It's too bad the courts and the jail seem to be unable to live up to the goals of the safety and justice challenge, grants provided through the MacArthur Foundation. One of the big goals: to reduce the size of the jail population. In 2019, the Foundation invested $3.3 million to "safely reduce the jail population by 2021." Where are we with that? The courts and jail have been working on this since at least 2015, with few tangible results. https://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Pima-County-SJC-Fact-Sheet-2019.docx.pdf
Jail story could have included Dr. Ravi Shah's recent appointment as medical director. He's high profile in the community and perhaps has a role in how inmate health will be addressed.
It's too bad the courts and the jail seem to be unable to live up to the goals of the safety and justice challenge, grants provided through the MacArthur Foundation. One of the big goals: to reduce the size of the jail population. In 2019, the Foundation invested $3.3 million to "safely reduce the jail population by 2021." Where are we with that? The courts and jail have been working on this since at least 2015, with few tangible results. https://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Pima-County-SJC-Fact-Sheet-2019.docx.pdf
Jail story could have included Dr. Ravi Shah's recent appointment as medical director. He's high profile in the community and perhaps has a role in how inmate health will be addressed.