joe gold and steenstein. jail health services are the unsung heroes of our public health department, especially because over the past few years we have been playing back and forth with whether we are going to contract out the services or not. each of the past couple of years i have been in office, we prevented that from happening. it would be a great loss if that were ever to happen. i know that the work that jail health services does is truly the work of compassion. it is the work of making sure that we have the most vibrant and strong public health department we can. it is inside and outside of the jails where our public health system needs to be strong in order to ensure that the public health department is meeting its mission. their mission is to provide respectful, high-quality health care in san francisco county jails from an individual and community health perspective. the provide a comprehensive and integrated system of medical, psychiatric, and substance abuse services to inmates in san francisco cou