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Policy 605Santa Ana Police Department Custody Manual Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/05/23, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department***DRAFT*** Incarcerated Person Rights - Protection from Abuse - 1Incarcerated Person Rights - Protection from Abuse 605.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines to ensure incarcerated persons are afforded a safe, healthful environment free from abuse, physical punishment, harassment, intimidation, and theft or loss of other property. 605.2 POLICY It is the policy of this department to make every reasonable effort to protect incarcerated persons from abuse, physical punishment, injury, harassment, intimidation, or loss or damage to personal property by other incarcerated persons or staff. Staff shall take reasonable actions to safeguard vulnerable persons from others and shall use the classification policies and procedures to make housing decisions that will provide for incarcerated person safety. Abuse of incarcerated persons by staff or other incarcerated persons will not be tolerated. 605.3 RESPONSIBILITY It shall be the responsibility of all facility staff to adhere to policies, procedures, and practices to protect incarcerated persons. These procedures include but are not limited to: •Following the classification guidelines for incarcerated person housing. •Supervising incarcerated person activities and interceding as needed to prevent violence, harassment, or abuse of incarcerated persons. •Using force only when necessary and to the degree that is reasonable. •Reporting all incarcerated person injuries, investigating the cause of reported injuries, and documenting these efforts in an incident report. •Enforcing all rules and regulations in a fair and consistent manner. •Preventing any practice of incarcerated persons dispensing discipline toward any other incarcerated person. •Conducting required safety checks of all incarcerated person housing areas. •Checking all safety equipment for serviceability and making a report of any defective equipment to the appropriate supervisor. •Referring sick or injured incarcerated persons to a qualified health care professional without unnecessary delay. •Maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the jail. •Documenting all abuse protection efforts in facility logs and incident reports as applicable. Santa Ana Police Department Custody Manual Incarcerated Person Rights - Protection from Abuse Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/05/23, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department***DRAFT*** Incarcerated Person Rights - Protection from Abuse - 2605.4 TRAINING The Training Commander shall be responsible for developing and delivering periodic training to all staff that includes the topic of protecting incarcerated persons from abuse. A roster of attendees shall be maintained from each class. Training completion documents shall be filed in each employee's training file.