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Suggested Potential Jail Facility Reuse Scenarios Temporary Jail Holding Facility This Jail Reuse Feasibility Option would continue the operational use of the Type II Jail as a temporary holding facility which can only detain individuals up to 24 hours. Established Jail policies and custody procedures would still be in effect. The temporary holding facility would also comply with State minimum detention standards governing adult incarceration practices. Implementation of this option would require access and daily use of rive primary building spaces including (1) vehicle sallyport, (2) intake processing / release, (3) administration unit (4) lobby / public area, and (5) Central Control room. These spaces contain 41,369 square feet of building area and represent 26.3% of the Jail's total functional use area space. The vehicle sallyport space would still serve as the secure area where law enforcement officers can transition arrestees from an automobile to the Jail for booking. The intake / release area would also still serve as the space where arrestees and Inmates enter or leave the Jail. After the law enforcement officer leaves and the processing and identification is completed, the arrestee will be placed in the docile holding area or secure holding cell. While in intake, medical screenings are given to those arrestees requiring immediate medical or mental health attention. Doctors and mental health crisis specialists will be contacted if needed. The second floor intake area handles all post arrest release processing. The Jail's administration area is located off the lobby entrance on the second floor of the City Jail. The area contains 13 cubicles of varying size, four offices for the Jail Administrator and other personnel. The roll call room seats approximately 25 officers and includes a small break area. The administration area also contains (a) 2 two -stall restrooms for male and female employees, (b) staff lockers, (c) a small kitchen, and (d) a copy room. Three other support private staff offices are also located in this space. The Jail has one main entrance In the front of the building that opens into the facility's second floor which will continue to be used. This area also contains public toilets, water fountains, telephone, and public seating. There is one secure enclosed Central Control room In the Jail. The Control Room will also continue to be used because it contains door controls, elevator control, video monitoring system to various locations in and around the facility, and a unisex staff restroom. Based on the yearly average number of City Jail intake bookings of 7,134, assuming all detainees are incarcerated for no more than 24 hours, the Santa Ana City temporary Jail holding facility would likely have an average daily population (ADP) of 20 or less male or female inmates. If historical trends continue in the near future, a temporary holding facility would likely process an average 595 intakes each month or 20 per day. ■ Transitional Jail Community Reentry Treatment Facility This Jail Reuse Feasibility Option maintains the building as its intended use, a Jail, but with expanded transitional community inmate reentry treatment and support programs. Established Jail policies and custody procedures would still be in effect. The reentry treatment facility would also comply with State minimum detention standards governing adult incarceration practices. The Jail reentry treatment housing and counseling services operational model could be implemented with City custody staff supplemented with newly hired, experienced reentry community program specialists and contract qualified "best practice" service providers. The expanded programming could be directed at sentenced offenders using a leased facility arrangement for detention beds with another correctional agency including (1) the United States Bureau of Prisons, and/or (2) California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Expansion of City Jail inmate services would include (a) evidence -based risk and needs assessments, (b) cognitive behavioral therapy, (c) mental health and alcohol / drug counseling, (d) job / education assistance, and (e) development of transitional reentry 65A-12