Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: USE OF SAFETY CELLS C-100
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
March 1, 1991 07-11-24 11-17-22 07-11-24
APPROVED BY: Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
REFERENCE: Title 15, Section1055, C.C.R., DBPPM C-300, C-350
POLICY
The Detentions Bureau maintains safety cells in order to provide a safe location to
temporarily hold incarcerated people who display behavior that could result in the
destruction of cell furnishings or reveal intent to cause physical harm to themselves or
others. The purpose of this policy is to establish consistent guidelines regarding the
circumstances under which an incarcerated person may be placed into a safety cell and
the safeguards that must be adhered to while an incarcerated person is in a safety cell.
DIRECTIVE #1
The use of safety cells shall be limited to the holding of incarcerated people who display
behavior that results in the destruction of cell furnishings or rev