Article XVIII — REQUIRED LABOR BY COUNTY JAIL PRISONERS

This article is enacted pursuant to the authority provided by Section 4017 of the California Penal Code.

(Ord. No. 2143, § 1, 3-2-93)

131.1 Prisoner shall mean any or all persons confined in any County Jail facility under judgment of conviction of a misdemeanor offense, or as a condition of probation after suspension of imposition of a sentence or suspension of execution of a sentence.

131.2 Labor upon the public works or ways shall mean manual labor upon the public works, public grounds, parks, roads, streets, alleys, highways, or public buildings, or in such other places within the County as may be deemed advisable and shall also include, among other things, clerical and menial labor in any County government office or County Jail facility.

(Ord. No. 2143, § 1, 3-2-93)

132.1 Any and all County Jail prisoners shall be compelled to labor upon the public works or ways for the benefit of the County, and to engage in the prevention and suppression of forest, brush or grass fires upon lands within the County, or upon lands in adjacent counties where the suppression of fires would afford fire protection to lands within the County.

132.2 The Sheriff shall supply said prisoners with sufficient suitable food for lunch at the expense of the County.

132.3 The labor herein provided shall be performed at such places and in such manner as the Sheriff or Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, direct.

132.4 No prisoner shall receive any compensation for his or her labor under this Article.

(Ord. No. 2143, § 1, 3-2-93)

133.1 No prisoner shall be compelled to so labor as provided in Section 2-132 above, who may be physically unable to do so, or whose safekeeping may be endangered thereby. The determination of exemption from such labor for either cause mentioned above shall be made by the Sheriff.

133.2 Except as provided below, no prisoner shall be compelled to labor on Sundays or legal holidays or at any time when, in the judgment of the Sheriff, the weather is so inclement as to be detrimental to the health of such prisoner or prisoners. This exception shall not apply when, in the judgment of the Sheriff, such labor is necessary in response to an emergency including, but not limited to, fire, flooding or earthquake. This exception shall further not apply to routine menial labor by prisoners in maintaining their cells, or to such other work assignments as are, in the judgment of the Sheriff, necessary for the orderly operation of County Jail Facilities.

(Ord. No. 2143, § 1, 3-2-93)

134.1 All prisoners engaged in work pursuant to this Article shall be supervised by one or more employees of the County of Lake as directed and approved by the Sheriff. Said supervisor(s) will be responsible to the Sheriff and shall follow the directions of the Sheriff in all matters concerning the supervision of such prisoners engaged in work.

134.2 It shall be the duty of said supervisor(s) to receive from the Sheriff, or his designee, on each and every morning, or when the Sheriff shall otherwise direct, all prisoners compelled to labor under this Article and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff to deliver them to said supervisor(s), and from the time they are delivered to the supervisor(s) until they are returned to the County Jail said supervisor(s) shall be responsible for their safe-keeping and custody.

134.3 The supervisor(s) shall call for and receive said prisoners, who may be compelled to labor as herein provided, enforce their conveyance to the place of labor as expeditiously as possible and compel them to labor continuously from the time of their arrival thereat (except for one hour at noon for rest and lunch) to such hour of cessation from labor which will permit said prisoners to have their regular evening meal upon their return to the County Jail; provided, that labor may be discontinued at the option of said supervisor(s).

(Ord. No. 2143, § 1, 3-2-93)

Secs. 2-135—2-140. - Reserved.