Is Alameda County's new sheriff fulfilling campaign promise of 'transformational change'? Jail opponents agree that Yesenia Sanchez is doing better than the past administration but that there's a very long way to go.
promising a "transformational change" when she took helm, working to rehabilitate those held in the county jail and holding her office accountable to the public.
Jail opponents agree that Sanchez is doing better than the past administration but that there's a very long way to go. And they say it's too soon to know if she's made good on her campaign vows of transformational change. Cells have been"softened" to curb the high number of suicides in jail. Toilets have been rounded, gaps in the floor have been closed.Various groups, including formerly incarcerated people and jail reform activists, have been invited in to offer suggestions.
When Sanchez took over in January, there was a rule that cough drops weren't allowed to be dispensed. She was simply told, "No, we don't do that.""Well, let's offer cough drops," she recalled thinking. "So just things like that. I mean, that's relatively small, but we started having those conversations, and those conversations will continue to go onward.
Deputy Dean White explained on the tour, this system makes lying much harder and if the technology is aligned with body-worn cameras, a deputy's real-time action would be able to proven.Checking on people every 30 0r 60 minutes can sometimes mean life or death. Kara Janssen, senior counsel at Rosen, Bien, Galvan and Grunfeld in San Francisco – a law firm with limited oversight over Santa Rita Jail – said that she believes Sanchez is making positive changes.
While there are plans to expand the reception area, Janssen said this is just an "example of a larger issue where people with behavioral issues not benefiting from some of these positive changes at the jail." Sanchez would agree that taking Santa Rita Jail, which was built to be a "lockup" facility and take it into a more "therapeutic environment," is her biggest task. Especially since that was not a focus, she said, of the prior administration.
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