Nevada County Superior Courthouse Holding Facility

Recommendations 13

• R1
  There is a holding facility in the Courthouse for inmates transported from WBCF for court appearances and meetings with attorneys.
• R2
  The external doors of vans transporting inmates from WBCF are equipped with standard factory-installed locks.
• R3
  Transport vans are driven into the enclosed parking garage located below the Courthouse holding facility.
• R4
  The parking garage entrance and exit have remote-access, roll-up security gates.
• R5
  The Jury observed that the timing cycle allows roll-up gates in the parking garage to remain open longer than necessary for a vehicle to enter or exit.
• R6
  The fenced and gated enclosure, commonly known as a sally port, allows inmates to be loaded and unloaded in a secure area before being taken by elevator to the holding cells.
• R7
  At the time of inspection, the Jury was told the roll-up security gate on the sally port is not always lowered and secured during movement of the inmates.
• R8
  If there is a transport van parked in the sally port, additional transports load and unload inmates in the non-secured area of the parking garage.
• R9
  Several surveillance cameras, recommended in previous Jury reports, have been installed in the Courthouse and are monitored by Sheriff’s personnel.
• R10
  The surveillance cameras installed in the parking garage do not provide viewing of all sections of the garage.
• R11
  The inmate transport elevator does not have a surveillance camera installed. Nevada County Superior Courthouse Holding Facility
• R12
  There is a surveillance camera blind spot in an area of the Courthouse used by both the public and inmates.
• R13
  In-custody inmate movement between the holding facility and courtrooms takes place in unsecured public corridors.