To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program (SWAP)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute contracts with the following agencies for County's placement of participants in the Sheriff's Work Alternative Program (SWAP), for the term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029: City of Antioch, City of Brentwood, City of Concord, Town of Danville, Ephesians Community Development Center, City of Pittsburg, and Martinez Marina.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Since the early 1980s, work alternative or work-for-credit programs have been utilized in county jails to provide work experience, inmate rehabilitation and community restitution for the societal costs of criminal activity. Specifically, Penal Code section 4024.2 provides for a work release program, which our County has operated since 1983. Inmates accepted into the program provide public service labor at no cost to the County while relieving housing costs associated with incarceration. Assigned inmates report to work sites, perform tasks that might not otherwise be funded and satisfy court judgments.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The consequence of a negative action on this request would reduce the number of approved work sites by approximately 75 percent.