San Francisco Jail Population, Costs, & Alternatives

On May 25, 2016, the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors Budget and Legislative Analyst released its analysis of issues related to constructing a new county jail. The issues included concerns specific to offenders with mental illness, including the population prevalence, their recidivism rates, the cost of care, and a comparison of outcomes and recidivism rates for jail inmates with mental illness compared to people with mental illness who enter community-based residential treatment programs . . .