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KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
INCARCERATED PERSON HUNGER STRIKES
H-600
EFFECTIVE:
REVIEWED:
REVISED:
UPDATED:
June 30, 1990
07-11-24
11-02-09
07-11-24
APPROVED BY:
Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
REFERENCE:
POLICY
The primary responsibility of all staff members during an incarcerated person hunger strike
is to protect the health and welfare of the incarcerated person(s) involved. To meet this
responsibility, custody staff will actively investigate the causes of the hunger strike and will,
whenever possible, seek a reasonable resolution of the hunger strike.
The medical staff will assess and monitor the involved incarcerated person(s) to mitigate
the threat to the health of the incarcerated person(s) to the degree possible.
Whenever possible, incarcerated people participating in a hunger strike will be re-housed
to administrative separation for better observation. If medical staff determine