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Jail health chief reviews decarceration, intake testing and safety steps as population shifts
Summary
Jail Health Services reported testing and cohorting protocols, a sharp COVID-era decline in the jail census, and ongoing operational planning to keep incarcerated people and staff safe while County Jail 4 is scheduled for closure.
Dr. Lisa Pratt, director of Jail Health Services, briefed the Health Commission on June 9 about how the department is managing COVID-19 risks in San Francisco’s jails and how the pandemic accelerated decarceration trends.
Pratt said the jail population fell sharply since February for a mix of policy and pandemic reasons — including litigation and local changes to pretrial practices — and that COVID-19 pushed the count lower still. "Our nadir was about 690," she said, while noting the population had started to climb again as arrests resumed. She…
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