In the last eight years, Santa Clara County has paid out about $20 million to settle cases because someone was hurt or died while in custody. Now the Board hopes reporting the settlements will bring about more transparency and accountability.
"We’ve got an obligation in my view, to be as candid and forthcoming as we possibly can be, when the system doesn’t serve the public well," said Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Board Supervisor, 5th District.
"We had three really tragic cases in our jail. In one case, we had an inmate who lost his life. In another someone who was left brain-damaged for life and in the third case, someone who’s paralyzed for life. That resulted in $20 million worth of settlements. Those are lives that can never be made whole again," said Simitian.
"For folks with mental health needs, there just has to be a different way on how we handle those things instead of using the old ways and old systems and just incarcerated them, because obviously it’s not making our community safer like some may think," said Jose Valle, a community activist with DeBug Silicon Valley.
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