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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
09/24/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved job specification to add classification of Director, Jail Diversion and Justice Services.
06/04/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved recommendations relating to Main Jail and Elmwood Custody Health Services Staff Work Area Modifications.
05/21/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved recommendations relating to Main Jail Cell Hardening and Main Jail Fire Alarm Replacement.
10/22/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved recommendations relating to the Jail Inmate Services Program.
06/18/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved referral to Administration to report to the Board relating to the feasibility and actions associated with expanding contact visitation within the jails.
09/24/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved referral to Administration to report to the Board with options for consideration relating to the feasibility, cost and timeline associated with developing a new clothing classification color for minimum security incarcerated women at Elmwood.
12/10/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved referrals to Administration relating to Custody Health Services staffing and medical care standards in County jails.
04/23/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved request to increase expenditures in the Department of Correction budget relating to attorneys' fees in two class action lawsuits relating to the jails.
08/13/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved request to increase revenue and expenditures in the Custody Health Services budget related to the addition of a Chief Psychologist position.
11/05/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved request to transfer funds from the Accumulated Capital Outlay Fund - Jail Reserve to various custody projects.

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