(a) Inspections of local detention facilities shall, at a minimum, be made biennially. Inspections of privately operated work furlough facilities and programs shall be made biennially unless the work furlough administrator requests an earlier inspection. Inspections shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Health and safety inspections conducted pursuant to Section 101045 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) Fire suppression preplanning inspections by the local fire department.
(3) Security, rehabilitation programs, recreation, treatment of persons confined in the facilities, and personnel training by the staff of the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(4) The types and availability of visitation, including, but not limited to, the mode of visitation, visitation hours, time inmates are allowed for visitation, and any restrictions on inmate visitation.
(5) Whether the county in which the facility is located received state funding for jail construction pursuant to Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2007, Chapter 42 of the Statutes of 2012, Chapter 37 of the Statutes of 2014, or Chapter 34 of the Statutes of 2016. For counties that received funding, whether the county and facility are in compliance with the applicable requirements and restrictions of that funding.
(b) Reports of each facility’s inspection shall be furnished to the official in charge of the local detention facility or, in the case of a privately operated facility, the work furlough administrator, the local governing body, the grand jury, and the presiding judge of the superior court in the county where the facility is located. These reports shall set forth the areas wherein the facility has complied and has failed to comply with the minimum standards established pursuant to Section 6030.
(c) All reports completed pursuant to this section shall be posted on the Board of State and Community Corrections’ Internet Web site in a manner in which they are accessible to the public.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 17, Sec. 43. (AB 103) Effective June 27, 2017.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018