Sheriff-coroner Department County of Orange California Michaels Carona Sheriff-coroner Office of Sheriff-coroner 550 N*

The county jails have been overcrowded for the past two decades. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. • 2. The current rated capacity of the county jail system is 4,133 beds. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. This was the rated bed capacity as of • December 2002.

The OCSD begin an in-depth need assessment immediately. (Findings 7, 8, 9, and 10) The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The Board of Supervisors approved $2.5 million in the FY 2003-04 budget to develop a Master Plan for the James A. Musick facility. Part of the master planning process will be a needs assessment. This needs assessment will serve as the basis for master planning the initial phases of expansion at Musick.

The jails operated at 121% over rated capacity in the year 2002. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding.

The OCSD uses several options to reduce inmate population. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. These options (custody releases) are: ٠ i. Pre-trial: (a) Own Recognizance (b) Cite and Release (bail under $5,000) ii. Sentenced: (a) Penal Code 4018.6 (three days, return to the community) (b) Penal Code 4024.1 (accelerated release, 10% of sentence, up to a maximum of five days) (c) 10%, 20% and 30% "Early Out". No inmates have been released using 10%, 20% or 30% "Early Out" options since 1999.

Approximately 8,500 inmates were released early in the year 2002 The Sheriff-Coroner disagrees with this finding. • The Sheriff's Department defines "early releases" as convicted and sentenced inmates who • receive types 10%, 20%, and 30% "Early Outs". In 2002, no sentenced inmates were released with a type 10%, 20%, or 30% "Early Out", as opposed to the approximately 8,500 listed in the Grand Jury findings. These releases included both pre-trial and sentenced inmates. Pre-trial releases: (a) Own Recognizance – 1,362 (b) Cite and Release – 4,840 ii. Sentenced releases: (a) Penal Code 4018.6 - 2{,}331 (b) Penal Code 4024.1 - 35 All other custody releases considered "early releases" by the Grand Jury fell into one of categories (i)(a) through (ii)(b) outlined under #4 above.

The Theo Lacy Facility will be completely built out during 2005. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. Building B is currently under construction and it should be completed in September 2004. Building B is the last phase of the Theo Lacy expansion project and, when complete, will increase Theo Lacy's capacity to 3,111 beds.

The only current jail site that is available for expansion is the James A. Musick facility. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. The James A. Musick facility is the only jail site with an approved Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for future expansion.

The OCSD predicts a need for 8,050 total beds by the year 2010. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. OCSD staff's projections indicate that the need for jail beds by the year 2010 will be in the ٠ range of 7,640 to 8,050.

The most recent needs assessment by OCSD was completed in 1998. The Sheriff-Coroner disagrees with the Grand Jury finding. 1998 was the last formal needs assessment study done by a consultant. That needs assessment • was done, in part, to confirm the need to build-out the Theo Lacy facility. OCSD staff conducts ongoing assessment and planning for both long- and short-term jail bed ٠ needs. The latest projections prepared by OCSD staff estimated the range of jail bed needs by the year 2010 referenced in Finding # 8 above.

Jail maintenance costs for the past two years have been nearly $10 million. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. • Maintenance costs for the jail system average about $5 million per year and can vary depending upon the number of major maintenance projects completed during a particular year. Maintenance costs for the jails will increase this year with the addition of Building A at Theo Lacy. Maintenance costs for the jails will increase in FY 04-05 with the completion of Building B at Theo Lacy.

Staffing for the beds at Theo Lacy, scheduled to open in 2005, has not received budget approval. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. There is no staffing plan for Building B because the housing plan for it has not yet been determined. One proposal calls for closing the Women's Jail and transferring its inmates and staff to Theo Lacy. Such a plan would not require the hiring of any new staff because the transferred staff would be sufficient to operate the new building. If Building B opens, and no staff is transferred from another facility, new staff would have to be hired. Once a housing plan has been finalized, a staffing needs assessment will be completed. Food Services 12. The James A. Musick Facility produces food products for annual savings of $500,000. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. In the last fiscal year the James A. • Musick Facility produced 275,130 dozen eggs at an approximate cost savings of $166,000. In addition, the Facility produced fruits and vegetables at an approximate cost savings of $334,000.

Food Services is planning the implementation of a cook-chill system. A $280,000 cost savings within the first two years of operation is projected. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. Correctional Programs 14. A wide variety of educational and vocational programs are available in the Orange County jails. The Sheriff-Coroner agrees with the Grand Jury finding. ٠ 15. The Sheriff's Department does not collect data to evaluate program success. The Sheriff-Coroner disagrees with the Grand Jury finding. • In a report on Programs Unit Achievements specifically written for the 02-03 Grand Jury, eight pages of data were submitted to demonstrate the success being achieved by the Unit's programs. This same data, presented to the California Board of Corrections (BOC) compliance inspector, drew extensive praise for Orange County's inmate programs. The BOC Inspector stated that the quality inmate programs being provided by OCSD constituted a role model for Sheriff's jurisdictions all over the state to follow. In part due to that praise, the California Jail Programs Association then selected the Orange County Sheriff's Department to design and host the trade association's annual training conference for inmate program providers who are seeking to maximize the effectiveness of their own county's programs.