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Findings 3 findings
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Both the 2000-2001 Grand Jury Final Report and the Juvenile Hall Security and Operations Review of January 2002, prepared by the Criminal Justice Research Foundation, commented on the need to expand the Hall’s staff training program. The Probation Department agreed with the recommendations and the following changes have been made. As part of the hiring process, all staff now undergo a 6 comprehensive background and psychological screening process. Also, all volunteers undergo a background check, fingerprinting, local court system check, and a Megan’s Law check. Further, all staff now receive mandatory 40 hours of in-service orientation training. By July 1, 2002, all part-time and full-time staff will have received, in addition to their in-service training, Board of Corrections- approved academy training within six months of hiring.
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The Juvenile Hall Security and Operations Review of January 2002 made 26
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Currently, the plan is to renovate the existing kitchen at Juvenile Hall and keep it operational until funding is available to construct a kitchen in the Juvenile Justice Center. Meals will be cooked in the existing kitchen and delivered in temperature-controlled food carts to each housing unit in the Center. Residents will eat meals in designated dining areas of unit day rooms. Food carts will be returned to the kitchen after each meal and cleaned by staff. Conclusions The Probation Department employees and support staff who daily manage and operate Juvenile Hall are indeed dedicated professionals. Fire and earthquake safety standards cannot be met in the 50 year old building in which they work. Yet, even though their full abilities are impeded by the antiquated and potentially unsafe physical plant in which they must operate, they have shown progressive improvement in many important areas such as security and health care. The new Juvenile Justice Center is not scheduled to be completed until mid-2005. During the three-year interim before Juvenile Hall is relocated, projections indicate its average daily population will increase. Youthful offenders committing violent crime will be the largest category. Also projected are increases in females detained, youth with alcohol or drug dependency, and those with mental health problems. New programs and policies are being pursued by the Probation Department to deal with this situation. Meanwhile, alternatives and diversionary options are being used to keep the average daily population at Juvenile Hall at its present level. These alternatives are less costly than incarceration. However, they are not appropriate for all types of youthful offenders nor available at all times. Further, during this three year interim, fiscal and practical constraints will continue to militate against making major changes and upgrades to the current Juvenile Hall facilities. The new Juvenile Justice Center, on the other hand, promises to be a state-of-the-art facility providing safety and security for detained juveniles, those who serve the institutional needs of juveniles, members of the Juvenile Justice System, and the community. The new Center will be better able to handle the complex diversity of 7 Juvenile Hall detainees who are increasingly more criminally sophisticated and will better serve detainees who have dependency problems and psychological disorders. Planning for the new Center is being carried forward by a transition team including representation from all the disciplines that will be involved in the establishment and operation of the several departments to be located in the Center. The remote kitchen arrangement is not as economical and efficient as having the kitchen in the new Center. Over time the additional staff costs of transporting food from one building to another (and food carts back and forth) could exceed the cost of the new kitchen.
Recommendations 1
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R1The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and the Probation Department are urged to include a new kitchen facility in the Juvenile Justice Center. It makes good financial sense to design and plan the new kitchen now as part of the entire project and not later after construction has commenced or finished. Increased labor costs associated with having a separate kitchen and the potential of higher construction costs in the future make a delay of the kitchen project very uneconomical. Required Responses to Finding None Required Responses to Recommendation Chief, Probation Department: R1 Sonoma County Board of Supervisor’s: R1 8
Conclusions 1
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CL1 Page 7The Probation Department employees and support staff who daily manage and operate Juvenile Hall are indeed dedicated professionals. Fire and earthquake safety standards cannot be met in the 50 year old building in which they work. Yet, even though their full abilities are impeded by the antiquated and potentially unsafe physical plant in which they must operate, they have shown progressive improvement in many important areas such as security and health care. The new Juvenile Justice Center is not scheduled to be completed until mid-2005. During the three-year interim before Juvenile Hall is relocated, projections indicate its average daily population will increase. Youthful offenders committing violent crime will be the largest category. Also projected are increases in females detained, youth with alcohol or drug dependency, and those with mental health problems. New programs and policies are being pursued by the Probation Department to deal with this situation. Meanwhile, alternatives and diversionary options are being used to keep the average daily population at Juvenile Hall at its present level. These alternatives are less costly than incarceration. However, they are not appropriate for all types of youthful offenders nor available at all times. Further, during this three year interim, fiscal and practical constraints will continue to militate against making major changes and upgrades to the current Juvenile Hall facilities. The new Juvenile Justice Center, on the other hand, promises to be a state-of-the-art facility providing safety and security for detained juveniles, those who serve the institutional needs of juveniles, members of the Juvenile Justice System, and the community. The new Center will be better able to handle the complex diversity of 7 Juvenile Hall detainees who are increasingly more criminally sophisticated and will better serve detainees who have dependency problems and psychological disorders. Planning for the new Center is being carried forward by a transition team including representation from all the disciplines that will be involved in the establishment and operation of the several departments to be located in the Center. The remote kitchen arrangement is not as economical and efficient as having the kitchen in the new Center. Over time the additional staff costs of transporting food from one building to another (and food carts back and forth) could exceed the cost of the new kitchen.
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