Blue Ribbon Commission on improving custody operations
On October 6, 2015, the County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution establishing the Blue Ribbon Commission on improving custody operations. The purpose of the Blue Ribbon Commission is to assess custody operations and to recommend improvements.
Resolutions
- Resolution establishing the Blue Ribbon commission – BOS-2015-138
- Resolution clarifying issues relating to the Blue Ribbon Commission – BOS-2015-159
Members of the Blue Ribbon Commission
Voting members
Judge LaDoris Cordell (Ret.), Chairperson
Rose Amador-LeBeau, LaRaza Roundtable
Judge Susan Bernardini (Ret.)
Alison Brunner, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Rick Callender, CA/HI NAACP
Christine Clifford, PACT/DeBug
Pablo Gaxiola, Former Inmate
Dennis Grilli, Former Police Officer
Hope Holland, National Alliance on Mental Illness & Former Inmate
Amy Le, Santa Clara County Correctional Officer
Otto Lee, Former Mayor of Sunnyvale
Judge Stephen Manley
Wes Mukoyama, Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board
Erin O’Neill, Office of the Independent Police Auditor for San Jose
Gail Price, Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board
Dr. Divya Reddy, Union of American Physicians & Dentists
Anne Rosenzweig, Mental Health Advocate
Navah Statman, National Alliance on Mental Illness
Pastor Dale Weatherspoon, PACT
Ex-officio members
Cindy Chavez, Supervisor
Laura Garnette, Chief Probation Officer
John Hirokawa, Chief of Correction
Molly O’Neal, Public Defender
Jeffrey Rosen, District Attorney
Laurie Smith, Sheriff
Toni Tullys, Behavioral Health Director
Information
- Meeting Dates, Agendas, Agenda Packets, Minutes, and Videos of Meetings
- IWF questions and concerns FW Commissary Menu (Redacted)
- Questions from Commissioner Price (Redacted)
Board of Supervisors actions
- Consider recommendations relating to legal and expert services for the Blue Ribbon Commission on Improving Custody Operations
- Appropriation Modification related to addition of a Human Relations Coordinator in the CEO--OHR
- Summary of Actions Taken to Address Issues Identified In The County’s Correctional System
- Agreement for Assessment of Health Care Services Provided in County Jails
- Amendment to Agreement for ADA Training and Consulting Services in the Jails
- Augmentation of Behavioral Health Services to Inmates in County Jail
- Salary Ordinance Amendment to Add Positions for Custody Health Staffing
- Jail ADA Modifications Project
- Chaplaincy Services - Department of Correction
- Terminating Contracts for Acute Incustody Mental Health Services
Other links
- Inmate Interview Comments
- Commissioner Recommendations - Inmate Welfare Fund
- Management Audit - Inmate Welfare Fund
- Inmate Welfare Fund Committee Agenda - October 14, 2015
- County Media Advisory: Santa Clara County Leaders Call For Creation Of Blue Ribbon Commission To Improve Custody Operations (9/10/15)
- Board Referral directing administration to prepare and present for approval to the Board of Supervisors, an action plan of various reforms relating to the Department of Correction (9/15/15)
- County News Release: Santa Clara County Supervisors Approve Creation of 25-Member Blue Ribbon Commission to Evaluate and Improve Custody Operations (10/7/15)
- County News Release: Blue Ribbon Commission Set to Evaluate Custody Operations (10/26/15)
- County Documents Submitted to the BRC at its meeting (11/7/15)
1-page summary of actions, followed by contracts, documents, and
legislative files regarding improvements to custody facilities and operations - Sheriff’s Office Timeline entitled Addressing Jail Needs, submitted to the BRC at its meeting (11/21/15)
Correspondence
Documents provided to the public for review have been redacted in whole or in part, or may be redacted in whole or in part, on the following bases: privacy (Cal. Const., art. I, sec. 1; Gov. Code, sec. 6254, subd. (c), sec. 6254, subd. (k); sec. 6255; City of San José v. Superior Court (San José Mercury News) (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 1008; privacy/medical information (see foregoing citations, Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Cal. Civ. Code, sec. 56, et seq.); Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, sec. 5328 et seq.), drug and alcohol abuse records (42 U.S.C. 290dd-2, 42 C.F.R. part 2); and HIPAA (45 C.F.R. secs., 160, 164).
- Correspondence received by the Commission: November 7, 2015 through November 21, 2015
- Correspondence received by the Commission: November 22, 2015 through November 25, 2015
- Correspondence from Commissioners with Questions and DOC documents: November 21, 2015 – November 24, 2015
- Correspondence from Commissioners with Questions and Information Sharing: November 26, 2015 – November 30, 2015
- Correspondence received by the Commission: November 25, 2015 through December 1, 2015
- Correspondence received by the Commission: December 3, 2015 through December 4, 2015
- Correspondence received by the Commission: December 20, 2015 through December 23, 2015
- Correspondence received by the Commission: December 24, 2015 through December 30, 2015
- Correspondence received by the Commission: December 31, 2015 through January 6, 2016 (Redacted)
- Correspondence received by the Commission: January 10, 2016 through January 13, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: January 14, 2016 through January 20, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: January 23, 2016 through January 27, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: January 27, 2016 through February 3, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: February 4, 2016 through February 10, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: February 11, 2016 through February 17, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: February 18, 2016 through February 25, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: February 26, 2016 March 2, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: March 6, 2016 March 9, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: March 9, 2016 through March 16, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: March 18, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: March 19, 2016 through March 23, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: Charles Williams - March 25, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: March 26, 2016 through April 4, 2016
- Correspondence received by the Commission: Martin Reed - April 4, 2016
Send public correspondence to the Blue Ribbon Commission [Note: Any correspondence is a public record.]
Blue Ribbon Commission on Improving Custody Operations
County of Santa Clara
70 W. Hedding Street, 10th Floor
San Jose, CA 95110