Shasta County Municipal Code Ch. 1.16 Prisoners

A. All physically able persons confined in the county jail, industrial farm, juvenile camp, or road camp under a final judgment of imprisonment rendered in a criminal action or proceeding, and all persons confined in the county jail, industrial farm, juvenile camp, or road camp as a condition of probation after suspension of imposition of sentence or suspension of execution of sentence shall perform labor on public works, such as public grounds, buildings, or in such other places as may be deemed advisable for the benefit of the county.

B. The Shasta County sheriff, or with regard to incarcerated juveniles, the chief probation officer, or such officer's designee, at such officer's sole discretion, will determine who is physically able to perform work.

C. Except as provided in Section 1.16.030, the phrase "perform labor on public works" means and includes, among other things, clerical and manual labor in the county jail or in the camps maintained for the labor of such persons upon the ways in the county or the cleaning of public roads or highways.

(Ord. 95-7 § 1 (part), 1995)

The labor described in Section 1.16.010 shall be under the direction of some responsible person, appointed by the sheriff or the chief probation officer, who shall carry out such duties subject to the will and pleasure of the sheriff or chief probation officer.

(Ord. 95-7 § 1 (part), 1995)

In addition to the work described in Section 1.16.010, prisoner labor may be used in the prevention or suppression of forest, brush or grass fires upon land within the county. In addition, prisoner labor may be used for fire suppression upon lands in adjacent counties where the suppression of fires would afford fire protection to lands within the county, but only upon a declaration by the board of supervisors that there exists an emergency or a clear and present threat to lands within Shasta County.

(Ord. 95-7 § 1 (part), 1995)