California’s Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) is developing new critical statewide regulations for county jails. The Adult Titles 15 and 24 Regulations cover a wide range of areas for how counties should operate and design these jails. A few relevant areas include:
- Education and recreation
- Grievance processes
- Visitation practices
Click here to learn more about the BSCC’s revisions process.
We urgently need to strengthen these regulations, given the danger to those confined in jails. Recent news reports have highlighted “a deadly crisis” within California’s jails, including:
- “Extreme isolation” by Kern County’s jail that forced people to use yoga mats and sleep on the floor in safety rooms for days.
- Widespread violence in Fresno County’s jail.
- The death of an individual in Riverside County following use of force and restraint.
The BSCC has created an executive steering committee (ESC) to oversee this revisions process. This ESC has subsequently developed a series of subject matter workgroups (see Table 1). These workgroups will meet over the coming months to discuss these regulations and recommend any updates to the ESC. Eventually the ESC will pass along these revisions to the BSCC’s 13-person oversight board for approval.
To learn more about this critical opportunity, please contact CJCJ’s Director of Policy and Development Brian Goldstein at brian@cjcj.org.
Table 1. Titles 15 and 24 Subject Matter Workgroups
Subject Matter Workgroup
Meeting Date
Meeting Links
Administration
Contact: kim.moule@bscc.ca.gov
TBD
Pending
Programs & Services
Contact: tim.mcwilliams@bscc.ca.gov
9/29/20
Minors in Detention
Contact: Eloisa.tuitama@bscc.ca.gov
9/16/20
Nutritional Health
Contact: Allison.ganter@bscc.ca.gov
TBD
Pending
Environmental Health
Contact: Allison.ganter@bscc.ca.gov
TBD
Pending
Physical Plant (Title 24)
Contact: Michael.bush@bscc.ca.gov
10⁄20 & 10/21/20
Pending
Temporary Holding Facilities & Type I Facilities
Contact: dale.miller@bscc.ca.gov
9⁄23 & 9/24/20
Safe Release of Inmates/Transportation & Discipline
Contact: steven.wicklander@bscc.ca.gov
10/19/2020
10⁄26 & 10/27/2020
Source: Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). 2020. Adult Titles 15 and 24 Regulations Revision. At: http://www.bscc.ca.gov/adult-titles-15-and-24-regulations-revision/.