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Commission begins work on resolution declaring incarceration a public health issue; staff to return with revised roadmap
Summary
The Health Commission discussed and revised a draft resolution framing incarceration as a public health issue, received substantial public comment urging stronger language on gender and youth, and asked staff to incorporate edits, strengthen data-sharing with criminal-justice partners and return the resolution for a March 19 vote.
The San Francisco Health Commission spent the meeting27s largest block of time considering a draft resolution that frames incarceration as a public health issue and directs the Department of Public Health to develop a roadmap for integrated services, improved data collection and community-engaged recommendations.
Presenter (committee staff) said the resolution grew from the jail re-envisioning project and the MacArthur grant process and has been revised after committee review. "Out of that process, there was acknowledgement by the department that we had some issues in terms of improving our data collection as well as integrating our services," the presenter said.
Dr. Lisa Pratt, who directs Jail Health services, told commissioners that jail-health data come from a homegrown electronic medical record with limited analytics and that differences in counting explain…
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