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If you simply address the 70 pretrial part of the problem, you would not need a new jail. Its easy to see the numbers are represented right in that statistic. And if, indeed, the District Attorneys Office is working on a tool to assess the capability of releasing more people pretrial, if that study should be done in time for you to redirect this decision and redirect these monies, it always comes down to a matter of priorities. And i know that the sheriff will say that the monies to build Capita...

[speaker not understood] block. Raphael sperry. Adrian sky roberts. [speaker not understood] leon, laurel butler. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is mindy kener. I work with anders and anders foundation. [speaker not understood]. Whatever happens with the jails, we would like reentry clients to build and democrat aloe the jails. [speaker not understood]. We work with people who are incarcerated and do not have access to employment when they get out. We need to train them. We need to have fu...

Their case. You heard the public defender mention that a vast majority of people are in there for bail. There is also cases where we advocate for somebody to remain in custody and perhaps they are a low risk. But without a tool to help us assess what risk somebody is to the community is very difficult to make an informed decision about who should remain in custody during the pendency of their case. Were looking to use some more science and data to do that work in a more elegant and narrow fashio...

Aloe the jails. [speaker not understood]. We work with people who are incarcerated and do not have access to employment when they get out. We need to train them. We need to have funding available to help them so they dont go back in. This is speaking for the clients that i speak to every day. We also need to be mindful of the fact we need to accommodate families of those who are incarcerated to be able to see their loved ones. Chief suhr and public defender adachi spoke to the fact that its very...

Why tinker away with problematic digital tools when we could build something entirely new?

Architecture and design play a pivotal role in U.S. criminal justice reform. As momentum builds to end mass incarceration, some cities and architecture firms believe that building “more humane” prisons and jails will help solve key parts of the nation’s incarceration problem. Cities such as San Diego; San Mateo, California; Birmingham, Alabama; Denver; Salt Lake City; and Nashville are investing hundreds of millions of dollars into building new correctional facilities boasting su...

U.S.-based geographer Brian Jefferson argues in a new book that “smart city” systems tech firms such as IBM have built in New York City and Chicago extend carceral management systems into urban spaces. He shows how “cellular towers, cooling equipment, environmental sensors, fiber-optic cables, local area networks, mobile devices, server rooms, and smart cameras” are engineered to allow governments and private technology firms to supervise entire communities in a manner that increasingly...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has amended its professional code of ethics to prohibit members from designing execution chambers or spaces to be used for torture, including long-term solitary confinement. “We are committed to promoting the design of a more equitable and just built world that dismantles racial injustice and upholds human rights,” said AIA 2020 President Jane Frederick. “AIA members are required to uphold the health, safety and welfare of the public. Spaces fo...

Prominent Architects Group Prohibits Design of Death Chambers The American Institute of Architects has changed its stance on members who design spaces for executions or prolonged solitary confinement. A death-row jail cell in Huntsville, Tex. The design of such quarters has raised questions.Credit...Reuters Dec. 11, 2020 The American Institute of Architects said Friday that it had approved new ethics rules prohibiting members from knowingly designing spaces intended for execution or torture, in...