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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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El Dorado County Grand Jury
• 2000-2001
Undocumented Movement of an Inmate
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Findings 3 findings
F1
Page 25
The inmate was transported by the Sheriff to the Sheriff’s home for the purpose of moving personal property. Response to F1: The respondent disagrees partially with the finding. The trustee was transported to the Sheriff’s home for the purpose of loading a table into a truck so that the table could be transported to the Sheriff’s office where it was to be used as a conference table.
F2
Page 25
The County was potentially exposed to liability due to this action. Response to F2: The respondent disagrees partially with finding. Should injuries or illness occur during incarceration, trustees are covered by the County’s jail medical program currently under contract to California Forensics Medical Group (CFMG). This activity therefore did not increase the County’s exposure to medical liability. There is an exposure to the County’s general liability whenever inmates are injured.
F3
Page 25
El Dorado County Ordinance Code Section 1.20.010 states in part: “…it is provided that prisoners confined in the county jail under judgment of convictions of misdemeanors, and prisoners confined in the county jail under a final judgment may be required to work, under the direction of a responsible person appointed by the sheriff, upon the public grounds, roads, streets, alleys, highways, public buildings or in such other public places and on such 26 other public works in the county as are deemed advisable, for the benefit of the county.” (Emphasis added.) Response to F3: The respondent agrees with the finding.
Recommendations 1
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R1Page 26The Sheriff should follow County Ordinances with regard to the performance of inmate labor. Response to Recommendation R1: The recommendation has been implemented. The Sheriff has always followed the County Ordinances with regard to the performance of inmate labor. The use of a trustee to move furniture being loaned to the Sheriff’s Office is a permissible use under the County Ordinance. Responses Required for Findings