Juveniles are required to attend classes five half-days per week. During afternoon hours, the juveniles are required to work in crews. A nurse is on duty four hours a day, four days a week. A physician visits once a week or as needed. Juveniles who have a communicable disease are housed in the administrative office during working hours and returned to the dormitory at night.
Food is served in a modern facility.
A full time cook is helped by juvenile trustees. The juvenile detention facilities in Santa Barbara County appear to be well managed. Consistent with the previous years grand jury reports, this Grand Jury also finds that the Santa Maria Juvenile Hall is not large enough to handle the number of juveniles arrested. Increase the size of North County Juvenile Hall to approximately 80 bed with commensurate staffing, as recommended by the 1994- 95 Grand Jury. The Board of Supervisors should approve funding to implement the recommendation.