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.

Date Category Title
Recent Board Actions Approved Sixth Amendment to Agreement with Global Tel-Link relating to providing inmate telephone calling services that extends the agreement for an eight-month period through March 31, 2020.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report relating to community meetings the Sheriff's Office is currently convening and reconvening bimonthly community meetings.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Behavioral Health Services Department relating to an update on the NAMI Warmline/Help Desk
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Office of the County Executive on High-Needs Female Inmates.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Office of the County Executive on methods of communication and areas of overlap with the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring.
Public Safety and Justice Committee (PSJC) Receive report from the Office of the Sheriff relating to the number of posts at all jail facilities.
Recent Board Actions Receive report from the Office of the County Executive relating to the planned implementation process for the jail staffing study, including medical services.
Recent Board Actions Approved retroactive Memorandum of Understanding with Health Management Associates, Inc., relating to the California Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion Project to enhance medication assisted treatment of opioid addiction in County jails.
Recent Board Actions Approved Request transferring funds within the Facilities and Fleet Department budget and an increase in the Supplemental Work Allowance (SWA) for the Elmwood ADA Improvements.
Public Safety and Justice Committee (PSJC) Receive report from the Office of the Sheriff relating to Inmate Grievances.

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