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Committee discusses jail, behavioral-health facilities and reentry supports; public engagement to follow owner’s representative
Summary
The committee reviewed planned facilities — including a new jail and behavioral health treatment center, a 23-hour crisis relief center and other sites — and stressed the need to coordinate public engagement, transportation on release, and wraparound housing and services.
At its Feb. 20 meeting the Justice Project Oversight and Planning Committee reviewed facility-related strategies in the Justice Project implementation plan and discussed steps to coordinate design, public engagement and reentry supports.
Committee members heard that the owner’s representative for the new jail and behavioral health treatment center (SVC STV) has been hired and that public engagement on design is expected in spring but remains contingent on the owner’s representative’s schedule. The committee postponed detailed follow-up on jail design until staff can better coordinate with that consultant team.
Dean, speaking during the…
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