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Jail Reforms

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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
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to Treating Inmates Suffering from Substance Abuse and Addiction.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to consideration of candidates for Critical Incident Training.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to Aramark's customer service record and number of grievances.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to education and employment services provided in custody.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to the Custody Grievance Process.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to the COVID-19 Investigative Unit.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to Resuming Jail Monitoring Programs.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Sheriff's Office relating to the Use of Overstrength Staffing as a strategy and Limiting the Use of Overtime.
Recent Board Actions Approved recommendations related to the Electronic Monitoring Program surveillance system and monitoring devices that will serve as a custody program alternative to allow inmates to serve some or all of their sentence outside of the jail facilities.
Recent Board Actions Approved request to transfer funds from the General Fund Contingency Reserve to the Department of Correction and Custody Health Services to balance departmental year-end budgets.

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