5-03/107.00 - LAC/USC Medical Center Release to Open Ward



Local next-of-kin notifications shall be made by jail ward sworn personnel whenever a prisoner is released from that Unit to an open ward and the prisoner is either physically or mentally incompetent.  A monthly log sheet of all such releases shall be maintained at the Unit.  The log sheet shall indicate the prisoner's name, date, time, person notified and the name and employee number of the Department member making the notification or the reason for failure to make notification.