10.1 Standard Facility Clothing Issue Pursuant to Section 1480

Chapter 10
Section 1
Subject Standard Facility Clothing Issue Pursuant to Section 1480
Effective Date 4/30/2024 12:00 AM
  1. Youth will be provided with clothing as work, climate and illness may require.  Under normal conditions, each youth will be provided, at a minimum, with:
    1. Clean underclothing, socks and t-shirts are issued daily.
    2. Clean outer clothing issued twice weekly, Wednesday and Saturday during the graveyard shift.
    3. Clean footwear.
    4. All clothing issued shall be serviceable.
    5. All youth will receive new underwear to be worn only by them during their stay at Juvenile Hall.
    6. Clothing is laundered at the temperature required by local ordinances for commercial laundries and dried completely in a mechanical dryer or other laundry method approved by the local health officer.
    7. Youth will wear clothing issued or as directed by staff.  Youth who cannot be fitted with issued clothing will wear their own clothes, as long as they are in good taste and do not depict any alcohol, drug or gang indicia. 
  2. Issued Clothing
    1. All youth will be issued new underwear upon booking and their initials placed on the undergarment.  Undergarments and socks will be washed at Juvenile Hall during the graveyard shift. All other clothing will be washed by commercial laundry.  
    2. Shoes will be washed only when dirty.  They will be washed at Juvenile Hall during the graveyard shift shoes should be washed with other items to avoid noise and unbalanced load.
      1. When turned in by a youth, shoes will be sprayed with a disinfectant, germicidal, fungicidal spray before being stored for reissue. 
  3. Youth's Personal Clothes
    1. The youth's personal clothes will be collected, inventoried and stored securely upon admission.
    2. No youth is allowed in the laundry/clothing storage room.
  4. Replacement of Issued Clothes
    1. Whenever an item of issued clothes is no longer serviceable due to damage or wear, the items shall be thrown away.