The Napa County grand jury issued
a report Thursday on Juvenile Hall, saying that a previous year’s
recommendations for better video security had not been implemented.
The 2013-14 grand jury had
recommended that the county speed up the installation of upgraded video
equipment and add extra cameras to the exercise yard.
During a tour of Juvenile Hall
in October, this year’s grand jury discovered that “little or no progress” had
been made implementing either recommendation.
The county is researching this
issue, but won’t be buying new video equipment immediately because of the
financial impacts of the South Napa earthquake on other county facilities, the
grand jury said it was told.
Kristi Jourdan, the county’s
public information officer, said Friday that the county would not comment on
the grand jury report until the Board of Supervisors reviews it on April 7.
Citing confusion by some
families regarding visitation rights, the grand jury said the county’s chief
probation officer should give a copy of the visitation policy to both parents
and juveniles.
Apart from these problems, the
grand jury said Juvenile Hall, located on Old Sonoma Road, was a “secure, well
maintained and professionally operated facility.”
The hall has a capacity of 60
youths, but averages 25 juveniles daily, the grand jury said. The facility
employs 27 full-time counselors who are all classified as peace officers.
February
27, 2015
Napa
Valley Register
By Register staff
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