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Civil grand jury urges improvements in intake, behavioral health staffing and data at county jail; supervisors to review responses
Summary
A civil grand jury report criticized conditions and procedures at the county jail — highlighting intake practices, suicide prevention, behavioral-health staffing and data transparency — and the Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit and Oversight Committee discussed the report with jail health and law‑enforcement leaders and directed responses to the full board.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Friday heard an in‑depth presentation of the 2015–16 civil grand jury report examining San Francisco County jail operations and related behavioral‑health care.
Michael Skahill, presenting for the grand jury, said jurors studied compliance with California minimum standards (Title 15) and building standards, visited sites and interviewed officials. The jury found that intake — the first 24 to 48 hours in custody — is a critical period for identifying suicide risk and medical needs, and it recommended improved transfer tracking, consistent behavioral‑health staffing, better training and more open data on jail populations to allow…
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