An electrical disruption Monday afternoon at Robert Presley Detention Center in downtown Riverside prompted sheriff's officials to activate backup generators, close the facility to new inmate bookings as a precaution, and transport some in-custody individuals to Smith Correctional in Banning.
The power outage occurred around 1:30 p.m. Nov. 25, though the source of the
trouble was not immediately identified.
According to Riverside County sheriff's spokesman Albert Martinez, the jail's emergency generators were engaged to power the facility.
"Everything's up and running," Martinez told City News Service about 2:45 p.m. "They're just trying to figure out what's going on."
He said jail administrators did not want to admit any more detainees until the detention center was back on the grid. Until then, individuals taken into custody in the Riverside metropolitan area were being transported to the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta and Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
Smith Correctional is the largest lockup in Riverside County.
Reported by City News Service in Riverside
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