Corrections
Inmate workers have been routinely allowed to go
outside of the facility to assist non-profit
organizations in the community.
Mission Statement:
The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office is committed to
providing excellence in public service in partnership
with our community.
Major Accomplishments in 2004-2005
 Filled and maintained positions to achieve full
staffing for the year. The only open positions
where we could have hired were held open
voluntarily. We have remained close to full
staffing by providing an employee friendly
environment.
 Reduced the number of employees on long term
injury leave to zero.
 Worked with other County departments to
establish a “Vermiculture” project, which
reduces the amount of solid waste product
produced by the kitchen. Redirected waste
amounts to several hundred pounds per month.
 Maintained a “Custody Emergency Response
Team”, to handle exceptional and dangerous
incidents in our correctional facilities.
 The kitchen has managed to bring down the cost
per meal to about $1.16. This has helped to
offset the rising cost of food. The kitchen
served 255,333 meals in 2004.
 Inmate workers provided 81,630 hours of cost
free labor inside of the facilities. They also
worked 3,213 hours outside of the facility during
the year. Inmate workers also provided 13,561
hours of free labor for non-profit community
organizations during the calendar year 2004.
 The Community Custody Program generated
approximately $91,322 in income.
 Booking fees generated approximately $140,556
in income.
 Standards and Training for Corrections, (STC),
the state agency that establishes requirements,
audits, and reimburses for correctional officer
training, was not funded for the 04/05 fiscal
year. The mandated 24 hours of training for
each correctional officer remains, however. The
savings in conducting training in this manner
was approximately $34,000.
 The Court Security, Transportation, and Bailiff
functions provided excellent service to the
Courts throughout the year. There were no
major incidents and no escapes during this
period. There were no complaints by either the
Service Description:
The Corrections Division operates three detention
facilities: The Wayne Brown Correctional Facility
(WBCF) in Nevada City, the primary jail with a
capacity of 250 beds, the Truckee Jail has a capacity
of 11 beds, and the Nevada City Court Holding
Facility which houses inmates only for court
purposes on court business days.
The Corrections Division adheres closely to the
California code of Regulations requirements
outlined in Title 15 and Title 24, as well as the
California Penal Code, and applicable case law.
The division currently has 87 full time positions.
There are 9 sworn deputy sheriff positions of various
ranks, 70 correctional officer positions of various
ranks, and 8 civilian positions, (4 cooks, 2 clerical, 2
correctional technicians.)
The average inmate-count for WBCF, for 2004, was
179. The average daily population for the Truckee
jail was four. Space continues to be a problem, not
due to overall inmate population, but due to the lack
of classification options and housing for the
burgeoning female inmate population.
The Truckee jail has beds for 2 female and 8 male
inmates plus beds for two inmate workers.
The Nevada City Court Holding Facility has
adequate beds and cell space for holding inmates
who need to be there for court appearances.
The Corrections Division has a sworn deputy sheriff
captain is its commanders. There is one sworn
lieutenant and one correctional officer lieutenant
who assist with management of various functions.
Personnel assigned to operations in the division
work seven 12-hour days in a 14-day pay period.
The current operations schedule seems to work well
providing ample time and reducing overtime
expenditures.
Inmates are provided programs that allow home
detention, work release, educational opportunities,
vocational classes; substances abuse prevention,
education and recovery, and religious and spiritual
involvement.
NEVADA COUNTY BUDGET 2005-06
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Corrections
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courts or citizens about the service performed by
these units.
The WBCF continued to offer drug and alcohol
addiction support and recovery groups,
parenting and anger management classes,
education programs, Project Jumpstart, and
religious meetings in the facility for the benefit
of inmates. In calendar year 2004, 6 inmates
received high school diplomas and 23 earned a
GED certificate.
Performance Measure:
 Monitor the income generated by fees.
Objective:
To provide adequate levels of safety and security for
court facilities for all users of the Nevada City and
Truckee Courts by providing professional staff and
services at courthouse facilities as determined by
ease of public access, maintaining law enforcement
presence, and reducing the potential for violence by
July 1, 2005, and throughout the fiscal year. (Board
Goal #9)
Performance Measure:
 Reduction of violence in the court facilities
Objectives and Performance Measures for 20052006
Objective:
To provide clean, safe, and humane detention
facilities that meet or exceed California codes or
regulations, Title 15, and Title 24 requirements for
inmates and staff by providing adequate levels of
trained staff on all shifts as determined by the BOC
staffing study that meet or exceed Title 15
requirements by July 1, 2005, and throughout the
fiscal year. (Board Goals 9 & 10)
Performance Measure:
 Monitor the condition of the detention facilities
 Provide adequate training for all staff
Objective:
To provide educational, spiritual, and substance
abuse programs that meet the needs of inmates and
Title 15 requirements for inmates in detention
facilities by appropriate use of inmate welfare funds
to provide programs described above by July 1, 2005
and throughout the fiscal year. (Board Goal 9 & 10).
Performance Measure:
 Number of inmates that complete programs
 Number of inmates enrolled in educational,
spiritual and substance abuse programs.
Objective:
To reduce the amount of generated solid waste by
10% for the WBCF by recycling metal cans,
cardboard, office waste, and kitchen products. The
programs have been created. They will be managed,
monitored and amounts of waste diverted will be
recorded by July 1, 2005 and throughout the fiscal
year. (Board Goal #7)
Performance Measure:
 Calculate the year-end percentage of solid waste
reduction
Objective:
To attempt to meet state requirements for training
correctional
staff
despite
zero
training
reimbursement from state agencies for Correctional
Division staff, correctional officers, sworn officers,
and civilian employees as needed by utilizing inhouse resources to provide training to meet the STC
require 24 hours of training for all operational staff
members. This will be accomplished by creating inhouse training utilizing staff members to instruct
other staff members by July 1, 2005, and throughout
the fiscal year. (Board Goals # 5,6,9, and 10.)
Performance Measure:
 Number of staff that complete the STC required
24 hours of training.
Objective:
To maximize the recovery of fees generating income
For the Alternative Sentencing Program, daily bed
space rental for Sierra County Prisoners and the
contract with Placer County to book and hold their
prisoners in Truckee by collecting appropriate fees
as needed to recover the costs of the programs and
operational expenses, per existing Board Resolutions
and empirical data provided by outside accounting
contractors by July 1, 2005 and throughout the fiscal
year. (Board Goals #2)
NEVADA COUNTY BUDGET 2005-06
Service Budget Unit Code - 20301
Office/Department
- Sheriff
Major Service Area
- Public Protection/Detention & Corrections
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