Public Services Committee Northshore Fire Authority

Recommendations 3

• R1

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  The Grand Jury recommends that the Administration allocate funding to provide adequate and appropriate undergarments for the female population.
• R2

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  The Grand Jury recommends that any person incarcerated in juvenile hall, regardless of age, should be allowed to further their education.
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  The Grand Jury recommends that the kitchen be reopened and integrated with a Regional Occupational Program (ROP). This will provide learning job skills, building self-esteem and being a responsible and productive person in our society. REMARKS: On our second visit, we were given full access to the children without any supervision from the staff. We picked at random six wards (3 boys and 3 girls) to interview. These children spoke very highly of the staff. The Grand Jury commends the staff of the Juvenile Hall for their dedication and loyalty to our community by making better citizens of the children in spite of budget constraints. RESPONSE REQUESTED: Steven Buchholz, Chief, Probation Department Lake County Board of Supervisors Konocti Conservation Camp #27 BACKGROUND: http://www.co.lake.ca.us/generalinformation/grandjury/report0304/detention.html (3 of 8)4/17/2007 3:06:55 PM County of Lake - 2003/2004 Grand Jury Report -Grand Jury Selection The Konocti Conservation Camp #27, off Highway 29, was opened in April 1961. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) and the California Department of Corrections (CDC) joined to provide inmate fire crews for fire suppression activities in the Sonoma, Lake, Napa and Mendocino County areas. Konocti Camp operates both a Mobile Kitchen Unit and a Mechanic’s Support Unit. The majority of inmates are laborers; skilled inmates consist of mechanics, clerks, cooks, plumbers, welders, carpenters and electricians. Inmates are selected and trained at California Correctional Center near Susanville and then assigned to the Konocti Conservation Camp. In order to be placed at the Camp, inmates cannot have any sex related offenses, escape, arson, or high violence potential. Most inmates are serving time for alcohol or drug related offenses spending the last of their sentence at the Camp. A minimum security 110-man facility is staffed by seven Correctional Officers, one Correctional Sergeant and one Correctional Lieutenant (Camp Commander) from CDC and ten Fire Crew Captains, one heavy Equipment Mechanic, one Office Technician and one Assistant Chief (Division Chief) from CDF. Camp is open dormitories, a dining hall staffed with inmate cooks and supervised by CDC staff providing around-the-clock, seven-day-a-week supervision of inmates while in Camp. In the first eleven months of the 2003 calendar year, inmates responded to approximately 105,000 hours of emergency fires and floods saving taxpayers $2,327,220.00 year to date. Additionally, the Camp Inmates have provided 20,152 hours of project and conservation work to local communities, 135,192 hours for State Agencies and 13,992 hours for Federal Agencies. COMMITTEE ACTION: On December 4, 2003, members of the Grand Jury met Robert Brisco, Camp Commander for the California Department of Corrections and Mark Reina, Division Chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. A presentation was given explaining the Camp’s purpose and function prior to touring the facility. Tour included dorms, workshops, recreation and food service areas concluding with a professionally prepared luncheon by the inmate kitchen staff.