Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Scott R. Jones Sheriff September 4, 2018 Honorable David De Alba, Presiding*

The new jail management system (ATIMS) being implemented in the Jail will modernize and make more efficient all jail operations from intake to release. Response to Finding 1: Concur

Until the ATIMS system becomes operational, the jail continues to process releases without regard to the time of the release. This results in more than necessary late night releases occurring on a daily basis. Response to Finding 2: Non-concurrence The Sheriff's Department respectfully disagrees with the Grand Jury's findings. The Sheriff's Department conducts releases in accordance with the law. The Sheriff's Department cannot hold any person beyond a reasonable amount of time necessary to process required documentation for release of the individual. When a bond is posted, or time is served by inmates, and other court mandates are due, the release is conducted in a timely manner. The majority of all sentenced releases are processed and released during the morning hours. There are those unique cases when an inmate is required to be held for a specific period of time. If a person is required to serve a sentence of 24 hours and they begin their jail term at 11:00 p.m., as this may have been the hour they chose to arrive at the jail, then the inmate will subsequently be released at 11:00 p.m. the next evening in accordance with the law. If the hour is late in the evening, the Sheriff's Department will allow the person to remain in the release tank until the morning hour. This is strictly voluntary. ATIMS will allow for a fully integrated jail management system that will better assist staff with the reception, processing, classification, housing, and release of inmates. However, ATIMS will not replace the need for greater staff assigned to the jail's booking Honorable David De Alba August 27, 2018 area to access ATIMS and process the release. Additionally, ATIMS will have no effect on requirements when it comes to releases from our correctional facilities.

There may be inconsistencies within the different shifts regarding how CORs are processed by Jail desk personnel and given to the release officers. The chain of command, including who is responsible, is not defined. Response to Finding 3: Partially concur The Sheriff's Department partially concurs with the Grand Jury's findings. The release process is very complicated and requires scrutiny at every workflow position. A diagram of the process has been included with this report. Please see Attachment A. The current electronic system in place, JIMS, is antiquated, and it is used by both the Court and the Sheriff's Department to process releases. ATIMS, the system identified to replace JIMS in the fourth quarter of 2019 has been purchased and is in the development phase. Any inconsistencies in the current release process should be improved with the new management system. The Sheriff's Department respectfully disagrees with the Grand Jury's findings as it relates to chain-of-command oversight of the shift jail desk personnel. All booking staff, including the Court Order Release Officer, has a supervisor, a Sheriff's Records Officer II, assigned to each of the four shifts at the Main Jail. Several shift supervisors, sergeants, and a watch commander, lieutenant, are assigned to the four shifts at the Main Jail. Each shift follows established policy and protocol to ensure proper processing of releases.

The Jail has no written checklist type system in place to inform inmates of their options upon release. Response to Finding 4: Concur The Sheriff's Department does not provide a written checklist to each person released from custody. However, the Sheriff's Department does provide helpful signage to assist inmates upon release. For example, signage in the release tank is affixed to the wall above the telephone advising inmates they are provided free phone calls to arrange for rides upon their release. In an effort to ensure a person's safe release from the jail, it is the Sheriff's Department's practice to offer any person being released during late night hours the opportunity to remain in the release tank until the morning. Currently, signage affixed to the wall in the release tank, in both English and Spanish, reads: Honorable David De Alba August 27, 2018 IF YOU ARE SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE AT NIGHT BUT WOULD RATHER REMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL MORNING WHEN MORE SOCIAL SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU, PLEASE NOTIFY THE RELEASE DEPUTY. The front lobby is not designed to safely accommodate released inmates. The Sheriff's Department will work to provide a list of nearby ATM locations should an inmate care to use their debit card upon release. This can also be included with the packet of information each released inmate currently receives. This packet includes the following piece of information: How to avoid Service Fees: · Do not lose your funds to feest Your card will incur the first weekly account main- tenance fee 3 days after card activation. · Go online to www.numiprestige.com and sign up for an online account. You will be able to transfer money to your bank soccont anytime, at no charge. Get cash back at cashiert Swipe card. Select "Debit" at the register. 3. Enter PIN. 4. Select amount of cash back and select Enter or Submit. Notable Card Usage Fees Weekly Account Maintenance $2.95 Retail Purchase (PIN - select "Debit") $0.45 Retail Purchase (Signature - salect "Credit") No Fee ATM Withdrawar* $2.95 $1.50 ATM (butance inquiry) No Fice Burk Over the Gounter Withdrawol Notice Live Customer Service Automatori Costraner Service (belance inquiry) No Fee $2.95 plus ATM surcharge for every apply 11, 45-14-15 laws Fee waited to test I'm transporture Translated in the circles are contained to reduce the competent of these Additionally, this information is printed on the back of the debit card. The Sheriff's Department is confused by the Grand Jury's statement that a person leaving the facility with less than $20 in their possession may not receive their full complement of money. Each packet of information provided to a released inmate who comes into the facility with money is provided instructions on how to reclaim their funds free from service fees. Without further information from the Grand Jury, the Sheriff's Department is unable to provide additional information about this finding In response to the "Navigators" assigned to the Main Jail. The County's Department of Health and Human Services opted to discontinue the services of the "Navigators" inside the jail. Upon release, inmates are provided with a phone number to contact a "Navigator," if they so choose. Correctional Health Services and Sheriff's Department staff may also forward a referral to the posted "Navigator" hotline.

The Jail does not have a taxi service contract or taxi voucher system that would provide persons being released in the middle of the night with the free option of a taxi service. Response to Finding 5: Concur

The present debit card system is not user friendly, does not offer a cash option, and may result in a service charge. Further, use of the system may result in the loss of amounts under $20. Response to Finding 6: Non-concurrence