Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
SUBSTATION HOLDING FACILITY
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
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TITLE: INMATE HYGIENE & VERMIN CONTROL
NO: C-101
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/22/2004
REVISED: 01/15/2021
APPROVED BY: Commander Cindy Cisneros
REVIEWED: 01/15/2021
REFERENCE: Title 15, Section 1265 & 1212
POLICY:
Any inmate held in a Kern County Sheriff’s Office Court Holding Facility shall be
assured access to adequate personal hygiene.
The Substation Sergeant will be responsible for maintaining a supply of toilet
paper and sanitary napkins for use by the inmates of the Kern County Sheriff’s
Office Court Holding Facility. The Substation Sergeant will check daily to assure
these items are available for inmate use when needed.
Inmates with lice or mites must be treated as soon as the infestation is identified
to avoid spreading vermin. “Pediculosis” is the name of the condition in which a
person is infested with one or more species of lice; the species occurring on
people are bod