Special dietary requirements are met. There are holding facilities for the two Superior Courts in the city of Santa Barbara and also holding cells for the Lompoc and Santa Maria Superior Courts. The Transportation Bureau of the Branch Jails Division is made up of 15 correction officers, one senior officer, two sergeants and one lieutenant. Correction officers are responsible for the security of the holding cells and supervising the inmates in the courtroom gallery besides transporting the inmates. Bailiffs are primarily responsible for the security of the courtroom, handling documents in court, and are sometimes involved in supervising and escorting the inmates from their cells to the courtroom.
Bailiffs have the same training as sheriff s deputies.
There are 24 bailiffs, four senior deputies, two sergeants and one lieutenant assigned to the courts. Over 47,000 inmates were transported to their courtroom appearances this past year. Of these, many inmates were transported multiple times. Four buses and seven vans are used in transporting inmates from the jails to the holding cells and back. A correction officer drives while another stands guard in the bus.