Nevada County Grand Jury • 1997-1998

Juvenile Assessment Center Reason for Investigation*

Published: June 02, 1997 2 pages

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Findings and Recommendations 4 findings

The Juvenile Assessment Center was built in 1955 and modified in 1979. It has beds to house 19 juvenile wards. Recent BOC requirements has reduced this capacity to 18 maximum wards.

Related Recommendations (1)

Should the sales tax measure fail, the Board of Supervisors must be prepared to develop alternative methods for funding a new and enlarged facility.

The facility is in compliance with BOC criteria. The Probation Department has complied with the safety recommendations of the prior Grand Jury reports and has made other modifications to the facility to increase the safety of the wards.

Related Recommendations (1)

A preliminary design for a new facility with a cost estimate must be finalized immediately.

The facility is constantly at or near capacity. On any given day there are as many as six to ten sentenced juvenile wards awaiting space in the facility. When full capacity is reached additional options are: transfer to Crystal Creek Boys Ranch, temporary release, early release and electronic monitoring.

No recommendations for this finding

The Board of Supervisors has proposed a sales tax increase on the November 1998 ballot to finance the construction of a new facility. No definitive plans exist for the design of a new facility. The Board of Supervisors has selected a site for review that would be used for a new facility. CONCLUSIONS

No recommendations for this finding

Conclusions 2

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The safety recommendations from previous Grand Jury reports have been followed. However, the more serious core problem of inadequate capacity has not been addressed and still exists.
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The staff of Juvenile Assessment Center is to be congratulated for its response to difficult issues with available funds and an inadequate facility. 7

No Responses Found 1

Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.

Nevada County Board of Supervisors Elected County Office

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