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KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
RELEASES OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE FROM CUSTODY
C-850
EFFECTIVE:
REVIEWED:
REVISED:
UPDATED:
August 30, 2013
07-11-24
10-07-20
07-11-24
APPROVED BY:
REFERENCE:
Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
Penal Code Sections 686.5, PC825, PC849b; Government Code
Sections 7282, 7282.5, 7283.1(a)); DPPM J-110; DBPPM C-2300
POLICY
All incarcerated people released from custody, removed temporarily from a facility,
transferred to another Kern County Sheriff’s Office detentions facility, or transferred to
another agency shall be released or transferred by legal authority.
Releases from custody include the release of incarcerated people that have no
outstanding charges or who are:
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Time served or have posted bail;
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Court releases (i.e., charges dismissed, released on their own recognizance);
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Program releases such as County Parole, Electronic Monitoring Program, Pretrial
Release, o