Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
SUBSTATION HOLDING FACILITY
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
TITLE: PROSTHETIC DEVICES NO: C-104
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/22/2004 REVISED: 08/06/2020
APPROVED BY: Commander Timothy Posey REVIEWED: 01/15/2021
REFERENCE: Title 15, Section 1207, Penal Code 2656
POLICY:
Penal Code 2656 states that if the facility manager has probable cause to believe
possession of such orthopedic or prosthetic appliance constitutes an immediate
risk of bodily harm to any person in the facility or threatens the security of the
facility, such appliance may be removed.
If such appliance is removed, the prisoner shall be deprived of such appliance
only during such time as the facts, which constitute probable cause for its
removal, continue to exist; if such facts cease to exist, then the person in charge
of the facility shall return such appliance to the prisoner.
When such an appliance is removed, a physician shall examine the prisoner
within 24 hours after such removal.