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Work group outlines plan to reduce jail population by 83,220 bed days to close County Jails 3 and 4
Summary
An eight-month work group recommended a mix of policy, capital and programmatic strategies to reduce jail bed days by 83,220 annually (average daily reduction about 228 beds) through diversion, increased treatment capacity, and data improvements; the commission heard co-chairs Sheriff Hennessy and Roma Guy describe consensus across criminal justice and community stakeholders.
Deputy Director Colleen Chawla presented the work group27s report on options to "re-envision" the jail replacement project and to close County Jails 3 and 4 without building equivalent new jails. The report set a target of reducing 83,220 jail bed days per year (an average daily reduction of roughly 228 people) using a mix of interventions: added treatment and conservatorship beds, expanded pretrial diversion programs (including LEAD), crisis diversion and joint response teams, and policy measures such as…
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