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 Adopted Salary Ordinance No. NS-20.20.12, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Executive Leadership Salary Ordinance No. NS-20.20 relating to the Restructuring of SCVMC Finance and Custody Health Services.
Off-Agenda Reports Protocols to Prevent Transmission of COVID-19 in Custody Settings Report No. 4
Recent Board Actions Approved actions relating to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021 Mid-Year Budget Review.
Public Safety and Justice Committee (PSJC) Received report from the Office of the Sheriff relating to quarterly inmate grievance trends.
Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring (OCLEM) Approved Board-As-a-Whole appointment to the Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee - seat number 1.
Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring (OCLEM) Approved Board-As-a-Whole appointment to the Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee - seat number 3.
Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring (OCLEM) Approved Board-As-a-Whole appointment to the Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee - seat number 5.
Recent Board Actions Received report on next steps and timeline for a new custodial treatment facility.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda Report from the Behavioral Health Services Department relating to the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team Formalized Training Curriculum.
Off-Agenda Reports Off-Agenda report from the Office of the County Executive relating to Jail Reforms Referrals scheduled for Public Safety and Justice Committee meetings.

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