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Shasta County Grand Jury • 2024-2025

The Shasta County Jail: What's Happening on the Inside?

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Findings 8 findings

F1 Page 16

The in-custody deaths at Shasta County Jail between December 2023 and January 2025 were due to lifestyle, not because of jail procedures.

F2 Page 16

The reason Shasta County Jail has a higher average in-custody death rate, in relation to comparable counties and federal and state averages, could not be determined with the data available to the grand jury during the investigation and requires additional research.

F3 Page 16

Due to special housing needs, mentally ill inmates or inmates with certain classifications cannot be housed with other inmates; therefore, there is reduced housing for the general inmate population.

F4 Page 16

Although Prop 36 (2024) requires mandated drug and alcohol treatment for certain felonies, it does not provide resources to meet this requirement.

F5 Page 16

Prop 36 (2024) is almost certain to increase county jail populations, because of the change in misdemeanor/felony classification.

F6 Page 16

Since AB109 in 2011, jails are housing felons and releasing inmates with low-level misdemeanors.

F7 Page 16

The Shasta County Jail population has shifted to a disproportionately high percentage of inmates with felonies compared to misdemeanors due to California corrections legislation.

F8 Page 16

Changes to the Shasta County Jail population has caused inmate behavior to shift toward more of a prison culture. 13

Recommendations 5

R1
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Procure and implement use of body cameras for jail staff by September 2025.
R2
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Procure and install additional security cameras in the jail by April 2026.
R3
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Expand current Alternative Custody Program based on Sheriff Johnson’s proposal.
R4
Page 17

Pursue applying for part of the $38.9 million California Abatement Accounts Fund (Opioid Settlements Fund) to support ACP program costs.
R5
Page 17

Pursue applying for part of the $6.4 million from California Proposition 1 (2024), also known as the Behavioral Health Services Act, to increase mental health and/or substance abuse services for people who are currently incarcerated but could be better served in the Alternative Custody Program.