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VIDEO and STORIES: No One Wants Santa Clara To Prioritize Incarceration Over Community Needs
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.
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California Supreme Court Ruling Dramatically Reduces Who Can Be Jailed in Santa Clara County
The Kowalczyk ruling makes it illegal for judges to keep people in jail on unattainable bail. This decision should lead to thousands of people no longer in jail. At a time of an unprecedented budget crisis, this ruling has impact beyond jails and courts. This dramatic reduction in incarceration can also mean the County can move resources that otherwise were earmarked for an oversized incarceration budget into needed supports and programs the people in the county need now more
Raj Jayadev
Jun 74 min read
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