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And they both support a plan to build a new county jail. But one issue dominating the campaign is the sheriff’s responsibility for how the jails are run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703413\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 940px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\" alt=\"Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin.\" width=\"940\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg 940w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-800x464.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-520x301.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jail Inmate Death Exposed Inhumane Treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This election is the first since the 2015 jail \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11039666/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-one-month-in-santa-clara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of inmate Michael Tyree. The 31-year-old suffered from mental illness and was being held at the jail for his own safety until he could be released into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703402\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703402 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies.\" width=\"160\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-800x846.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-960x1015.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-240x254.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-375x396.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-520x550.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But one August night, three jail deputies entered his cell and beat him to death. All three were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> in January to 15 years to life for murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s killing exposed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10875665/santa-clara-county-jail-report-finds-widespread-complaints-of-inmate-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture\u003c/a> of brutality toward people with mental illness in the county jails, along with poor supervision and lax discipline of correctional deputies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Sheriff’s Department Response\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith was praised for swiftly arresting and identifying the correctional officers who killed Tyree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an Oct. 8 candidates’ forum in Cupertino she also touted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11285099/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reforms\u003c/a> she has implemented since his death to prevent future violence against mentally ill inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have teams within the jail of multi-service deputies that are specially trained to deal with people with mental health,” Smith told the audience at the League of Women Voters’ forum. “We've increased the number of mental health professionals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa, who was Smith’s second in command when Tyree died, suggested the killing could have been prevented. At the event in Cupertino he said he had tried to increase the number of psychiatrists on staff before Tyree died, but the sheriff blocked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703532\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg 235w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300-160x204.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://johnhirokawa.com/meet-john-hirokawa/\">Courtesy of the Hirokawa Campaign\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hirokawa Campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county jails were down to one psychiatrist for over a thousand seriously mentally ill inmates,” Hirokawa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokowa says before he retired he had developed the plan to create the mental health teams that Smith is now touting. He said it took Tyree’s death and a federal lawsuit to force the sheriff’s hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the killing, the Prison Law Office sued the sheriff’s department in federal court for excessive solitary confinement and use of force on inmates. The lawsuit was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/newsroom/Pages/jailclassactionlitigationsettlement.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled \u003c/a>just last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oct. 23 statement Executive Director Donald Specter wrote, “Although the negotiations were long and difficult, the outcome will result in dramatic improvements to the jails that will help reduce recidivism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specter praised Smith and other county officials for what he called their “complete transparency,” and said they were dedicated to addressing shortcomings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Sheriff has already made substantial efforts to remediate some of the deficiencies in the jails,” Specter wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff Laurie Smith, a Republican, was the first woman to be elected sheriff in California. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Questions About Oversight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But not everyone shares that view. Retired Superior Court judge LaDoris Cordell thinks Smith must leave before there can be lasting change in the sheriff’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell chaired a blue ribbon commission established to investigate Tyree’s death and improve conditions for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we discovered was a culture of resistance to change and a culture of retaliation,” said Cordell in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission made 101 \u003ca href=\"///Users/juliesmall/Documents/Immigrant%20Detention%20Expansion/Attachment-148198.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations\u003c/a> to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, including one to replace the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927587\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10927587 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell speaks before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the commission surveyed nearly a thousand inmates and dozens of sheriff’s department staff members to learn of their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates reported that some jail guards bullied people with mental illness to “set an example” to all inmates of what happens to those who don’t follow orders. Others felt that the grievance system was meaningless, because they had to hand complaint slips to the very deputies they were reporting, and the deputies would often crumple up the paper slips and toss them in the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell said she was shocked to learn that inmates at the main jail were given just one clean pair of underwear a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s just more of the inhumane, thoughtless kinds of things that were going on in the jail until we brought transparency to it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates are now supposed to get fresh underwear every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell, who has backed Hirokawa, says Smith has done nothing to facilitate one of the most critical reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Smith has dragged her feet to bring independent civilian oversight and transparency to the sheriff's department,” Cordell said. “That was our commission's No. 1, unanimous recommendation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year the board of supervisors adopted a plan to appoint a nine-member civilian board to monitor the sheriff’s department. Smith has said she supports the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has said he pushed to establish independent oversight of the department when he worked for Smith, and has promised to make it happen if elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Questions have also been raised about excessive overtime costs at the department. A recent county audit for the Finance and Government Operations Committee found that the sheriff's department exceeded its annual budget for overtime pay for most of the last decade. From 2013 to 2018, spending exceeded the annual overtime budget of $60 million by 250 percent. The majority of the money went to pay county jail staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisor Joe Simitian, who chairs the finance committee, has called for an in-depth analysis of the cost overruns. The committee is also reviewing more than a thousand \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/jr/Pages/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposals\u003c/a> from multiple stakeholders to improve the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10667154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 670px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10667154\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png 670w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff-400x131.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County sheriff's patrol car. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Public Safety and Law Enforcement Role\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the beating death of inmate Michael Tyree shocked the public and exposed systemic problems in the Santa Clara jails, it’s unclear how much it will factor into how voters view Smith’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Zimring, a law professor at UC Berkeley who has \u003ca href=\"https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-02-21/book-brief-franklin-zimring-s-when-police-kill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written\u003c/a> extensively on police killings, says, voters tend to be more focused on the sheriff’s role in fighting crime than in ensuring jails are safe for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff also wears a badge,” said Zimring. “And in the mix of responsibilities, the administrative ones don't take high priority until something, usually calamitous, comes to our attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even then, the public may not blame the sheriff for her deputies’ abuse of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is generally not what the sheriff knew but what the sheriff didn't know, and should have known, that are important,” Zimring said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The key question for voters is whether the sheriff had implemented proper training and supervision to prevent deputies from abusing inmates, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Tyree’s sister, Shannon Tyree, remains critical of the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Laurie Smith believes that because the guards that murdered my brother have been brought to justice her job is done,” Tyree wrote in an Oct. 8 press release. “She only does what is politically expedient rather than implement the civilian oversight that is needed. After twenty years of failed leadership it is time for a change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-160x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Tyree was allegedly beaten to death on the sixth floor of Santa Clara's Main Jail.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her bid for re-election, Smith has touted her record on fighting crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've always been a strong advocate for victims and protecting our communities,” she said at the candidates' forum last month. “We respond to all calls and provide investigative services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith cited a 34 percent decrease this year in residential burglaries in Cupertino, where the department provides policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union for the 800 correctional deputies who work in the jails has endorsed Smith and so have four of the five county supervisors. Only county supervisor Simitian has not endorsed a candidate, and a spokesman for his office said that that is his policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has won the support of the smaller union for sheriff patrol deputies. He has also received endorsements from San Jose Mercury News and several other editorial boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hirokawa has been criticized for his response to a racist text scandal involving correctional deputies. After a supervisor was demoted over the 2015 incident, Hirokawa defended him in an arbitration interview, saying the supervisor wasn’t responsible for policing the deputies’ off-duty conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10 am November 5, 2018\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For the first time in 20 years, there's a sheriff's race in Santa Clara County that's contested. Five-term incumbent Laurie Smith's department has come under scrutiny in the last few years for the mistreatment of jail inmates and overspending. But her challenger, John Hirokawa, is less well-known, and the question remains whether voters are swayed by the department's internal problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith, a Republican, was the first woman to be elected sheriff in California. In the June primary, Smith captured 43 percent of the vote — not enough to avoid a runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Challenger John Hirokawa, a Democrat who was the undersheriff in Santa Clara County until he retired two years ago, won 32 percent of the vote. The remaining votes were split among three other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Smith and Hirokawa favor putting more resources into addressing campus sexual assault and limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. And they both support a plan to build a new county jail. But one issue dominating the campaign is the sheriff’s responsibility for how the jails are run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703413\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 940px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\" alt=\"Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin.\" width=\"940\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg 940w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-800x464.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-520x301.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jail Inmate Death Exposed Inhumane Treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This election is the first since the 2015 jail \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11039666/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-one-month-in-santa-clara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of inmate Michael Tyree. The 31-year-old suffered from mental illness and was being held at the jail for his own safety until he could be released into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703402\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703402 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies.\" width=\"160\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-800x846.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-960x1015.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-240x254.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-375x396.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-520x550.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But one August night, three jail deputies entered his cell and beat him to death. All three were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> in January to 15 years to life for murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s killing exposed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10875665/santa-clara-county-jail-report-finds-widespread-complaints-of-inmate-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture\u003c/a> of brutality toward people with mental illness in the county jails, along with poor supervision and lax discipline of correctional deputies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Sheriff’s Department Response\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith was praised for swiftly arresting and identifying the correctional officers who killed Tyree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an Oct. 8 candidates’ forum in Cupertino she also touted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11285099/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reforms\u003c/a> she has implemented since his death to prevent future violence against mentally ill inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have teams within the jail of multi-service deputies that are specially trained to deal with people with mental health,” Smith told the audience at the League of Women Voters’ forum. “We've increased the number of mental health professionals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa, who was Smith’s second in command when Tyree died, suggested the killing could have been prevented. At the event in Cupertino he said he had tried to increase the number of psychiatrists on staff before Tyree died, but the sheriff blocked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703532\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg 235w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300-160x204.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://johnhirokawa.com/meet-john-hirokawa/\">Courtesy of the Hirokawa Campaign\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hirokawa Campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county jails were down to one psychiatrist for over a thousand seriously mentally ill inmates,” Hirokawa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokowa says before he retired he had developed the plan to create the mental health teams that Smith is now touting. He said it took Tyree’s death and a federal lawsuit to force the sheriff’s hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the killing, the Prison Law Office sued the sheriff’s department in federal court for excessive solitary confinement and use of force on inmates. The lawsuit was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/newsroom/Pages/jailclassactionlitigationsettlement.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled \u003c/a>just last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oct. 23 statement Executive Director Donald Specter wrote, “Although the negotiations were long and difficult, the outcome will result in dramatic improvements to the jails that will help reduce recidivism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specter praised Smith and other county officials for what he called their “complete transparency,” and said they were dedicated to addressing shortcomings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Sheriff has already made substantial efforts to remediate some of the deficiencies in the jails,” Specter wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff Laurie Smith, a Republican, was the first woman to be elected sheriff in California. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Questions About Oversight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But not everyone shares that view. Retired Superior Court judge LaDoris Cordell thinks Smith must leave before there can be lasting change in the sheriff’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell chaired a blue ribbon commission established to investigate Tyree’s death and improve conditions for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we discovered was a culture of resistance to change and a culture of retaliation,” said Cordell in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission made 101 \u003ca href=\"///Users/juliesmall/Documents/Immigrant%20Detention%20Expansion/Attachment-148198.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations\u003c/a> to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, including one to replace the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927587\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10927587 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell speaks before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the commission surveyed nearly a thousand inmates and dozens of sheriff’s department staff members to learn of their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates reported that some jail guards bullied people with mental illness to “set an example” to all inmates of what happens to those who don’t follow orders. Others felt that the grievance system was meaningless, because they had to hand complaint slips to the very deputies they were reporting, and the deputies would often crumple up the paper slips and toss them in the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell said she was shocked to learn that inmates at the main jail were given just one clean pair of underwear a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s just more of the inhumane, thoughtless kinds of things that were going on in the jail until we brought transparency to it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates are now supposed to get fresh underwear every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell, who has backed Hirokawa, says Smith has done nothing to facilitate one of the most critical reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Smith has dragged her feet to bring independent civilian oversight and transparency to the sheriff's department,” Cordell said. “That was our commission's No. 1, unanimous recommendation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year the board of supervisors adopted a plan to appoint a nine-member civilian board to monitor the sheriff’s department. Smith has said she supports the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has said he pushed to establish independent oversight of the department when he worked for Smith, and has promised to make it happen if elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Questions have also been raised about excessive overtime costs at the department. A recent county audit for the Finance and Government Operations Committee found that the sheriff's department exceeded its annual budget for overtime pay for most of the last decade. From 2013 to 2018, spending exceeded the annual overtime budget of $60 million by 250 percent. The majority of the money went to pay county jail staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisor Joe Simitian, who chairs the finance committee, has called for an in-depth analysis of the cost overruns. The committee is also reviewing more than a thousand \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/jr/Pages/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposals\u003c/a> from multiple stakeholders to improve the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10667154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 670px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10667154\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png 670w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff-400x131.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County sheriff's patrol car. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Public Safety and Law Enforcement Role\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the beating death of inmate Michael Tyree shocked the public and exposed systemic problems in the Santa Clara jails, it’s unclear how much it will factor into how voters view Smith’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Zimring, a law professor at UC Berkeley who has \u003ca href=\"https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-02-21/book-brief-franklin-zimring-s-when-police-kill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written\u003c/a> extensively on police killings, says, voters tend to be more focused on the sheriff’s role in fighting crime than in ensuring jails are safe for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff also wears a badge,” said Zimring. “And in the mix of responsibilities, the administrative ones don't take high priority until something, usually calamitous, comes to our attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even then, the public may not blame the sheriff for her deputies’ abuse of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is generally not what the sheriff knew but what the sheriff didn't know, and should have known, that are important,” Zimring said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The key question for voters is whether the sheriff had implemented proper training and supervision to prevent deputies from abusing inmates, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Tyree’s sister, Shannon Tyree, remains critical of the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Laurie Smith believes that because the guards that murdered my brother have been brought to justice her job is done,” Tyree wrote in an Oct. 8 press release. “She only does what is politically expedient rather than implement the civilian oversight that is needed. After twenty years of failed leadership it is time for a change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-160x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Tyree was allegedly beaten to death on the sixth floor of Santa Clara's Main Jail.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her bid for re-election, Smith has touted her record on fighting crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've always been a strong advocate for victims and protecting our communities,” she said at the candidates' forum last month. “We respond to all calls and provide investigative services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith cited a 34 percent decrease this year in residential burglaries in Cupertino, where the department provides policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union for the 800 correctional deputies who work in the jails has endorsed Smith and so have four of the five county supervisors. Only county supervisor Simitian has not endorsed a candidate, and a spokesman for his office said that that is his policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has won the support of the smaller union for sheriff patrol deputies. He has also received endorsements from San Jose Mercury News and several other editorial boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hirokawa has been criticized for his response to a racist text scandal involving correctional deputies. After a supervisor was demoted over the 2015 incident, Hirokawa defended him in an arbitration interview, saying the supervisor wasn’t responsible for policing the deputies’ off-duty conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10 am November 5, 2018\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated June 6, 2018, 10:20 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County voters on Tuesday recalled a judge from office after he sentenced former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner -- convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman -- to a short jail sentence instead of prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With 97 percent of precincts reporting, nearly 60 percent of voters opted to oust Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford law professor Michele Dauber launched the recall effort in June 2016, shortly after Persky sentenced Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a young woman outside a fraternity house on campus. Prosecutors argued for a 7-year prison sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many voters voted today against impunity for high-status perpetrators of sexual assault and domestic violence, and voted that sexual violence is serious and has to be taken seriously by our elected officials,\" Dauber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turner was released from jail for good behavior after serving three months. He is required to register for life as a sex offender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge was following a recommendation from the county probation department, and the California Commission on Judicial Performance ruled that he handled the case legally. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen didn't appeal the sentence. Rosen also opposed the recall, though he said the sentence was too lenient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is a heightened awareness in the courts and among practitioners that if judges do not give lengthier sentences then they will be punished and potentially someone might lead a movement to remove that person,\" said Santa Clara University Professor Margaret Russell who co-founded the \"No Recall\" campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall was the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting California judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Duffield, 60, voted against recalling Persky, saying people should not take out their anger over Turner's sentence on the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have two boys. I'm very much a feminist. I just don't think it's a solution,\" she said outside City Hall in Palo Alto, where she dropped off her mail-in ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendan Erickson, 25, said he understood the argument that removing Persky could set a bad precedent, but said the judge made \"an incredibly poor decision.\" He voted to recall Persky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have two little sisters, and I want them to feel safe,\" Erickson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case garnered international attention after BuzzFeed published the \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eloquent statement of the victim\u003c/a>, known as Emily Doe, read before Turner was sentenced. The Associated Press doesn't generally identify victims of sexual crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today,\" she read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also recounted the ordeal of the investigation and Turner's trial, where she was cross-examined about her drinking habits and sexual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Instead of taking time to heal, I was taking time to recall the night in excruciating detail, in order to prepare for the attorney's questions that would be invasive, aggressive, and designed to steer me off course, to contradict myself, my sister, phrased in ways to manipulate my answers,\" she read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election was viewed as one of the first electoral tests of the #MeToo movement's political clout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics complained that Persky's sentence was too lenient and discounted sexual assault, while also underscoring the inequity of the criminal justice system. Turner, a white male from an upper middle-class neighborhood, was represented by an attorney his family hired rather than a court-appointed public defender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing judicial ethics, Persky has declined to discuss the case in detail because Turner has appealed. But Persky told The Associated Press in an interview that he has no regrets over how he handled the case or his courtroom. Persky declined comment when reached by phone late Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney Cindy Seeley Hendrickson won the race to replace Persky after garnering 69 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writer Jocelyn Gecker contributed to this report from Palo Alto. KQED's Shia Levitt contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turner was released from jail for good behavior after serving three months. He is required to register for life as a sex offender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge was following a recommendation from the county probation department, and the California Commission on Judicial Performance ruled that he handled the case legally. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen didn't appeal the sentence. Rosen also opposed the recall, though he said the sentence was too lenient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is a heightened awareness in the courts and among practitioners that if judges do not give lengthier sentences then they will be punished and potentially someone might lead a movement to remove that person,\" said Santa Clara University Professor Margaret Russell who co-founded the \"No Recall\" campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall was the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting California judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Duffield, 60, voted against recalling Persky, saying people should not take out their anger over Turner's sentence on the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have two boys. I'm very much a feminist. I just don't think it's a solution,\" she said outside City Hall in Palo Alto, where she dropped off her mail-in ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendan Erickson, 25, said he understood the argument that removing Persky could set a bad precedent, but said the judge made \"an incredibly poor decision.\" He voted to recall Persky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have two little sisters, and I want them to feel safe,\" Erickson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case garnered international attention after BuzzFeed published the \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eloquent statement of the victim\u003c/a>, known as Emily Doe, read before Turner was sentenced. The Associated Press doesn't generally identify victims of sexual crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today,\" she read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also recounted the ordeal of the investigation and Turner's trial, where she was cross-examined about her drinking habits and sexual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Instead of taking time to heal, I was taking time to recall the night in excruciating detail, in order to prepare for the attorney's questions that would be invasive, aggressive, and designed to steer me off course, to contradict myself, my sister, phrased in ways to manipulate my answers,\" she read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election was viewed as one of the first electoral tests of the #MeToo movement's political clout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics complained that Persky's sentence was too lenient and discounted sexual assault, while also underscoring the inequity of the criminal justice system. Turner, a white male from an upper middle-class neighborhood, was represented by an attorney his family hired rather than a court-appointed public defender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing judicial ethics, Persky has declined to discuss the case in detail because Turner has appealed. But Persky told The Associated Press in an interview that he has no regrets over how he handled the case or his courtroom. Persky declined comment when reached by phone late Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney Cindy Seeley Hendrickson won the race to replace Persky after garnering 69 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writer Jocelyn Gecker contributed to this report from Palo Alto. KQED's Shia Levitt contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Every time the phone rings in Rosa Vega's office, it means someone in Santa Clara County has died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are calling from agencies, mortuaries and the field with deaths to report,\" the chief investigator for the medical examiner said earlier this year during a tour of the county morgue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega is the first point of contact for the office that handles about 5,000 calls a year -- or roughly half of all deaths in Santa Clara County. Of those, the medical examiner investigates an average of 1,500 cases per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11285099/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails\">Inmate's Brutal Beating Death Spurs Scrutiny and Reform in Santa Clara County Jails\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>With the establishment of an independent medical examiner's system in Santa Clara County last year, those investigations are now free from influence of the county sheriff. State \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation\u003c/a> currently in the Senate Appropriations Committee would require other large counties throughout California to establish similar systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega and her team of civilian investigators make the initial assessment about which cases warrant a closer look, based on the circumstance of the death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Were they hospitalized for any recent injuries or trauma?” Vega asks callers. “Is there any acute drugs or alcohol associated with the death, and is there any suspicions of foul play, choking, abuse, suicide or homicide?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669736\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa Vega became chief investigator for the medical examiner in 2017, after county officials ended the sheriff's oversight of death investigations. \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Depending on the answers, Vega may bring the body to the morgue for a medical examiner to investigate further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Questions Of Bias, Interference Drove Change\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until 2017, Sheriff Laurie Smith and her staff exercised administrative control over Vega and the medical examiners that investigated sudden, suspicious or violent deaths, including all deaths that occurred in county jails run by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every California county has an agency responsible for investigating those kinds of deaths, and most are under a sheriff. That's the sheriff-coroner's system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials began to question that arrangement after a medical examiner accused Smith of having impeded death investigations in certain cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Michelle Jorden testified at a budget hearing in 2016 that the sheriff had withheld evidence from physicians and tried to intimidate them into signing an agreement not to speak to the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669733\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In certain cases the sheriff's office has impeded the examiners from receiving evidence necessary for the determination of cause and manner of death,” Jorden told supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also faulted the sheriff’s “poor management” of the office and a “general lack of support for the doctors and staff.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden urged supervisors to end the sheriff’s control over death investigations \"to have full independent control of our office and operate the office to the highest, highest standards possible without the potential for perceived law enforcement influence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said she hadn't done anything improper, but in the wake of the 2015 beating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10912163/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-in-one-month-what-can-we-learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of a mentally ill inmate, Jorden’s testimony took on more weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 26, 2015, inmate Michael Tyree collapsed in his cell at the county's Main Jail. The medical examiner determined he was beaten so hard that his spleen ruptured and he died. Three correctional sheriff's deputies were arrested and eventually convicted of second-degree murder. They were each \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> to a 15-year-to-life prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county severed the sheriff's oversight of the medical examiners, at a cost of $846,000 a year to run a separate office, according to Deputy County Executive Martha Wapenski. The cost was offset somewhat by the reassignment of three sheriff administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paula Canny, an attorney who won a $3.6 million settlement for Tyree's family, supports the decision to spend more to ensure death investigations are free from pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's a fundamental inherent conflict of interest -- especially as it relates to jail deaths” Canny said, “because who's in charge of a jail? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Were they hospitalized for any recent injuries or trauma?” Vega asks callers. “Is there any acute drugs or alcohol associated with the death, and is there any suspicions of foul play, choking, abuse, suicide or homicide?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669736\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa Vega became chief investigator for the medical examiner in 2017, after county officials ended the sheriff's oversight of death investigations. \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Depending on the answers, Vega may bring the body to the morgue for a medical examiner to investigate further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Questions Of Bias, Interference Drove Change\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until 2017, Sheriff Laurie Smith and her staff exercised administrative control over Vega and the medical examiners that investigated sudden, suspicious or violent deaths, including all deaths that occurred in county jails run by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every California county has an agency responsible for investigating those kinds of deaths, and most are under a sheriff. That's the sheriff-coroner's system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials began to question that arrangement after a medical examiner accused Smith of having impeded death investigations in certain cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Michelle Jorden testified at a budget hearing in 2016 that the sheriff had withheld evidence from physicians and tried to intimidate them into signing an agreement not to speak to the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669733\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In certain cases the sheriff's office has impeded the examiners from receiving evidence necessary for the determination of cause and manner of death,” Jorden told supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also faulted the sheriff’s “poor management” of the office and a “general lack of support for the doctors and staff.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden urged supervisors to end the sheriff’s control over death investigations \"to have full independent control of our office and operate the office to the highest, highest standards possible without the potential for perceived law enforcement influence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said she hadn't done anything improper, but in the wake of the 2015 beating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10912163/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-in-one-month-what-can-we-learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of a mentally ill inmate, Jorden’s testimony took on more weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 26, 2015, inmate Michael Tyree collapsed in his cell at the county's Main Jail. The medical examiner determined he was beaten so hard that his spleen ruptured and he died. Three correctional sheriff's deputies were arrested and eventually convicted of second-degree murder. They were each \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> to a 15-year-to-life prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county severed the sheriff's oversight of the medical examiners, at a cost of $846,000 a year to run a separate office, according to Deputy County Executive Martha Wapenski. 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"content": "\u003cp>The mother of an inmate who died at the Santa Clara County Main Jail in September 2015 blames jail staff for failing to provide medical treatment and for inflicting excessive force on her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Northern California stated, \"After a week of pain and unconscionable misery, Walter had died alone in his urine-covered cell, forsaken by the people who had care, custody and control of him.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walter Roches, 32, died of sepsis from an untreated urinary tract infection and acute mania from an untreated mental illness, according to an autopsy report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2016 KQED \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/29/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-in-one-month-what-can-we-learn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation\u003c/a> found that an altercation with deputies likely exacerbated Roches' mania and accelerated his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden found that Roches was catatonic when guards tried to move him to the psychiatric ward the week before his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he failed to follow their commands, guards shot the man with pepper spray and plastic bullets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Responding to the allegations in an email, Sgt. Rich Glennon wrote, “Due to the pending litigation against the County of Santa Clara, the Sheriff’s Office is unable to provide comment on this matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Roches died, Sheriff Laurie Smith banned deputies from using plastic bullets on inmates and restricted how and when they can pepper spray mentally ill inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roches died just a month after Michael Tyree, a mentally ill inmate at the same jail, was found beaten to death in his cell. Three sheriff's deputies were convicted of his murder and are scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 3.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>On June 20, 2014, a bail bond agent named Dino Garcia received a phone call from an inmate in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sheriff/pages/mainjail-visiting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara County Main Jail\u003c/a>. The inmate, known as Riley in \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html\" target=\"_blank\">court documents\u003c/a>, wasn’t calling to bail himself out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was calling about bail for another inmate who had just arrived at the jail. Riley told Garcia the new inmate was trustworthy and willing to use his homes or vehicles as collateral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia spoke to the man and then got back on the line with Riley, urging him to find more clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Get me some good ones, dude, some Asians, some fucking Hindus, some good domestic violence ones,” said Garcia, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html#document/p12\" target=\"_blank\">transcript\u003c/a> of the call.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Listen to KQED's Bail Investigation Series\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/04/LewisBailBondspt1.mp3\" title=\"Bail Bonds Schemes Exposed: Part One\" program=\"KQED News\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/JailMirror.jpg\"]\u003cbr>\n[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/04/BailBondsPart2FixedwithLede.mp3\" title=\"Bail Bonds Schemes Exposed: Part Two\" program=\"KQED News\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut.jpg\"]\u003cbr>\n[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/04/LewisBailBondspt3.mp3\" title=\"Bail Bonds Schemes Exposed: Part Three\" program=\"KQED News\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17524_Judge-addresses-holloway-qut.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Garcia wasn’t alone. For years, bail bond agents had been compensating inmates to drum up business in the county’s jails, according to an investigation by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say the illegal activity, known as “bail capping,” gave agents an unfair competitive advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also put inmates and the public at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has learned that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sheriff/Pages/overview.aspx\">Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department \u003c/a>knew that bail capping was occurring in its jails, but failed to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through interviews and court records, KQED has found that at least 30 inmates in Santa Clara County jails were involved in bail-capping schemes. Those recruiters controlled access to the phones, threatened other inmates or promised cheap bail to pressure inmates to sign contracts with certain bail agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department’s lack of oversight -- and lax policies -- made it easier for agents and inmates to continue working together, in violation of the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Gatekeepers of bail'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime inmates in the Santa Clara County Main Jail acted as the “gatekeepers of bail,” according to Alison Filo, the deputy district attorney tasked with prosecuting dozens of bail agents for illegal business practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Culp told KQED he started working for agents from inside the main jail about three months after he was arrested for armed robbery in 2013. He said he worked as a recruiter until he was transferred to \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/PVSP.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pleasant Valley State Prison\u003c/a> in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culp said new inmates had “no choice” but to use the bail bond agents he called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to make a phone call, inmates needed a special code. Culp said in the unit where he was serving time, new inmates weren’t given instructions on how to use the phone codes. He would “help” them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395507\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Culp says he worked as a recruiter for bail agents for three years while in Santa Clara County Main Jail on armed robbery charges. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-1020x1276.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-960x1201.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-240x300.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-375x469.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-520x650.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp.jpg 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Culp says he worked as a recruiter for bail agents for three years while in Santa Clara County Main Jail on armed robbery charges. \u003ccite>(From Scott Culp's case file)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I take their code,” explained Culp. “I use their code, so they’re not able to call their family to have their family bail them out. They have to go through me and through these bail agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, only defendants, their family members or their attorneys can contact a bail agent to arrange bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say that bail capping creates a predatory environment in the jail. First-time inmates are especially vulnerable, because often they’re afraid and have little information. They don’t know, for example, that they may be \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/pretrial/Pages/Office-of-Pretrial-Services.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">eligible to get out of jail\u003c/a> without paying bail or to have their bail reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their instant reaction is what they see on television or what they read in the newspapers,” Filo said, “Which is, ‘I've got to get bail,’ and that sort of desperation is preyed upon by the inmates who are in custody seeking to get some benefit for themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmate-recruiters also angled to maintain that benefit by limiting their competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Garcia complained to an inmate named Alberto Solorio about another inmate who was “pushing people to Luna,” a rival bail agency, Solorio assured him that he would take care of the problem, according to an\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html\" target=\"_blank\"> investigator’s summary\u003c/a> of a phone call between the two men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia told Solorio to get the other inmate “rolled out (kicked out of the dorm).” Solorio responded: “That’s not even a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Visitation irregularities\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culp told KQED that guards were also involved in the illegal activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said guards allowed some bail agents to visit him multiple times a week, even though he was not eligible for bail. During those visits, Culp said, agents would train him to recruit new clients, explaining what kinds of questions to ask inmates to find out their suitability for bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED submitted a public records request for the log of Culp’s visitors. In its response, the sheriff’s department said Culp had no visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia, now a former bail agent, told KQED that he saw correctional officers giving other agents special treatment, allowing them access to the jail outside of visiting hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bail agents are supposed to follow the same rules as other jail visitors, according to the sheriff's department, including writing down the names of the inmates they are visiting in a log book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least one bail agent, Fernando Casillas of Aladdin Bail Bonds, was permitted to bypass visiting procedures. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533677-Casillas1.html\" target=\"_blank\">district attorney’s investigation\u003c/a>, when Casillas came into the jail to interview an inmate, he wrote “inmate” on the log book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395508\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395508\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Fernando Casillas was one of 31 bail agents arrested by law enforcement on charges of illegal business practices.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-240x300.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-375x469.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-520x650.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fernando Casillas was one of 31 bail agents arrested by law enforcement on charges of illegal business practices. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_dept_insurance/20958950626/in/album-72157657509991139/\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The inmate who Casillas interviewed was named Lakhbir Singh. Singh told investigators that a jail staff member referred him to Casillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Singh said he was then interviewed by someone inside the jail from Aladdin Bail Bonds soon after speaking with this person working at the jail,” the investigator's report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh said that neither he nor his wife called Casillas or \u003ca href=\"https://www.aladdinbailbonds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Aladdin Bail Bonds\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators were unable to identify the jail staff member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department did not respond to questions about its visitation procedures or whether it had investigated jail staff in connection with bail capping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office said it did not have evidence to file charges against any guards or jail administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy Le, president of the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers Association, said she is not aware of any officer involvement in bail capping schemes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have over 750 employees here,” she said. “We are all professional people. We do what is right even when no one is watching.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le said to her knowledge none of the employees she represents have been investigated or disciplined for bail-related misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If officers are involved in such misconduct, Le said, “They [the officers] don’t need to wear a uniform. They don’t need to work here.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395513\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11395513 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='Aladdin Bail Bonds was one of seven companies whose agents were arrested for illegal business practices including \"bail capping.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aladdin Bail Bonds was one of seven companies whose agents were arrested for alleged illegal business practices, including bail capping. \u003ccite>(Jayne Lucas/\u003ca href=\"%E2%80%9Chhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_dept_insurance/20798065700/in/album-72157657509991139/%22\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department has been under \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails/\" target=\"_blank\">scrutiny\u003c/a> since the in-custody death of Michael Tyree on Aug. 26, 2015. Three guards are on \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/04/michael-tyree/\" target=\"_blank\">trial\u003c/a> for allegedly beating the mentally ill inmate to death. The guards -- Matthew Farris, Rafael Rodriguez and Jereh Lubrin -- have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/pages/brc.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">commission\u003c/a> formed to assess operations in Santa Clara County’s jails in the wake of Tyree’s death did not address illegal activity between bail agents and inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/sanfrancisco\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Bureau of Investigation\u003c/a> would not comment on whether it is investigating the sheriff’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>$100 deposits\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html#document/p16\" target=\"_blank\">Court records\u003c/a> show that jail administrators knew since at least 2012 that illegal bail activity was going on in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 6, 2012, Kevin Heilman, who was then the captain of the main jail, received an email from Sgt. Eric Liddle. A bail agent had complained to Liddle that inmates in the Main Jail were working as paid recruiters for another bail firm. Liddle recommended an investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another jail sergeant wrote to Heilman in a follow-up report dated July 31, 2012, that guards had searched the cell of two inmates suspected of being involved in the scheme. They found a list of inmate ID numbers, bail bond agent phone numbers and a pay/owe sheet that showed a series of $100 deposits into an account. The two inmates were moved to other areas of the jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court documents do not indicate whether the sheriff’s department took any action against bail agents, including restricting their access to inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year later, Lt. April McHugh at the Main Jail \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html#document/p34\" target=\"_blank\">emailed \u003c/a>sheriff’s department administrators about a call she received from a bail agent named Robert Silva of Amigo Bail Bonds, alleging that bail agents and inmates were still working together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"When guards searched the cell of two inmate suspected of involvement in bail capping they found a list of inmate ID numbers, bail bond agent phone numbers and a pay/owe sheet that showed a series of $100 deposits into an account.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When guards searched the cell of two inmate suspected of involvement in bail capping, they found a list of inmate ID numbers, bail bond agent phone numbers and a pay/owe sheet that showed a series of $100 deposits into an account.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The inmates allegedly question the new inmates as to whether they have bail and when they say they do they intimidate them to go to the other company,” McHugh wrote. “The other company sends commissary packages online anonymously to the inmate who refers the new inmate to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sounds like this inquiry has gone nowhere, but Mr. Silva says he has one or two ‘victims’ who are very afraid to talk, because the bail company has all of their information. I am not sure what he hopes to gain by contacting Main Jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department declined to answer questions about whether it investigated Silva’s complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, the district attorney’s office launched its own bail-capping investigation and found widespread illegal activity between bail agents and jail inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jail accounting\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jail practices made it easy for bail agents to pay recruiters with deposits into their inmate commissary accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culp, the former Santa Clara County inmate, claims agents paid him $15,000 in one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED couldn’t confirm the payments to Culp. Prosecutors couldn’t either. The jail did not track deposits to commissary accounts, allowing agents to give inmates money without the jail having any record of the source of those funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would think that you would have to show some identification or something in order to provide an inmate with commissary credit or phone credit or actual cash,” Filo said. “And you don't. So they were able to freely give those sorts of benefits with no accountability or no paper trail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates leaving the Main Jail would often pass the “business” on to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff's department did not answer questions about whether it has taken measures to track commissary account deposits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Three-way calling\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bail agents also compensated inmates with free phone calls. Such calls can cost \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/exploiting-inmates/Content?oid=4185319\" target=\"_blank\">$3 just to establish a connection\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Main Jail records inmates’ phone calls, and jail staff are supposed to monitor them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They do random monitoring,” said Le, the correctional officers’ association president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But court records show bail agents regularly used three-way calling to allow their inmate-recruiters to contact friends and family. An inmate would call an agent, who would then forward the call to a phone number that inmate provided. Jail phone records would show only that the inmate called the agent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By hiding the ultimate targets of their calls, inmates could use the free calls to intimidate witnesses or run other criminal activities from behind bars, putting the public at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395222\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"For years bail bonds agents used inmates inside Santa Clara County Main Jail to drum up new business.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For years bail bonds agents used inmates inside the Santa Clara County Main Jail to drum up new business. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If the bail agent then uses his or her cellphone or office phone and makes a three-way call to, for instance, that inmate’s domestic violence victim, who is protected by a restraining order, we would have no way to prove that phone call was made,” prosecutor Filo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Le said if inmates are caught making three-way calls, they can have their calling privileges suspended. But, she added, the volume of jailhouse calls makes monitoring them difficult. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department declined to answer questions about whether jail staff monitored those calls or whether it has taken steps to block three-way calling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said he never paid inmates with cash. But he acknowledged giving them free phone calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court records show that during a five-month period in 2014, Garcia received 934 calls from the jail to his personal cellphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The bust\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators in the district attorney’s office started combing through thousands of recorded phone calls between bail agents and inmates in September 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late August 2015, Garcia peered through the blinds in his living room. He found his house surrounded by law enforcement officers with their guns drawn. They were pointing at him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Holy smokes!’ ” Garcia said. “I thought I was dreaming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police arrested Garcia and booked him into the Santa Clara County Main Jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's funny, because I couldn't get through to anyone,” he said. “Everybody was in jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with Garcia, law enforcement officers arrested 30 other bail bond agents. It was the \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2015/release083-15.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">largest bust\u003c/a> of its kind in state history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutor Filo said when the district attorney’s office first began looking into bail-capping allegations, it didn’t expect to uncover evidence against so many bail agents. She said at some point investigators had to limit the scope of their work to get through the evidence they already had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia worked for a small firm, but many of those agents were employed by some of the nation’s biggest bail providers, including Aladdin, All-Pro Bail Bonds and Bail Hotline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia will serve three months in jail for his involvement in bail capping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office busted 31 bail bond agents in 2015 for illegal business practices.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office busted 31 bail bond agents in 2015 for illegal business practices. \u003ccite>(Jayne Lucas/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_dept_insurance/20958801736/in/album-72157657509991139/\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the agents who were arrested have accepted plea deals, with sentences ranging from community service to four months in jail. Seven of the cases have yet to be adjudicated. One agent, Garcia’s boss, went to trial and was found not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No charges were filed against any bail firms or inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Clayton, director of the\u003ca href=\"http://www.americanbailcoalition.org/\" target=\"_blank\"> American Bail Coalition\u003c/a>, insisted the agents who were arrested do not represent the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t agree with people doing the alleged conduct, and if it is happening it does need to be stopped,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clayton said bail agents who don’t follow the rules should have their licenses revoked, but doesn’t think they should face felony charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Charity bonds'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlawful bail practices aren’t unique to Santa Clara County. In the past few years, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-former-lapd-jailer-accused-taking-bribes-20160506-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanbag.ca.gov/news/publications/2012-13GrandJuryFinalReportonlineposting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">San Bernardino\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orangecounty-bailbonds.com/dui-blog/394-inmate-capping-the-dirty-little-secret-inside-our-jails\" target=\"_blank\">Orange\u003c/a> counties have reported bail-capping cases. The\u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/multimedia/0030VideoHearings/bailhearingvideo.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"> California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>, which regulates the bail industry, estimated that since 2012, complaints about illegal activity by bail agents have tripled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these have come from other bail agents. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/Pages/DA-office-site-home-page.aspx\">Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office\u003c/a> launched its 2014 investigation after receiving complaints from agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surge in complaints may be a result of increased competition within the industry, which generates $2 billion in revenue nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to testimony from Sylvia Herrera, a former Aladdin employee and a witness in the bail-capping cases, agents had to bring in $50,000 and write 20-30 bonds a month. Herrera said the quota was nearly impossible to meet without bending the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She described several occasions when she posted bonds for defendants for as little as $10 down. She said she would set up a payment plan for a defendant, knowing the person would probably never pay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera said agents don’t make a commission on these “charity bonds,” but the deals boost their monthly numbers, and the bail agency is satisfied because the competition for those bonds is eliminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aladdin didn’t respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Payment plans are common in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2016/05/03/how-bail-works/\" target=\"_blank\">bail industry\u003c/a>. But they can put the public at risk. A defendant facing felony charges for a violent crime can get out of jail while paying a fraction of the standard bail amount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533676-Alvarez.html#document/p7\" target=\"_blank\">Court records\u003c/a> show that a Santa Clara County defendant charged with a felony -- battery with serious bodily injury -- bargained with a bail agent to get out of jail for a $150 down payment. A judge had set his bail at $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final terms of this deal, like all bail bond deals, aren’t known to the public, the courts or regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clayton, the bail industry spokesman, acknowledged that payment plans are a problem. Other states have a set “floor” on how much money a defendant has to put up, but California does not. He said in an effort to get business, bail agents here offer defendants smaller and smaller down payments as part of a “race to the bottom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Balloon payments\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The terms of these payment plans can also hurt defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some payment plans are structured like payday loans, with debt payments ballooning over time, according to Cherise Burdeen of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pretrial.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pretrial Justice Institute\u003c/a>, an organization working to end for-profit bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People will be paying long after they've satisfied whatever conditions they agreed to for the court,” Burdeen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who sign bail contracts with payment plans can lose their cars or even their homes. Often it’s not the defendant who pays, but a family member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a> said it does not regulate contracts between agents and individuals. Teresa Campbell, assistant chief counsel for the department, said it often receives calls from people who say that a bail agent has taken possession of a car used for collateral, even though the defendant has not missed a court date. Campbell said the department can’t make the agent return the car, but it can apply pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those situations, we will try and resolve it by getting that consumer, making that consumer whole,” she said. “They just want that car back, so we can work something out where they pay a fine or they have a restriction, and then they give the car back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell said the department doesn’t have the resources or the authority to adequately police bail agents. But she said that many bail agents are trying to keep their industry clean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bail agents will often make complaints about other bail agents, if they know that they're going into jails or things like that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Alternative to Bail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California state lawmakers are considering moving the state away from a money-based bail system to what is called \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/05/12/contra-costa-pretrial-program-offers-relief-for-those-who-cant-afford-bail/\" target=\"_blank\">“risk-based” pretrial release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB42\" target=\"_blank\">legislation\u003c/a> sponsored by \u003ca href=\"http://www.robbonta.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Assemblyman Rob Bonta\u003c/a> (D-Alameda) and \u003ca href=\"http://sd18.senate.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Robert Hertzberg\u003c/a> (D-Van Nuys), defendants would be assessed for release based on a range of risk factors, including employment, criminal history and community ties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individuals who are considered lower risk will be released on their own recognizance, without having to pay bail. Higher-risk defendants could be released if they comply with certain conditions, such as ankle monitoring or check-ins with a pretrial services officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defendants charged with violent crimes such as murder would not qualify for the pretrial release program. Judges would retain their authority to set bail in cases they deem appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s proponents say that it would reduce the number of people in jail awaiting trial and create a more equitable system. But bail agents say the legislation threatens public safety and undermines defendants’ civil liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s basically putting people on parole before they’ve been accused of a crime,” said Corrin Rankin of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbaa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">California Bail Agents Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rankin said money bail works because bail agents are neutral third parties. They don’t have any stake in what the defendant did or didn’t do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s beside the point,\" Rankin said. \"Our job is to make sure people go to court and we do it well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County is also considering moving away from money bail. It’s studying the feasibility of a nonprofit alternative to commercial bail bonds and looking at expanding pretrial supervision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our objective is making Santa Clara County safe and making sure that our justice system is truly just,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/d2/Pages/d2-supervisor-cindy-chavez.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">county Supervisor Cindy Chavez\u003c/a> said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece was updated to include comments from Amy Le, president of the Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers Association. An earlier version of this post included comments from correctional officer Sean Allen.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This project was completed as part of a John Jay College of Criminal Justice reporting fellowship.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Garcia wasn’t alone. For years, bail bond agents had been compensating inmates to drum up business in the county’s jails, according to an investigation by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say the illegal activity, known as “bail capping,” gave agents an unfair competitive advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also put inmates and the public at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has learned that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sheriff/Pages/overview.aspx\">Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department \u003c/a>knew that bail capping was occurring in its jails, but failed to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through interviews and court records, KQED has found that at least 30 inmates in Santa Clara County jails were involved in bail-capping schemes. Those recruiters controlled access to the phones, threatened other inmates or promised cheap bail to pressure inmates to sign contracts with certain bail agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department’s lack of oversight -- and lax policies -- made it easier for agents and inmates to continue working together, in violation of the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Gatekeepers of bail'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime inmates in the Santa Clara County Main Jail acted as the “gatekeepers of bail,” according to Alison Filo, the deputy district attorney tasked with prosecuting dozens of bail agents for illegal business practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Culp told KQED he started working for agents from inside the main jail about three months after he was arrested for armed robbery in 2013. He said he worked as a recruiter until he was transferred to \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/PVSP.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pleasant Valley State Prison\u003c/a> in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culp said new inmates had “no choice” but to use the bail bond agents he called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to make a phone call, inmates needed a special code. Culp said in the unit where he was serving time, new inmates weren’t given instructions on how to use the phone codes. He would “help” them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395507\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Culp says he worked as a recruiter for bail agents for three years while in Santa Clara County Main Jail on armed robbery charges. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-1020x1276.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-960x1201.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-240x300.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-375x469.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp-520x650.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Culp.jpg 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Culp says he worked as a recruiter for bail agents for three years while in Santa Clara County Main Jail on armed robbery charges. \u003ccite>(From Scott Culp's case file)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I take their code,” explained Culp. “I use their code, so they’re not able to call their family to have their family bail them out. They have to go through me and through these bail agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, only defendants, their family members or their attorneys can contact a bail agent to arrange bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say that bail capping creates a predatory environment in the jail. First-time inmates are especially vulnerable, because often they’re afraid and have little information. They don’t know, for example, that they may be \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/pretrial/Pages/Office-of-Pretrial-Services.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">eligible to get out of jail\u003c/a> without paying bail or to have their bail reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their instant reaction is what they see on television or what they read in the newspapers,” Filo said, “Which is, ‘I've got to get bail,’ and that sort of desperation is preyed upon by the inmates who are in custody seeking to get some benefit for themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmate-recruiters also angled to maintain that benefit by limiting their competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Garcia complained to an inmate named Alberto Solorio about another inmate who was “pushing people to Luna,” a rival bail agency, Solorio assured him that he would take care of the problem, according to an\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html\" target=\"_blank\"> investigator’s summary\u003c/a> of a phone call between the two men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia told Solorio to get the other inmate “rolled out (kicked out of the dorm).” Solorio responded: “That’s not even a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Visitation irregularities\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culp told KQED that guards were also involved in the illegal activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said guards allowed some bail agents to visit him multiple times a week, even though he was not eligible for bail. During those visits, Culp said, agents would train him to recruit new clients, explaining what kinds of questions to ask inmates to find out their suitability for bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED submitted a public records request for the log of Culp’s visitors. In its response, the sheriff’s department said Culp had no visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia, now a former bail agent, told KQED that he saw correctional officers giving other agents special treatment, allowing them access to the jail outside of visiting hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bail agents are supposed to follow the same rules as other jail visitors, according to the sheriff's department, including writing down the names of the inmates they are visiting in a log book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least one bail agent, Fernando Casillas of Aladdin Bail Bonds, was permitted to bypass visiting procedures. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533677-Casillas1.html\" target=\"_blank\">district attorney’s investigation\u003c/a>, when Casillas came into the jail to interview an inmate, he wrote “inmate” on the log book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395508\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395508\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Fernando Casillas was one of 31 bail agents arrested by law enforcement on charges of illegal business practices.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-240x300.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-375x469.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/20958950626_74ce1cbd1f_o-520x650.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fernando Casillas was one of 31 bail agents arrested by law enforcement on charges of illegal business practices. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_dept_insurance/20958950626/in/album-72157657509991139/\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The inmate who Casillas interviewed was named Lakhbir Singh. Singh told investigators that a jail staff member referred him to Casillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Singh said he was then interviewed by someone inside the jail from Aladdin Bail Bonds soon after speaking with this person working at the jail,” the investigator's report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh said that neither he nor his wife called Casillas or \u003ca href=\"https://www.aladdinbailbonds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Aladdin Bail Bonds\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators were unable to identify the jail staff member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department did not respond to questions about its visitation procedures or whether it had investigated jail staff in connection with bail capping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office said it did not have evidence to file charges against any guards or jail administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy Le, president of the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers Association, said she is not aware of any officer involvement in bail capping schemes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have over 750 employees here,” she said. “We are all professional people. We do what is right even when no one is watching.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le said to her knowledge none of the employees she represents have been investigated or disciplined for bail-related misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If officers are involved in such misconduct, Le said, “They [the officers] don’t need to wear a uniform. They don’t need to work here.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395513\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11395513 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='Aladdin Bail Bonds was one of seven companies whose agents were arrested for illegal business practices including \"bail capping.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24880_20798065700_f74eefc32b_o-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aladdin Bail Bonds was one of seven companies whose agents were arrested for alleged illegal business practices, including bail capping. \u003ccite>(Jayne Lucas/\u003ca href=\"%E2%80%9Chhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_dept_insurance/20798065700/in/album-72157657509991139/%22\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department has been under \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails/\" target=\"_blank\">scrutiny\u003c/a> since the in-custody death of Michael Tyree on Aug. 26, 2015. Three guards are on \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/04/michael-tyree/\" target=\"_blank\">trial\u003c/a> for allegedly beating the mentally ill inmate to death. The guards -- Matthew Farris, Rafael Rodriguez and Jereh Lubrin -- have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/pages/brc.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">commission\u003c/a> formed to assess operations in Santa Clara County’s jails in the wake of Tyree’s death did not address illegal activity between bail agents and inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/sanfrancisco\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Bureau of Investigation\u003c/a> would not comment on whether it is investigating the sheriff’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>$100 deposits\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html#document/p16\" target=\"_blank\">Court records\u003c/a> show that jail administrators knew since at least 2012 that illegal bail activity was going on in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 6, 2012, Kevin Heilman, who was then the captain of the main jail, received an email from Sgt. Eric Liddle. A bail agent had complained to Liddle that inmates in the Main Jail were working as paid recruiters for another bail firm. Liddle recommended an investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another jail sergeant wrote to Heilman in a follow-up report dated July 31, 2012, that guards had searched the cell of two inmates suspected of being involved in the scheme. They found a list of inmate ID numbers, bail bond agent phone numbers and a pay/owe sheet that showed a series of $100 deposits into an account. The two inmates were moved to other areas of the jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court documents do not indicate whether the sheriff’s department took any action against bail agents, including restricting their access to inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year later, Lt. April McHugh at the Main Jail \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533679-Garcia1.html#document/p34\" target=\"_blank\">emailed \u003c/a>sheriff’s department administrators about a call she received from a bail agent named Robert Silva of Amigo Bail Bonds, alleging that bail agents and inmates were still working together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"When guards searched the cell of two inmate suspected of involvement in bail capping they found a list of inmate ID numbers, bail bond agent phone numbers and a pay/owe sheet that showed a series of $100 deposits into an account.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/File_008-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When guards searched the cell of two inmate suspected of involvement in bail capping, they found a list of inmate ID numbers, bail bond agent phone numbers and a pay/owe sheet that showed a series of $100 deposits into an account.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The inmates allegedly question the new inmates as to whether they have bail and when they say they do they intimidate them to go to the other company,” McHugh wrote. “The other company sends commissary packages online anonymously to the inmate who refers the new inmate to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sounds like this inquiry has gone nowhere, but Mr. Silva says he has one or two ‘victims’ who are very afraid to talk, because the bail company has all of their information. I am not sure what he hopes to gain by contacting Main Jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department declined to answer questions about whether it investigated Silva’s complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, the district attorney’s office launched its own bail-capping investigation and found widespread illegal activity between bail agents and jail inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jail accounting\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jail practices made it easy for bail agents to pay recruiters with deposits into their inmate commissary accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culp, the former Santa Clara County inmate, claims agents paid him $15,000 in one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED couldn’t confirm the payments to Culp. Prosecutors couldn’t either. The jail did not track deposits to commissary accounts, allowing agents to give inmates money without the jail having any record of the source of those funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would think that you would have to show some identification or something in order to provide an inmate with commissary credit or phone credit or actual cash,” Filo said. “And you don't. So they were able to freely give those sorts of benefits with no accountability or no paper trail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates leaving the Main Jail would often pass the “business” on to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff's department did not answer questions about whether it has taken measures to track commissary account deposits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Three-way calling\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bail agents also compensated inmates with free phone calls. Such calls can cost \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/exploiting-inmates/Content?oid=4185319\" target=\"_blank\">$3 just to establish a connection\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Main Jail records inmates’ phone calls, and jail staff are supposed to monitor them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They do random monitoring,” said Le, the correctional officers’ association president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But court records show bail agents regularly used three-way calling to allow their inmate-recruiters to contact friends and family. An inmate would call an agent, who would then forward the call to a phone number that inmate provided. Jail phone records would show only that the inmate called the agent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By hiding the ultimate targets of their calls, inmates could use the free calls to intimidate witnesses or run other criminal activities from behind bars, putting the public at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395222\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"For years bail bonds agents used inmates inside Santa Clara County Main Jail to drum up new business.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For years bail bonds agents used inmates inside the Santa Clara County Main Jail to drum up new business. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If the bail agent then uses his or her cellphone or office phone and makes a three-way call to, for instance, that inmate’s domestic violence victim, who is protected by a restraining order, we would have no way to prove that phone call was made,” prosecutor Filo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Le said if inmates are caught making three-way calls, they can have their calling privileges suspended. But, she added, the volume of jailhouse calls makes monitoring them difficult. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s department declined to answer questions about whether jail staff monitored those calls or whether it has taken steps to block three-way calling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said he never paid inmates with cash. But he acknowledged giving them free phone calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court records show that during a five-month period in 2014, Garcia received 934 calls from the jail to his personal cellphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The bust\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators in the district attorney’s office started combing through thousands of recorded phone calls between bail agents and inmates in September 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late August 2015, Garcia peered through the blinds in his living room. He found his house surrounded by law enforcement officers with their guns drawn. They were pointing at him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Holy smokes!’ ” Garcia said. “I thought I was dreaming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police arrested Garcia and booked him into the Santa Clara County Main Jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's funny, because I couldn't get through to anyone,” he said. “Everybody was in jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with Garcia, law enforcement officers arrested 30 other bail bond agents. It was the \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2015/release083-15.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">largest bust\u003c/a> of its kind in state history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutor Filo said when the district attorney’s office first began looking into bail-capping allegations, it didn’t expect to uncover evidence against so many bail agents. She said at some point investigators had to limit the scope of their work to get through the evidence they already had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia worked for a small firm, but many of those agents were employed by some of the nation’s biggest bail providers, including Aladdin, All-Pro Bail Bonds and Bail Hotline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia will serve three months in jail for his involvement in bail capping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11395509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11395509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office busted 31 bail bond agents in 2015 for illegal business practices.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/24881_transform-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office busted 31 bail bond agents in 2015 for illegal business practices. \u003ccite>(Jayne Lucas/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_dept_insurance/20958801736/in/album-72157657509991139/\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the agents who were arrested have accepted plea deals, with sentences ranging from community service to four months in jail. Seven of the cases have yet to be adjudicated. One agent, Garcia’s boss, went to trial and was found not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No charges were filed against any bail firms or inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Clayton, director of the\u003ca href=\"http://www.americanbailcoalition.org/\" target=\"_blank\"> American Bail Coalition\u003c/a>, insisted the agents who were arrested do not represent the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t agree with people doing the alleged conduct, and if it is happening it does need to be stopped,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clayton said bail agents who don’t follow the rules should have their licenses revoked, but doesn’t think they should face felony charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Charity bonds'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlawful bail practices aren’t unique to Santa Clara County. In the past few years, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-former-lapd-jailer-accused-taking-bribes-20160506-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanbag.ca.gov/news/publications/2012-13GrandJuryFinalReportonlineposting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">San Bernardino\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orangecounty-bailbonds.com/dui-blog/394-inmate-capping-the-dirty-little-secret-inside-our-jails\" target=\"_blank\">Orange\u003c/a> counties have reported bail-capping cases. The\u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/multimedia/0030VideoHearings/bailhearingvideo.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"> California Department of Insurance\u003c/a>, which regulates the bail industry, estimated that since 2012, complaints about illegal activity by bail agents have tripled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these have come from other bail agents. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/Pages/DA-office-site-home-page.aspx\">Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office\u003c/a> launched its 2014 investigation after receiving complaints from agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surge in complaints may be a result of increased competition within the industry, which generates $2 billion in revenue nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to testimony from Sylvia Herrera, a former Aladdin employee and a witness in the bail-capping cases, agents had to bring in $50,000 and write 20-30 bonds a month. Herrera said the quota was nearly impossible to meet without bending the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She described several occasions when she posted bonds for defendants for as little as $10 down. She said she would set up a payment plan for a defendant, knowing the person would probably never pay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera said agents don’t make a commission on these “charity bonds,” but the deals boost their monthly numbers, and the bail agency is satisfied because the competition for those bonds is eliminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aladdin didn’t respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Payment plans are common in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2016/05/03/how-bail-works/\" target=\"_blank\">bail industry\u003c/a>. But they can put the public at risk. A defendant facing felony charges for a violent crime can get out of jail while paying a fraction of the standard bail amount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3533676-Alvarez.html#document/p7\" target=\"_blank\">Court records\u003c/a> show that a Santa Clara County defendant charged with a felony -- battery with serious bodily injury -- bargained with a bail agent to get out of jail for a $150 down payment. A judge had set his bail at $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final terms of this deal, like all bail bond deals, aren’t known to the public, the courts or regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clayton, the bail industry spokesman, acknowledged that payment plans are a problem. Other states have a set “floor” on how much money a defendant has to put up, but California does not. He said in an effort to get business, bail agents here offer defendants smaller and smaller down payments as part of a “race to the bottom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Balloon payments\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The terms of these payment plans can also hurt defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some payment plans are structured like payday loans, with debt payments ballooning over time, according to Cherise Burdeen of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pretrial.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pretrial Justice Institute\u003c/a>, an organization working to end for-profit bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People will be paying long after they've satisfied whatever conditions they agreed to for the court,” Burdeen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who sign bail contracts with payment plans can lose their cars or even their homes. Often it’s not the defendant who pays, but a family member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a> said it does not regulate contracts between agents and individuals. Teresa Campbell, assistant chief counsel for the department, said it often receives calls from people who say that a bail agent has taken possession of a car used for collateral, even though the defendant has not missed a court date. Campbell said the department can’t make the agent return the car, but it can apply pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those situations, we will try and resolve it by getting that consumer, making that consumer whole,” she said. “They just want that car back, so we can work something out where they pay a fine or they have a restriction, and then they give the car back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell said the department doesn’t have the resources or the authority to adequately police bail agents. But she said that many bail agents are trying to keep their industry clean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bail agents will often make complaints about other bail agents, if they know that they're going into jails or things like that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Alternative to Bail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California state lawmakers are considering moving the state away from a money-based bail system to what is called \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/05/12/contra-costa-pretrial-program-offers-relief-for-those-who-cant-afford-bail/\" target=\"_blank\">“risk-based” pretrial release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB42\" target=\"_blank\">legislation\u003c/a> sponsored by \u003ca href=\"http://www.robbonta.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Assemblyman Rob Bonta\u003c/a> (D-Alameda) and \u003ca href=\"http://sd18.senate.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Robert Hertzberg\u003c/a> (D-Van Nuys), defendants would be assessed for release based on a range of risk factors, including employment, criminal history and community ties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individuals who are considered lower risk will be released on their own recognizance, without having to pay bail. Higher-risk defendants could be released if they comply with certain conditions, such as ankle monitoring or check-ins with a pretrial services officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defendants charged with violent crimes such as murder would not qualify for the pretrial release program. Judges would retain their authority to set bail in cases they deem appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s proponents say that it would reduce the number of people in jail awaiting trial and create a more equitable system. But bail agents say the legislation threatens public safety and undermines defendants’ civil liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s basically putting people on parole before they’ve been accused of a crime,” said Corrin Rankin of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbaa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">California Bail Agents Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rankin said money bail works because bail agents are neutral third parties. They don’t have any stake in what the defendant did or didn’t do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s beside the point,\" Rankin said. \"Our job is to make sure people go to court and we do it well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County is also considering moving away from money bail. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated with more current results.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dire need for more affordable housing in cities like San Francisco wasn’t a huge talking point in the presidential election. However, in the pricey Bay Area, the issue was front and center on a number of local ballots. Voters are embracing local measures that promise to create new housing for low- and middle-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a brief rundown:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, early vote tallies pointed to large approval of \u003ca href=\"http://www.lwvbae.org/county-of-alameda-measure-a1-2016/\">Measure A1\u003c/a>, a $580 million housing bond. And that lead held up when the final vote came in, as voters approved the measure 72-28 percent. The general obligation bonds will finance the construction and rehabilitation of affordable rental units, loans for moderate-income homebuyers and upgrades to existing low-income housing. The measure easily got the two-thirds approval needed to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Berkeley, residents voted heavily in favor of \u003ca href=\"http://www.lwvbae.org/measure-z1-low-income-housing-authorization/\">Measure Z1\u003c/a>, passing it by 83-17 percent. The measure gives the city the green light to create 500 new below-market-rate units. Voter approval is required by the California Constitution for the new projects to go forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Oaklanders embraced \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/ibond2016/index.htm\">Measure KK\u003c/a>, a $600 million infrastructure bond earmarking $100 million for affordable housing. A citizen oversight committee would audit all spending from the measure. The measure passed 82-18 percent, as of Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County, \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Santa_Clara_County,_California,_Affordable_Housing_Bonds,_Measure_A_(November_2016)\">Measure A\u003c/a> barely passed, with 67 percent approval. The measure requires two-thirds approval to pass. The sweeping affordable housing bond measure would allow the county to borrow up to $950 million to create and preserve an estimated 5,000 affordable housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County voters voted handily in favor of \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/San_Mateo_County,_California,_Sales_Tax,_Measure_K_(November_2016)\">Measure K\u003c/a>, which extends a half-cent sales tax through 2043. \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/San_Mateo_County,_California,_Sales_Tax,_Measure_K_(November_2016)\">The measure has nearly 70 percent voter approval, as of Wednesday afternoon. \u003c/a>The Board of Supervisors placed K on the ballot to help fund affordable housing for families, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in San Francisco, voters approved \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/loans-finance-acquisition-and-rehabilitation-affordable-housing\">Proposition C\u003c/a>, a measure that would allow the city to repurpose $261 million in unused general obligation bond funding that voters originally approved in 1992 for seismic upgrades. Under Proposition C, bonds would be used to acquire and rehabilitate multi-unit properties and convert them to permanently affordable housing. The local measure got 76 percent approval, as of Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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