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It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a report from the Sheriff's Office related to ICE's access to incarcerated persons in the Monterey County Jail; and
b. Receive and consider public comment.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a report from the Sheriff's Office related to ICE's access to incarcerated persons in the Monterey County Jail; and
b. Receive and consider public comment.
SUMMARY:
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office increased its restriction of ICE Agents access to incarcerated persons in the Monterey County Jail beginning January 1, 2018. This was done in accordance with Senate Bill 54 (SB54), the California Values Act (Act). ICE agents retain access to incarcerated persons under certain criteria set forth in the Act. The following is a summary of the Monterey County Sheriff's Office interaction with ICE.
DISCUSSION:
Based on the restrictions in SB54, there was a drastic decline in the number of incarcerated persons ICE were able to pick up upon their release from jail. During all of 2017, prior to the passage of SB54, ICE picked up a total of 213 incarcerated persons as they were released from the Monterey County jail. After the passage of SB54, 41 incarcerated persons picked up in 2018, 52 incarcerated persons in 2019, 23 incarcerated persons in 2020, 2 incarcerated persons in 2021, and 2 incarcerated persons in 2022. For the 2023 calendar year, the Monterey County Jail has released 3 incarcerated persons into ICE custody. The qualifying charges for the three individuals released to ICE this year are California Penal Code Sections PC 496(a) - receiving stolen property, PC 288(a) - lewd acts upon a child, and PC 261(a)(2) - rape by force or fear.
Assembly Bill 2792 (AB 2792), the Truth Act was signed into law in 2016, operative January 1, 2017. The Truth Act requires a local law enforcement agency, to provide incarcerated persons with the following: a written consent for...
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