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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
09/10/2019	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Receive report from the Office of the County Executive, Office of the Sheriff, Custody Health Services, and Facilities and Fleet Department relating to the updated status of jail reform efforts.
08/14/2018	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Receive report from the Office of the County Executive, Office of the Sheriff, Custody Health Services, and Facilities and Fleet Department relating to the updated status of jail reform efforts.
09/10/2019	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Receive report from the Office of the Sheriff relating to in-custody terminology used to define inmate housing.
03/20/2018	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Receive report prepared by CGL Companies, LLC, providing an assessment and recommendations relating to the organizational structure of the County jails and provide direction to County Counsel regarding follow-up actions.
12/04/2018	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Receive report relating to the scope of work for the solicitation to retain the services of a consulting firm to conduct a staffing study of the Office of the Sheriff and Department of Correction, to include both jail system and law enforcement.
09/28/2021	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received a report relating to an inventory and evaluation of parenting programs and contact visitation in the jails at Elmwood Correctional Complex, Main Jail Complex, and Reentry Resource Center.
05/02/2023	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received fourth interim report from Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring relating to Audit of Jail Reform Recommendations.
05/02/2023	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received report from Custody Health Services (CHS) relating to CHS policies and collaboration with the Office of the Sheriff.
10/18/2022	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received report from Custody Health Services and Office of the Sheriff relating to responses to recommendations from a report from the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring.
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.

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