The Santa Clara County Executive's Office is asking the Board of Supervisors to approve a plan to invest a $1 Billion dollar installment of what they say will ultimately be a $2.5 Billion dollar investment into the jails. The "Jail Transformation Plan" includes building a new facility and will be operating 15 years from now. Below are written pieces as well as word on street responses taken in front of the jail.
We're looking back at a snapshot of A Day in California Court in three Participatory Defense hubs in California. What they are seeing in light of changes around bail law in the state and how that will inform the work we continue in 2019 to keep more loved ones free of incarceration.
