Archive

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.

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Health and Hospital Committee (HHC) Receive Director's Report, SCVHHS - Custody Health Services Data Report.
Recent Board Actions Ratify Grant Application submitted by the Office of Reentry Services to the MacArthur Foundation relating to grant funding to implement strategies to safely reduce the County's local jails in the amount of $2,000,000 for Fiscal Years 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Recent Board Actions Provide direction to the Clerk of the Board and County Counsel regarding the Evaluation Committee to be appointed by the Board to evaluate finalists in the solicitation process for the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring.
Remedial Plan Proposed Settlement for Prison Law Office class action litigation - Chavez v. County of Santa Clara (pending Court approval).
Remedial Plan Proposed Settlement for Class Action Lawsuit Addressing Improved Access for Inmates with Mobility Disabilities at the County Jails - Cole v. County of Santa Clara (pending Court approval).
Remedial Plan Press Release - Settlement Reached in Santa Clara County Jail Class Action Litigation (Chavez v. County of Santa Clara).
Remedial Plan Press Release - Santa Clara County Agrees to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Addressing Improved Access for Inmates with Mobility Disabilities at the Santa Clara County Jails (Cole v. County of Santa Clara).
Off-Agenda Reports Office of the Sheriff's Response to FY 2019 Budget Related Request for Information
Off-Agenda Reports Office of the Sheriff's Report Relating to Inmate Grievance Processing, and Preliminary Analysis of Inmate Grievance Data
Off-Agenda Reports Office of the Sheriff's Report relating to Gender Needs Assessment in the Jail

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