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Supervisor Haney calls for plan — Board to seek timeline and strategy to close County Jail No. 4 at 850 Bryant Street
Summary
Supervisor Shamann Haney and several colleagues asked the sheriff and city administrator to present a plan and hearing on shutting down County Jail No. 4 at 850 Bryant Street, citing seismic concerns, the jail's design and high rates of pretrial incarceration and mental-health needs among detainees.
Supervisor Shamann Haney on July 30 introduced a request, co‑sponsored by multiple colleagues, calling on the sheriff and the city administrator to produce a plan and present it at a public hearing to close County Jail No. 4 at the Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street.
Haney told the Board the building was constructed nearly 60 years ago and has been identified for demolition since 1996. He said the facility is seismically unsuitable, confines many people in small concrete cells for 23 hours a day,…
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