{"id":39328,"date":"2025-02-07T13:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39328"},"modified":"2025-02-07T13:04:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:04:35","slug":"s-f-expands-jail-capacity-anticipating-ramp-up-in-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/s-f-expands-jail-capacity-anticipating-ramp-up-in-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"S.F. expands jail capacity, anticipating ramp-up in arrests\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Smiling by\u00a0ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/strong> FEBRUARY 5, 2025 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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San Francisco’s San Bruno jail. Image from Google Maps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The San Francisco Sheriff\u2019s Office announced today that it has reopened two more dorms in a once-shuttered San Bruno jail annex and expects to open a third next month, to accommodate a population that has jumped over the past two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those dormitories will be specifically used for addressing people with substance-abuse issues, providing case management and referring them to outside services. The expansion will increase the jail capacity by 180 beds, a sheriff spokesperson said; the annex, which first reopened in 2023, will hold a maximum of 300 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department said its jail population has increased by 35 percent over the past two years, and currently its average daily population is more than 1,200, compared to 800 in 2023. Today, 1,231 people are in jail. Most are jailed in San Bruno, with a smaller number at the jail near 850 Bryant St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement<\/a> comes a month after District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey proposed a police quota<\/a> of 100 arrests per day, and the opening of \u201cdrug jails\u201d \u2014 and a day after the police department announced its plan for a pop-up jail and treatment center<\/a> on Sixth Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sixth Street center is partly meant to facilitate arrests next to one of the city\u2019s thorniest drug markets, and could swell jail populations even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Entrance to the San Francisco county jail in San Bruno. Image from Google Maps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The city has been trending toward more arrests and easing restrictions on law enforcement. Mayor Daniel Lurie emphasized public safety during his campaign, and has made it a top goal of his administration. Last year, voters approved Prop. E, which expanded<\/a> police powers and limited oversight from the civilian police commission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2023, the department announced the reopening of the 300-bed annex<\/a> at its San Bruno jail in response to a growing jail population. At the time, only two of six dorms there were opened, and the daily jail population was around 1,100. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city\u2019s jail population has trended downward over the past 20 years: In the late aughts, more than 2,000 people were incarcerated in local jails each day, and this slowly decreased before a precipitous drop in 2020. Between 2020 and 2022, the jail population hovered around 700. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As more people with substance use and mental health disorders fill the jails, inmates and deputy sheriffs have described chaotic<\/a> and violent conditions<\/a>, involving frequent lockdowns<\/a>, injuries and hospitalizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheriff spokesperson Tara Moriarty said the department oversaw a six-month renovation of the annex last year, allowing it to open the three additional dorms. She said the annex has one remaining dorm, which will remain closed for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One newly renovated dorm at the annex hosts the sheriff\u2019s Roads to Recovery program for 60 men, and will permit outdoor recreation, according to a statement from Ali Riker, the sheriff\u2019s director of programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheriff Paul Miyamoto said the unit will provide \u201ccognitive behavioral classes and communal support they need to get back up on their feet.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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