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CALIFORNIA - LAWS AND GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES, PART 1 - GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES

NCJ Number
30022
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1974
Length
143 pages
Annotation
GUIDE FOR CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND MANAGERS WHICH IDENTIFIES AND DISCUSSES ELEMENTS ESSENTIAL TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF DETENTION FACILITIES.
Abstract
THE SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL PRACTICES, SEGREGATION, INMATE EMPLOYMENT, INMATE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, DISCIPLINE, CAMP AND FARM PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, FOOD, AND FEMALE INMATES. THOSE ELEMENTS WHICH ARE IN ONE OF THE CALIFORNIA CODES ARE DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THOSE WHICH ARE NOT BY REFERENCES TO THE CODES IN WHICH THEY CAN BE FOUND. AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX IS PROVIDED. (THE 'GUIDELINES' REPRESENT THE FOURTH REVISION OF THE ORIGINAL 'MINIMUM JAIL STANDARDS' FIRST ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS IN 1946).