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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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.
Recent Board Actions Received report relating to the Main Jail North (MJN) and Elmwood American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Improvements and Suicide Watch (SW) Cells Project.
Recent Board Actions Received report from the Office of the Sheriff relating to staffing and recruitment efforts.
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.
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 status of the jail reform efforts.
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.
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.
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.
Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms Received report from Custody Health Services and Office of the Sheriff relating to responses to recommendations from a report from the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring.
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.

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