url for meeting: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/SplitView.aspx?Mode=Video&MeetingID=13555&Format=Agenda#

"Bend the Arc" - preso by DA office - ADA David Angel

jail pop is 1/3 less - this is a good thing for everyone.

"mission creep" - police were being used to deal with quality of life issues and public health issues.

- limit jail to public safety risks

- zero bail (tool from Matt Fisk)

- Home Diversion Project - not for people who would not have been jailed. for people who would have been.

- midaemenor diversion -

- 14601 Project - (driving without a license) - should not end up in court. already 60% drop from last year.

- 148 Protocol - resisting arrest - let us not charge when this is the only crime.

- Fines and Fees - DA no longer seeks fines and fees for indigent people

- SWP Recalls - let us just drop people who were sentenced to work program, but covid interrupted.

- Advance Arraignment Date - with scheduling software, if decision is made, arraign to release as quickly as possible, at very first.

- Narcotics Public Safety Project - 12,000 less criminal prosecutions.

Office of the Sheriff

- video arraignment and meetings

- set up electronic monitoring

- "courts and the laws determine who remains in custody"

- asks chiefs of police to cite people instead of booking them.

- in 2007 we have almost 70000 ppl booked a year, in 2020, we had just over 24000 (15000 less than in 2019).

- jail populations will (she predicts) be increasing...

- factors increasing pops: many sentences have been postponed, such as in SWP. (we need more people in SWP.)
Sentences being postponed. Closing of courtrooms. 

- CDCR has not been accepting people. So some people in jail have been convicted and should go to prison but have not.

- security choice was charge-based, not it is more behavior-based.

- "210 in med sec are charged with murder. in 2001, when pop was over 4000, only 60 people in jail were in for murder. Now with 2300 inmates, we have 246 people charged with homicide. or attempted."

- "2 males have been in custody almost 12 years and their cases have not been adjudicated."

- "23 have been in since 2015, 15 are here for murder."

- "we were asked for average length of stays. the jack list - waiting for mental health treatment beds prior to sentencing."

- "we do maintain a list of people who have been in custody for over 3 years. - 110 of those people."

Matt Fisk - director of Pre-Trial Services.

PSA - new risk-assessment tool being launched early July.

recommedations:

- enhance and expand pre-arraignment reviews

- increase the quantity and quality of wrap-around releases. (who are doing these in the community?)

- focus on ensuring success of misd diversion program. - egt svcs to people.

(what is a ledge file?)

Probation Managers:

Karen Avila - trends in violation - able to keep clients from going into jail if they are already opn parole.`

"amnesty letter for non-reporting clients. come back in now, without penalties."

"use EMP instead of jail" - stopped charging people $$$ for being oin EMP program."

"treatment program fees. - waived for indigent clients. needs more funding.

Charlie Hendrickson in APD in charge of PARR
Sarah McCarthy - technology expert

tablets are not just in housing but are also in intake booking.

interviews were just with lawyers but now are also with investigators.

transports to Elmwood or MJ occur before they can be communicated with. lost chance for tablet use.

"we know there is currently a program to bring more than 2000 tablets into the jail. what if these were configured with direcvtories
from BHS, PTS, etc."o

"who are you and what brought you here? this information is important to the process".

Molly McCloud - system-impacted member of public. screening should keep people out who are mentally ill or disabled.

"mental health needs count is 80.7%"

Barbara Hanson - PACT -

have been trying to get tablets in, can also be used for music or programs and community contact..."

Cindy Chavez brought in two people:

Wes Fukiyama - on the Behavioral Health Board and also a jail chaplain.

Christine ??? - population ranges? tablets -