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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Mendocino County Grand Jury • 2002-2003

Mendocino County Jail

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Findings and Recommendations 9 findings

F1 Page 54
The staffing is adequate for the number of inmates.
No recommendations for this finding
F2 Page 54
Jail improvements are ongoing.
No recommendations for this finding
F3 Page 54
The jail now has better facility to accommodate attorney-inmate conferences.
No recommendations for this finding
F4 Page 54
A library stocked with material available for G.E.D. education; self- improvement, entertainment and spiritual study is contained in a spacious 54 well-lighted area. The inmates have also the opportunity to read children stories, tape them and send the tape home to their children.
No recommendations for this finding
F5 Page 55
The “in-house/jail Psychiatric unit has been successful since being integrated the past (2) two years.
No recommendations for this finding
F6 Page 55
During the past year, security and surveillance has been up-graded.
No recommendations for this finding
F7 Page 55
According to the Psychiatric Department, the use of Methamphetamine is cited to be the most prevalent cause of crime in Mendocino County.
No recommendations for this finding
F8 Page 55
Recovery, rehabilitation and self-improvement are available through staff- counselors and guest speakers who are contract providers and background checked volunteers.
No recommendations for this finding
F9 Page 55
Parenting classes, alcohol and drug abuse, life skills, anger management, and religious services are offered at this facility.
No recommendations for this finding