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FROM: Internal Operations Committee Contra
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DATE: January 9, 1984 County
SUBJECT: Detention Facility Overcrowding
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Direct the County Administrator to continue to pursue acquisition
of the Shell Oil Company property in Martinez for use as a
county detention facility, determine possible methods of
financing the property and report to the Board as information.,.
becomes available.
2. Endorse the introduction of legislation which would allow the
County to recover the costs of administering the County parole
program.
3. Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
BACKGROUND
We have provided the Board periodic progress reports on the identification
and development of alternatives to resolve the overcrowding at the county
detention facilities.
On January 9, 1984 our-Committee met with Sheriff Richard Rainey and
George Roemer from the Criminal Justice Agency. The Board of Corrections
is expected to make decisions on the Proposition 2 Jail Construction Funds
on February 15, 1984. Regardless of whether or not the County receives
Proposition 2 funds we believe the Shell• Oil Company property to be an ideal
location for a detention facility the acquisition of which the County
should actively pursue.
In the meantime, the Probation Officer has implemented the home deten-
tion program and the Criminal Justice Agency will evaluate the program. The
County also has a County parole program but is unable, under current state
law, to charge for the cost of running the program. We believe the Board
should support legislation to authorize the County to recover the costs of
the County parole program.
We do not believe there is any need to keep this item in Committee.
We expect the Sheriff and the Criminal Justice Agency to keep the Board
informed of developments in programs designed to relieve the overcrowding in
the County' s detention facilities and to advise us of any issues with which
the Board should deal.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COM TTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) N Y C. FP;HDEN OM POWERS
ACTION OF BOARD ON January 10, 1984 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Director, CJA ATTESTED January 10 , 1984
Sheriff-Coroner J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK
County Administrator AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
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