SANTA CLARA COUNTY JAILS - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE - A REPORT ON THE SYMPOSIUM TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, MAY 19, 1973

• NCJ Number: 16996
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 25 pages
• Corporate Author: Alliance for Alternatives to Jail Construction
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FACED WITH OVERCROWDING OF THEIR PRESENT COUNTY JAIL FACILITIES, 21 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS MET TO EXPLORE AREAS OF CORRECTIONS WHICH WOULD NOT REQUIRE NEW JAIL CONSTRUCTION.

Abstract

INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE SYNOPSES OF PRESENTATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF JAIL FACILITIES AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION IN USE IN BOTH CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED A DETOXIFICATION PROGRAM TO DEAL WITH ALCOHOL OFFENSES, USE OF CITATIONS INSTEAD OF ARRESTS, AND EXPANSION OF TWO EXISTING PROGRAMS - PROJECT INTERCEPT (PRETRIAL DIVERSION FOR FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS) AND PRE-TRIAL RELEASE. ALSO SUGGESTED WERE A CUSTODY CLASSIFICATION PREPROCESSING CENTER, WHICH WOULD BRING TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE ALL THE PEOPLE AN ARRESTEE MIGHT COME IN CONTACT WITH IN HIS FIRST 48 HOURS OF INCARCERATION, AND THE DES MOINES PROJECT, A PROGRAM INVOLVING SUPERVISED PRETRIAL RELEASE AND PROBATION.