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Nevada County Grand Jury • 2010-2011

Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Truckee Sub-Station and the Superior Court Holding Facility

Published: September 28, 2010 15 pages

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Findings 13 findings

Employees and inmates at the Sub-Station may be exposed to potentially dangerous situations as surveillance cameras do not monitor all inmate areas.

The lack of secure handling, storage and control may lead to loss, contamination, degradation and/or destruction of evidence/property.

The deficiency documented in the State Fire Marshal’s inspection of the Sub-Station may expose employees, inmates and the public to potentially dangerous situations.

Employees, inmates and the public may be exposed to potentially dangerous situations because inmate workers are unsupervised when outside of the Sub-Station.

Employees and inmates may be exposed to potentially dangerous situations when inmate workers are not searched on return to the Sub-Station.

The guideline for dorms and individual housing units and the statement on hygiene in the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility County of Nevada Inmate Informational Handbook are not being enforced at the Sub-station. Nevada County Superior Court, Truckee Branch

There is concern regarding officer and public safety, as well as potential prisoner escape, when transferring inmates between vehicles and the Truckee Court.

There is concern regarding employee and public safety when moving inmates within the building housing the Truckee Court.

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Inmates are transported in a secure vehicle by an armed correctional officer between the Wayne Brown Correctional Center, the Sub-Station and the Truckee Court.

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At the Truckee Court inmates are moved from the secure vehicle in an outdoor, unsecured, open area located in close proximity to a public library and county offices.

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Inmates are moved from the secure vehicle to the Truckee Court through an outdoor, unsecured, open walkway utilized by court and county employees and the public.

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There are no surveillance cameras in the inmate loading/unloading area or in the outdoor, unsecured, open walkway through which inmates are moved in and out of the Truckee Court.

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Inmates at the Truckee Court are moved through an unsecured, open area located in close proximity to the courtroom, the judge’s chamber, the jury deliberation room and offices housing court employees. Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Truckee Sub-Station and the Superior Court Holding Facility Findings Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Truckee Sub-Station 1. Employees and inmates at the Sub-Station may be exposed to potentially dangerous situations as surveillance cameras do not monitor all inmate areas.

Recommendations 9

R1

Ensure monitoring of all inmate areas at the Sub-Station.
R2

Ensure the safety and secure storage of evidence and property. The NCSO should replace the existing wooden, non-keyed lockers with metal lockers equipped with a keyed locking system.
R3

Ensure full compliance with the State Office of the Fire Marshal.
R4

Supervise the inmate worker’s activities when the inmate worker is outside of the Sub- Station. Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Truckee Sub-Station and the Superior Court Holding Facility
R5

Search inmate workers for contraband upon return from outside of the Sub-Station.
R6

Ensure inmate workers are clean and properly groomed and their quarters are kept clean and orderly. The Nevada County Sheriff should open dialogue with the Nevada County Superior Court to:
R7

Secure the open inmate loading/unloading area at the Truckee Court with a sally port.
R8

Secure the open walkway area used to transport inmates into the Truckee Court with a secure enclosure.
R9

Review the process for the movement of inmates through unsecured areas of the building housing the Truckee Court. Responses Nevada County Sheriff, August 29, 2011 Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Truckee Sub-Station and the Superior Court Holding Facility

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