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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 Sort descending	Category	Title
01/25/2022	Recent Board Actions	Approved recommendations relating to the Framework for the County's justice-involved clients.
04/19/2022	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received 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.
04/19/2022	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received report from the Behavioral Health Services Department and the Office of Reentry Services relating to jail diversion and the Community Awaiting Placement Supervision program for individuals involved in the justice system.
04/19/2022	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Received second interim report from Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring relating to Audit of Jail Reform Recommendations.
04/19/2022	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Receive report from the Custody Health Services Department relating to response to the OCLEM Recommendations on the Custody Health Review Process for In-Custody Deaths, Suicide Prevention Efforts, and Handling of Inmate Grievances.
06/28/2022	Recent Board Actions	Accepted Project as complete and authorized the Clerk of the Board to execute Notice of Completion of Contract and Acceptance of Work on Contract No. 19-12, Main Jail and Elmwood Custody Health Services Staff Work Area Modifications.
06/28/2022	Recent Board Actions	Approved recommendations relating to the pilot program to subsidize the cost of inmate phone calls.
08/16/2022	Recent Board Actions	Received report from the Office of the County Counsel relating to options for transferring rehabilitative jail functions to the Department of Correction and provide direction regarding next steps.
08/30/2022	Recent Board Actions	Adopted Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.23.02, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.23 relating to compensation of employees adding a sign-on bonus for Psychiatrists in the Custody Health Services Department.
09/13/2022	Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring (OCLEM)	Received report from the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring relating to the Inmate Tracking System.

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