Facility Evaluation Report

On 09/10/2024, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Ivan Avila arrived unannounced at the facility to conduct a case management visit regarding absent without leave incident reports (AWOL) the Department received via fax on 07/30/24, 08/18/24, and 09/2/24. LPA met with Administrator Robert Holmes and explained the purpose of the visit.

The first incident occurred on 07/29/24 when C1 AWOL'd the facility at approximately 1 AM without staff's knowledge and walked to a local middle school down the street from the facility. Approximately 30 minutes later the school security guard found C1. C1 asked the security guard to call an ambulance. He was picked up and sent over to the hospital for observation. C1 was discharged at the hospital at 6 AM when staff had picked C1 up and drove him back to the facility. The second incident occurred on 08/31/24 where C1 left the facility at three different time periods. C1 left the facility at 1:23 PM, again at 3:20 PM, and a third time at 6:11 PM when Redding Police Department arrested C1 for assault on a police officer. C1 was taken to Shasta County Jail for a few days and send home on 09/5/24.

The third incident occurred on 08/16/24 when C2 AWOL'd the facility at approximately 4:55 PM. Staff alerted local law enforcement that C2 had left the facility and did not know where he was. Staff and the on-call Administrator began to look for C2 and approximately 30 minutes later law enforcement called the Administrator stating C2 was down the street at the local golf course. C2 had gone to the golf course and walked into a body of water where local bystanders redirected C2 out of the water and called an ambulance. C2 was evaluated with no injuries and sent back to the facility.