care staff determines that an inmate Restraint Chair cannot be safely removed from restraints after eight hours, ☒ ☐ ☐ the inmate shall be taken to a medical facility for further evaluation. Direct visual observation shall be conducted at least twice BSCC staff reviewed documentation of Use of Division Policies 503.07 (.1) Emergency every thirty minutes to ensure that the restraints are properly Restraints Devices placements and the Restraint Chair employed, and to ensure the safety and well-being of the justification of placement. inmate. Such observation shall be documented. A Safety Cell Log (504.24 Attachment #1), or The facility watch commander and responsible Special Housing log (RSD Form 563) recording health care staff are required to conduct a the direct observation by facility staff shall be retention review at a minimum of every hour. kept for every person restrained in the chair. ☒ ☐ ☐ During staff review documented observation 5 Division Policies 03.07 (6.2) Emergency logs reveled several logs outside the required Restraint Chair time limited. Corrections staff shall visually check the inmate at least twice every thirty minutes to ensure the safety and well-being of the inmate The documentation is thorough and complete. While in restraint devices all inmates shall be housed alone Division Policies 5.08 Restraint Devices or in a specified housing area for restrained inmates which Division Policies 503.07 Emergency Restraint ☒ ☐ ☐ makes provisions to protect the inmate from abuse. Chair 503.08 Restraint Devices The provisions of this section do not apply to the use of Division Policies 503.08 (6.0) handcuffs, shackles or other restraint devices when used to ☒ ☐ ☐ restrain inmates for security reasons. 3910+ Riverside DOC Target PRO 20-22 - 3 - A353 Type 2&3 PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot