Lll Madera County Department of Corrections*

Published: October 18, 2013 4 pages

View Original PDF

⚠️ Translation Notice: This content has been automatically translated. The original English text is the official version. Translation may contain errors.

⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.

Findings and Recommendations 4 findings

If sufficient correctional officers are employed, the additional 144 beds would aid the DOC in accommodating the increased inmate population.

No recommendations for this finding

The increased inmate population and the low level of officer staffing has heightened the potential for an unsafe DOC environment.

No recommendations for this finding

Presently the staffing and recruitment process is experiencing difficulties in filling vacant positions. High turnover and personnel on long term medical leaves have contributed to this shortage.

Related Recommendations (1)

The grand jury recommends that: The Director of the Madera County Department of Corrections develop and implement an immediate plan to fill vacant positions and hire additional correctional officers. Respondents: Director Manuel Perez Madera County Department of Corrections 14191 Road 28 Madera, CA 93638 Board of Supervisors 200 West 4th Street Madera, CA 93637 Informational: Sheriff-Coroner Madera County Sheriff's Department 14143 Road 28 Madera, CA 93638 Chief County Probation Officer Madera County Probation Department 200 West Yosemite Avenue Madera, CA 93637 Director Madera County Department of Social Services 700 East Yosemite Avenue Madera, CA 93637

The requirement to house California Welfare and Institutional Code 5150 (Involuntary Psychiatric Hold) inmates represents a danger to employees.

No recommendations for this finding

Agency Responses 1

Government agencies' official responses to this report's findings and recommendations. Click on a response to see the structured breakdown.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

July 08, 2014 • 2 pages • 5 responses • Score: +5 (+5, 0, 0) View Details ▾

PDF

5 responses to findings and recommendations

If sufficient correctional officers are employed, the additional 144 beds would aid the DOC in accommodating the increased inmate population.

Response: Agree Score: +1

Agree with the finding per California Penal Code 933.05 (a) (1).

Response: Will Implement

Score: +1

The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. In a separate response, the Madera County Director of Corrections responded to

The increased inmate population and the low level of officer staffing has heightened the potential for an unsafe DOC environment.

Response: Agree Score: +1

Agree with the finding per California Penal Code 933.05 (a) (1).

Presently the staffing and recruitment process is experiencing difficulties in filling vacant positions. High turnover and personnel on long term medical leaves have contributed to this shortage.

Response: Agree Score: +1

Agree with the finding per California Penal Code 933.05 (a) (1).

The requirement to house California Welfare and Institutional Code 5150 (Involuntary Psychiatric Hold) inmates represents a danger to employees.

Response: Agree Score: +1

Agree with the finding per California Penal Code 933.05 (a) (1).

* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.