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Over the course of the past year, a great deal of focus has been placed on Santa Clara County’s Correctional system. Making an appreciable impact on the custody and health systems within the jails will take months, and a full remedy to this crisis may take years. This webpage contains the County’s many jail reform efforts and will be continually updated with new documents, reports, and information as a result of fast-paced incremental work and phased addition of resources dedicated to these important efforts

Summarized recommendations were created to group like recommendations and are updated to reflect any new information on implementation of all of the jail reform recommendations. As such, the Jail Reform Matrix will no longer be updated and any updated status and budget changes will be reflected in Summarized Recommendations.

Date	Category	Title Sort descending
12/03/2020	Public Safety and Justice Committee (PSJC)	Received report from Custody Health Services relating to the use of therapeutic programs as incentives for down-classing inmates.
09/28/2021	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received report from Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring relating to Audit of Jail Reform Recommendations.
09/19/2023	Recent Board Actions	Received report from Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring relating to Office of the Sheriff use of chemical agents in planned use of force incidents.
04/19/2022	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received report from the Behavioral Health Services Department and the Office of Reentry Services relating to jail diversion and the Community Awaiting Placement Supervision program for individuals involved in the justice system.
09/01/2020	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received report from the Behavioral Health Services Department relating to implementation and expansion of Jail Diversion programs aimed at serving criminal justice-involved clients with mental health and co-occurring conditions.
09/28/2021	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received report from the Behavioral Health Services Department relating to jail diversion data, intercept points, service capacity, key partners, collaborative programs, and recommendations to improve access to jail diversion services.
01/22/2020	Health and Hospital Committee (HHC)	Received report from the County of Santa Clara Health System and Office of the Sheriff relating to a pilot program for condom distribution in Santa Clara County Jails.
03/14/2023	Recent Board Actions	Received report from the Custody Health Services Department relating to the ability of individuals to access myHealth Online after release from custody.
03/14/2023	Recent Board Actions	Received report from the Facilities and Fleet Department relating to emergency procurement to repair a water leak and sink hole at Elmwood Correctional Facility.
02/27/2024	Recent Board Actions	Received report from the Facilities and Fleet Department relating to emergency procurement to repair plumbing at Elmwood Correctional Facility.

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