the department of public works were summoned from the sheriff's deponent can clarify the facts on that but i don't think that statement is entirely accurate. >> sure i'm sure that the more information the controller support references that the closing for budgetary reasons get a dozen mention a lawsuit. >> oakley summoned during their presentation can clarify that. >> so, we will have the sheriff's deponent present and so, if we can just respond to that question. and clarify the answer that question as well. so, next we do have will young, director pretrial diversion project. >> after him cheryl robinson from dbh and folks want to move to a place where it's easier to come up to the committee. thank you for being here. >> good morning. >> i'm sorry. before you

start, i just was notified there is an overflow room for members of the public that are not able to find a seat here. that dark individuals there and we call people from public comment we will make sure give enough time to get here from the overflow room. thank you. >> good morning, supervised my name is will leong on the seal of the semper cisco pretrial diversion project just a moment to give you an overview of the organization, we basically have three tracks of services. the first track is case is that, due to service and get interviewed and placement, and that's really to the district attorneys in road court program and cases that work off of our combined -- some of you are familiar its budget 20, around for many years. roughly 6000 people go through that program. the second track is our diversion programs, which is the version and restitution. it unveils about 1200 cases a year

and basically, it's participating in programs in prosecution on an annual basis for quarter of million dollars in restitution overturned victims and it approximate 1200 cases a year. the third track, which is why i'm here today, if the pretrial release programs. the program roughly serves 8000 people a year. on an annual basis, for example in 2014, there were just under 1400 people that were released to pretrial release last year. this year, we are targeting just under 1200 cases that are being released. the key factor in the pretrial release that we've seen over the last, particularly, the last three years, is that we've invested

in the risk assessment instrument that we had started in 2008. in the summer of last year we had the opportunity to be involved in the arnold foundation and the selected by the arnold foundation. what that is, bringing into current times they pretrial release mechanism. it's a risk assessment instrument that will be utilized by the court. really, the goal of all pretrial release is to avoid the release of high-risk cases, obviously, and the detaining of low-risk cases. so, if you're looking at the current population, which is, if we are projected just under 1200 word leases, either cases we can do it better job on? absolutely. i think that this is an

imperfect science. that's why i think it's a game changer that the arla foundation is bringing to us this year that we been selected for. that, they are going to implement a tool which is for use by the judges, and it's really based on bringing to scale the ability to do massive amounts of assessment and provide information. the very cool thing that is happening with the arnold foundation are the three factors that we will look at which, hereto for we do not have. the likelihood of their failure to appear, which is that they appear in court. the likelihood that they'll commit another criminal act, and the third factor is the likelihood of committing another criminal violence criminal act. that

piece alone providing to the judges, i think, is a true game changer. the court will have this kind of information, which i think will get into all sorts of much greater decision-making and release decisions. we are expected -- bear in mind, the arnold foundation, and this new tool is scheduled to go probably at the end of the summer. we are in the midst of negotiating the mo you currently. was not driven by the -- by this issue didn't in fact, the risk assessment started in 2008-2009. we had actually pay for independent. we started using the tool and we are excited because i think as many parties are looking at

this and this is clearly the look into the future of how you're going to make better decisions. that the court will have more information, that hereto for it did not have. we are excited to provide it. bear in mind also that you're talking about that we provide 5-6000 packets a year to the court. these are incredible amount of information. over the past two years, a lot has pretrial release has gone online. the key to the pretrial release side is in terms of services. there's no question there's a decline that the cases we are seeing now are much more difficult. difficult meaning, they have more mental health needs, housing needs, and i think the district attorney's office raised a very key issue, which is, if there were resources i'm a i think you could get people out awaiting transportation into programs awaiting release, that

they would be able to be taken out of jail and transported to a program. this is my associate, chief operations officer also in makati, and i want to turn to her just to give you an idea a couple of the mental cases that we are seeing now that are typical of the day today and really, i think is one group of cases that you may want to look at the risk assessment tool no doubt i think will point to. >> good morning. we were involved with the jr i burns institute, the research also done as well. the risk assessment tool helps provide the judges, the public defender mentioned, as well as the district attorney mentioned, it's more objective. so, is based on a score. therefore, folks it will prevent the racial disparity that is occurring. most of our clients

were coming out, we work with with jc we work with the behavioral health court and the collaborative courts as well. most of the clients of the we are seeing better coming out currently have mental health issues as well as substance abuse issues. as mr. barry mentioned, they aren't custody from 2-4 months awaiting placement into a treatment facility. those are clients that if we did take those clients out, they would probably fail out of custody. so there is a long waiting list for them. or whole process would've to get into a treatment facility program from custody as well. the clients that we do take out of custody, one of the issues is based on real estate -- one of the issues as well mention, substance abuse, beds that are available for the clients that are coming out of custody. so that we can keep them from recidivism. we can

keep them from failing to. we have to make sure the major chordates. we do boston we go to their cameras. we know their street names and so forth to get these guys back to court. however, these clients are homeless. the majority of them are homeless. we also need beds available for these clients and we take them out of custody to my there are few shelter beds. we do work with the clients are currently on probation because probation does have housing. however, we see a short -- a shortage of beds treatment beds, mental health beds, and as well as housing. that is a great problem for our office and the caseworkers and the clients because once we can stabilize our client of mental health, their prescription medication, get them into a substance abuse program, or into housing while they are waiting and we are working with them, they're more likely to appear and less likely to reoffend.

>> one question i would ask, director, do you feel that with the current funding that you have that you have the capacity to serve all of the eligible pretrial detainees to your program? >> odyssey additional funding would be welcome in terms of seeing more cases. i think the issue is, it's not just for the pretrial case orders that equally as important are the available resources. that, if i didn't just bear with me, is not quite as exotic anecdote as christine deberry but in the field of dreams movie if you build it and you have the facility, we will be able to do that. i think it makes extensive use of pure advocates and it's really access to

resources that we need and then you have the staffing to do it. it's labor intensive, meaning you're taking people to appointment. you're picking them up, delivering them to programs. and scheduled the case managers can turn spend the entire time -- >> for the sake of them i would like only one person to respond to questions. but what i will then say is, i think it's important that as we continue this exploration and study process, that your program anticipates. but if we can have a sense of what the alternatives are. so we were able to fund this program to a greater extent, how much would that help reduce our jail population while keeping our city safe because of resources that you provided i think that's really where i'm headed. but it's hard to make the answer on the fly here a committee, but i think your voice could be an important one as we can to continue to study this issue. so, thank you

>> thank you. chapter jill robinson from the department of public health and we had to have debbie sheriff freeman from the sheriff's department. >> good morning, supervised on jill robinson dir. of behavioral health services. my prior position was that of the director of behavioral health services for the jail. i was in the jail for about 20 years. in the jail, there is approximately 11-17% of the individuals that have a serious mental illness, that being defined as someone with a psychotic disorder were a major mood disorder like bipolar. about a month ago we did a one-day snapshot to try to get an exact percentage, and that date it was 14%, which was

around 170 individuals. one thing to note, people with mental illness tend to stay in a jail longer than those in general population. it is due to a multitude of reasons. things like the individuals may struggle to understand the court proceedings. they may struggle to work with their attorney in their own defense. they also are frequently homeless. they also don't have the resources to get out on bail or they don't meet the criteria to get on their own recognizance. so, it's about 125-140 day that these individuals are incarcerated more than those without mental illness. most of the individuals with mental illness, that 14%, to have a substance abuse disorder. about 80% of the general population has a substance abuse disorder.

if courts are going to incarcerate individuals that have mental dullness, the facilities need to be safe, they need to be humane, and they need to have places that people can be treated. they need housing areas that are safe, dormitory housing doesn't work for folks that have mental illness. imagine someone that's having a manic episode that may stay up all night talking loudly, singing loudly, cleaning their so imagine how that would go over with other inmates trying to sleep in their dormitory setting. so, they need single cell or two person housing. we need treatment space, both for individuals treatment that meet compliance so private space where the clinician can sit with the client and hear the

clients concerns, work with the client that is visible to the custody staff but the custody staff can't hear what's being said. it's also very important that we group rooms. that'll be what we call therapy rooms so that the individual can roam around. socialize, when they're in jail, and learn how to socialize, learn how to cooperate and be in treatment so they can be successful when they're in community. people that are housed in direct supervision jails generally do better. jail is the huge risk for suicide and i don't know how many of you have looked at county jails three and four but there the old vail bar jails,

though, it kind that you see in the movies. it's hard for the deputies to view inmates are housed in those type of jails. it's hard for the deputies to interact with inmates are housed in those shares. it's hard for psych staff to go in and work with her mill you helping them socialize, helping them become healthier. so, direct supervision jails are very very important to this population. people with mental illness and the jail are up a vulnerable population, and they need to be safe in a jail. staff who treat them also must be safe in a jail. if a jail help staff is it in an area setting one-on-one with an inmate with no window, which does happen, it's not safe to be sitting with that individual. in county jail five, i don't know if you've seen it. it's

been it's the newest jail that the symphysis go sheriff's department has, we currently have what's called a psychological sheltered living units. in that psych staff in their everyday working with those individuals, working with them in group sessions, working with them one-on-one and working with them as they socialize with each other, including playing games, watching television, anything that's going to help them learn how to be in a setting with other people could we have also found that the general population, the mill you setting, helps staff morale. it's very important that you want to a staff that wants to go to work, that they're compassionate about what they do and that happens at county jail five. at county jail four

and county jail six there is currently insufficient treatment space. there is no interview rooms. there's no group rooms. this no office space for staff. when people work in a jail they must have access to computers and two telephones him and to private space where they can keep confidential records. at county jail four and county jail six this limited access to jim and most of the literature shows that people who are depressed, benefit from physical activity. it's very important that people with any kind of mental health issue be able to access jim, access physical activity. >> thank you ms. robbins guy politicking becomes increasingly unfair as presenters, after realizing work him and him close to an hour now with only gone through four of our seven presenters.

so just for the sake of time i knew you presented this information yesterday budget committee, and i really appreciate your perspective again today. actually, i know from supervisor breed and myself i think this is one of the key aspects that we want to explore the most and we talk about rebuilding the jail. i said this yesterday, but the stanford law school and california state senate pro tem gerald steinberg came out with the board asking when the prisons become acceptable mental health care facilities? i think the there was summarize the report in the back. thank you for bringing it. it's a really big question. i think increasingly we as a society actors here in san francisco, are relying on prisons and jails as the solution to the mental health issue that we are really struggling to address. i really want dph to play a central role in helping us really rethink what our jail system could look like and i cited some of this yesterday at

the national alliance of mental illness stated, at some point, 25-40% of individuals across the country will at some point be incarcerated. that is a very stock number and knowing that 45% of inmates thursday prisons today are treated for mental health illnesses, that at close to 50% of inmates in our state prison system are treated for mental health issue. so, clearly, is more we can do in this arena and appreciate some of the solutions you presented in terms of what we can do to better address that issue. thank you. >> thank you. >> deputy chief freeman thank you for being here and i just want to say, this charset on for decades has been a model department throughout the country. really innovating and piloting some of our incredible

programs around rsvp, restorative justice, and many other programs that have helped prevent recidivism. so i want to acknowledge the sheriff's apartment really innovative work on that. >> supervisors, good morning. it's a pleasure to be here to get my name is matt freeman on the chief deputy sheriff in charge of the custody operations division city and county of san francisco sheriff's office. the pleasure to be here today to have the opportunity to briefly speak with you regarding the rehabilitation detention facility project otherwise known as all justice placement jail project. we are also here today to talk you about aarp released by the board of state and community corrections

pursuant to 863. replacement of the h linder hall justice judge that a top priority on the state capital plans since 2006. jeff's apartment has been working with several city agencies as part of the justice facilities improvement project since 2008. as you know, the justice facility proven project calls for the relocation of all all justice tenants. constructed in 1950, the building has received a seismic hazard rating of three which indicates in event of an earthquake any structural damage to the hall of justice be very severe impose appreciable lighthouses that likely would require the vacation of the building. since 2008 bishops of honest look closely with the gel planning team consisting of representatives of the mayor's budget office, comptroller's office, department of public works, capital planning committee, and real estate department response to to state senate bills, senate bill 1020 and senate bill 86 in economy to obtain funding opportunities.

the work of the gel planning group has been very collaborative. included the input of multiple disciplines and subject matter experts in the bus serves as a good example with the city cannot publish them we work together on large projects such as this. some 30 years before the implementation of state realignment in october of 2011 the sheriff deponent is fully embraced and been a leader in the delivery of in custody in a programming that seeks to address the underlying grid of actors that played offenders by offering some of the most innovative evidence-based programs in existence today. we publish this via our professional team of staff to include deputy sheriffs, chairs program and rehabilitation coordinators, jill help clinicians, jill behavior health clinicians, community-based organization partners and through collaborative partnerships with greater criminal justice infrastructure to include the courts among adult probation, parole, public defender, district attorney, and the

police department. the sheriff deponent believes that secure detention is not a one-size-fits-all application of justice and is not necessary in every case to ensure public safety. because of this belief, we have robust pretrial diversion and alternative to incarceration programs. in fact, on any given day it is likely that we have somewhere between 900-1100 individual places observe pretrial were alternative program. as a matter fact, i think it's even higher than that now. reality is, however, many of the offenders arrested in the city and county of san francisco are not eligible for these programs due to the seriousness of their charges. the sheriff's apartment truly believes and holds dear to live in high school results ability to not allow incarceration time to be wasted time. we do our best to prepare inmates for successful reentry which makes the community healthier and safer.

the sheriff's department innovative nature and understands fully the words of our role in the treatment of the underlying cause of criminal behavior. we will continue to work with apoptosis partners to address the needs of offenders and reduce recidivism. because this by delivering evidence-based programming and conditions of confinement that facilitate a therapeutic environment whereby effective case management, delivery of educational curriculum, soho and vocational program and can thrive and is realized in our county jail facility today. central to this effort is replacement of the age in seismic week to finish in linear jails three and four. two primary areas with busby considering consideration of this project. the first being that count in response to our own successes in offender management in light of the information gleaned from the multiple and independent jill population forecast, the sheriff deponent seeks to reduce the overall pick count that the county jail. the second and perhaps more porn consideration are the conditions of confinement and safety of the incarcerated population. the rpf will

replace two linear jails told in the late 1950s that utilize indirect supervision application and offer no ability whatsoever to deliver any programs in meaningful care to the mentally ill. the rpf will be built in watterson is using pot design and light truck supervising over significantly increasing inmate safety. the rpf will contain modern classrooms with the latest technology and activity which bolsters the ability to live or educational curriculum, programmatic content and vocational training. the facility will have designated reunification that offenders committing family ties. rpf love designated housing areas those offenders with the important challenge of dealing with mental health issues. the conditions of combined in all justice jails are deplorable. not reflective of the values of san francisco. the replacement of these outdated facilities is long overdue and central to the overall approach criminal justice efforts in the city and county of san francisco. i have a very brief slide for you that

i think are very important in light of some of the earlier presentations from supervisors trust me, i will be brief >> was actually going to the site as your talking and went over all these points. >> there are couple of slides that i would like to touch on if you'll indulge me for a brief moment, supervisors shifted midwicket scuba said because you did cover that was in your presentation just now. >> sure. but talk about current operations and what the actual account situation is what's available to us. currently, in use, counting jill two, four, and five which represents a total headcount of able to a sub 1634, when you look at the make count as of monday, july 13, we were that 70% of capacity. when you added classification factor of only 5-6 percentage point or pushes up over 80% of capacity. jail number three is close since 2013. i want to remind you it was current sheriff ross -- who

ordered the closure of episode. facility. if we look at the future of 2020 but this exhibit would look at us and i would personal gel replacement cj-three and four are closed and we simply build nothing, we would actually have of able to us a total of 1232 jail beds. what would that mean? just going by details jacob told me we were over 100% capacity. we were suffering from significant overcrowding, safety and security of the inmate and staff would be significantly compromised in custody programming would be severely impacted, operational costs would soar in litigation is a very likely scenario should that scenario actually take place. if we project forward to

2020, and we have replaced the age and seismically deficient hall of justice jails the revocation detention facility at 384 beds, we would have of those was a total of 1616, 1616 beds. this consistent with the controllers population forecast. this preserves inmate staff safety and the reserves in custody offender programming and treatment. i think that's very important to point out. all of justice jails have no classrooms. no vocational training space. terrible inmate child visitation program which is a program we hold dear and terrible of care infrastructure and you can compare that clearly with the rpf where we have an entire floor dedicated to education curriculum, vocational training space,. you can offer a lot of inmate programs and they are all very important, but as we move into this new direction of vocational training were talking about jobs. designated inmate child visitation centers and state-of-the-art healthcare facilities. san bruno, county

jail six facility that drawn a lot of attention and perhaps rightly so in open dormitory. there are no sales. there no safety cells were those that are being thereto and 50 are placed. there's no kitchen. there's no laundry. there is no vehicle south reports. the stare affect funds are compromised. it was built in the late 80s in response to significant jail overcrowding and supervisor breed, a manager? what about that. far from family committee and support mechanisms, the job to compare that with the rv at double occupancy cells, in san francisco, close to the boast were very close to service providers, close to the criminal justice agencies they need to serve this population, since state-of-the-art medical and mental health. i want to conclude once again emphasize that the sheriff's department does offer funded in very robust