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 Sort descending |
|---|---|---|
| Recent Board Actions | Installation of Suicide Prevention Measures in Existing Jail Facilities | |
| Expert Reports | JFA Institute Jail Classification System Evaluation | |
| Finance and Government Operations Committee (FGOC) | Meetings on Jail Reforms | |
| Finance and Government Operations Committee (FGOC) | Meetings on Jail Reforms | |
| Finance and Government Operations Committee (FGOC) | Meetings on Jail Reforms | |
| Finance and Government Operations Committee (FGOC) | Meetings on Jail Reforms | |
| Finance and Government Operations Committee (FGOC) | Meetings on Jail Reforms | |
| Recent Board Actions | Mid-Year Budget item to add staff for Internal Affairs, jail surveillance system design, and establishing a reserve for jail capital projects | |
| Finance and Government Operations Committee (FGOC) | Organizational Structure for the County Jails and Oversight Models | |
| Expert Reports | Overview of Recommendations by Dental Expert Jay D Shulman |