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KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
SOBERING CELL
C-1200
EFFECTIVE:
REVIEWED:
REVISED:
UPDATED:
July 11, 1994
07-11-24
01-27-12
07-11-24
APPROVED BY:
REFERENCE:
Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
Title 15, Section 1056, C.C.R., DBPPM C-350
POLICY
Any facility that receives incarcerated people into the Kern County Jail System will have a
Sobering Cell available for use. This will be a special purpose cell used for holding
incarcerated people who, due to their state of intoxication, are a threat to their safety or the
safety of others.
Any incarcerated person housed at a facility not equipped with a sobering cell, who, due to
their state of intoxication, are a threat to their safety or the safety of others, will be
transported to a facility for placement in an approved sobering cell. The Shift Supervisors
of the involved facilities will coordinate the moves.