Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: SUSPECTED JUVENILES IN CUSTODY C-2200
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
September 14, 2010 07-11-24 07-11-24
APPROVED BY: Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
REFERENCE:
POLICY
Juveniles will not be booked into or housed within any Detentions Bureau facility. The
shift supervisor will refuse to book any arrestee whom the shift supervisor reasonably
believes to be a juvenile. Any incarcerated person in-custody determined to be a
juvenile will be immediately transferred to Juvenile Hall or, in the case of contract
incarcerated people, to the custody of the agency for whom the incarcerated person is
being housed.
DIRECTIVE #1
An incarcerated person claiming to be a juvenile after having been booked as an adult
will not be administratively separated or transferred based solely on the unsubstantiated
claim of juvenile status.