Amador County Grand Jury
• 2022-2023
• Agency Response
State of California — Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Gavin Newsom, Governor Pine Grove Youth Conservation*
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Findings and Recommendations 7 findings
F1
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All CDCR and CAL FIRE staff were very friendly and more than willing to answer any and all questions. There were open and transparent in letting the Grand Jury observe their trainings where they pointed out flaws and ways to improve the system for this year. I agree with this finding.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
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Continue to sign contracts with other counties to bring youth numbers at the camp up to have full fire crews that can be deployed. I agree with this recommendation. We will continue to work with other counties in efforts to bring up our youth numbers.
F2
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The 2019-2020 Grand Jury report stated, "The kitchen and dining area need repainting and ceiling tiles need replacement." Between their tour on December 5, 2019, and the response date January 7, 2021, "the kitchen underwent a complete remodel." The next Grand Jury Report was in 2021-2022 after the year of quarantine. That Grand Jury toured PGYCC on March 2, 2022 and found that "the new flooring was removed due to water damage." The response stated the floor replacement involved a warranty issue. During the 2023 tour, the Grand Jury found the floor and ceiling in the dining area in needed repair. Follow up in June 2023 found that the roof on the dining area has been replaced, resolving the leak issues. Repairs to the ceiling are scheduled, and the new flooring in the camp is ready to be installed after the ceiling repairs are completed. I agree with this finding.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
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Repair the floor and ceiling in the dining area. This is the third year of findings for the dining hall to be repaired, even following a remodel I agree with this recommendation. Due to the current transition we have dealt with a few setbacks with vendors, contracts and funding. We will continue to focus on the dining hall repairs.
F3
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The lower part of the outside was in the recreational area is missing bricks. I agree with this finding.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
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Repair the items brought up at training such as the toilets and roof. • I agree with this recommendation and we will begin looking into these repairs. Thank you Lieutenant Vanessa Melendez Camp Commander Pine Grove Youth Conservation Center #12
F4
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The community benefits greatly from this program. The current low numbers of inmates due to the DJJ-DAI transition minimize the effectiveness of the camp. I agree with this finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
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CAL FIRE and CDCR conduct a joint training in advance of fire season to bridge the two agencies and create a collaboratively run camp The Grand Jury found this to be a very effective training between the two agencies. I agree with this finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
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The camp only had twelve youths and one fire crew at the time of visit with a facility capacity of 100 and four fire crews. I agree with this finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F7
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The camp does not have trouble with staff vacancies as other facilities currently do. I agree with this finding.
No recommendations for this finding
* 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.