Policy Text
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MJ/RCCC
OPERATIONS ORDER
Housing Unit Inspections and Cost Recovery
The purpose of this Order is to s tandardize procedures for iden tifying, documenting, and
recovering the cost of damages to jail furnishings and/or equip ment caused by prisoners
at the Main Jail and the Rio Cosumnes Correct ional Center (RCCC).
I. General Procedures
A. During each shift, housing un it staff shall inspect housing areas, indoor
and outdoor recreation areas, mult ipurpose rooms, equipment and supply
closets, sally ports, and any other area where prisoners have a ccess, for
damages.
B. Housing unit staff shall have any damaged furnishings within a c e l l
repaired or replaced before assigning a prisoner to the cell fo r safety and
security reasons.
C. Housing unit staff shall complete and submit a “Maintenance Request
Form” if any damage to a cell or f urnishings is discovered.
1. General Services and/or maint enance staff shall make the
necessary repairs as soon as possible.
D. If applicable, housing unit sta ff will complete an Incident Report Detail (PF-
10) or Crime Report.
1. For disciplinary report pur poses only “reasonable suspicion” i s
needed to determine which prisoner is responsible if two prison ers
share a cell.
2. If a crime report is generat ed because the damage is severe
enough to warrant the filing of criminal charges, the report sh ould
contain photographs, evi dence, and statements.
E. Prisoners found responsible for damage to a jail furnishings and/or
equipment after a disciplinary hearing has been conducted may b e
required to pay for the damages . If the prisoner has money ava ilable on
his/her account, repair and/or repl acement costs shall be deduc ted from
the account.
1. The approving watch command er shall forward the PF-10
containing the results of the di sciplinary hearing to the “Inma te
Trust Account Officer” or designee for review.
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MJ/RCCC F. If the cost of repair or repl acement exceeds the available f unds in the
prisoners account, any remaining “good time” earned credits may be
removed.
G. In the event a prisoner has no money on his/her account and are being
transferred to another agency or removing “good time” is not an option,
the hearing sergeant should give the PF-10 containing the findi ngs to the
Trust Account Officer. The Trust Account Officer should note t he cost of
repairs in the prisoners account.
1. Any time a future deposit is made to the prisoners account, the
funds could be deducted until al l damages are recovered.
Appendices: None
Related Orders: Operations Orders: 8/ 01, Inmate Welfare Trust Fund Debits and
Credits; 8/02, Inmate Trust Fund Debits and Credits
References: None