Siskiyou County Grand Jury
• 2025-2026
2025-2026 Grand Jury Report - Siskiyou County Jail; Too Old, Too Underfunded
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Findings and Recommendations 7 findings
F1
Due to acute jail overcrowding, serious misdemeanor offenders and even felons are released early or never incarcerated at all. This presents a danger to the public.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The County should seriously consider taking steps to build a new Jail or provide alternative housing for inmates.
F2
Jail staffing falls to critically low levels when prisoner transport is needed when medical emergencies occur after normal working hours.
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R2
Increase staffing by at least one officer per shift or reassign after hour prisoner transport to Sheriff Deputies not on Jail duty. 3
F3
At least three phones in the visitor area are broken with many of the others having issues that make it hard to hear.
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R3
Repair phones in the visitor area.
F4
The phone in the entrance area, which has a sign stating “FOR ASSISTANCE Pick up phone,” is broken and has been broken for years due to a lack of money.
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R4
Remove the broken phone in the entrance area along with its misleading sign and label the intercom correctly.
F5
The Jail interior is badly in need of painting. The inmates can perform this task if the County would provide paint and other needed materials.
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R5
Provide funding for painting the Jail interior.
F6
Various windows and doors, including those separating inmates and visitors have cracked glass.
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R6
Provide funding for repairing cracked glass in windows and doors.
F7
The sidewalk around the Jail is badly broken and lifted, due to poorly placed landscaping trees creating a trip hazard and possible Americans with Disabilities Act violations. This is a serious hazard to the public.
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R7
Remove landscaping and trees around the Jail and replace the sidewalk to Americans with Disabilities Act standards. This is a serious liability issue for the County. ACCOMPANYING PHOTOS (8 Total): Another crack in the wall 4 Broken sidewalk on Lane St. Broken sidewalk on Oregon St. Broken window at main entrance. Doorway to loading area. Window witnessed by member of Civil Grand Jury as broken in 1998. Phone broken for years. Utility door on Oregon St. 8