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2. Background Responsibility for San Mateo County Correctional Facilities One responsibility, among many, of the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office is to oversee and manage correctional facilities and custody programs for adult male and female and juvenile criminal offenders countywide. The Corrections Division directs these operations for adults, with juveniles the responsibility of the Investigations Division, Youth Services Program. The Sheriffs Office currently operates four adult facilities, all of which are located in Redwood City:l Facility Maguire Correctional Facility Women's Correctional Center Men's Medium Security Transitional Facility Men's Weekender Facility TOTAL Table 1: Existing San Mateo County Correctional Facilities Location 300 Bradford Street 1580 Maple Street 1580 Maple Street Capacity 688 beds 84 beds 46 beds 1580 Maple Street 16 beds 834 beds In addition, the Sheriffs Office has closed several County correctional facilities in the past 15 years (380 equivalent jail beds) because of the age of those facilities, including the Honor Camp in La Honda and the North County Correctional Facility. A medium-security facility in La Honda, which has not been used to house inmates for many years, has recently been modernized and has a capacity of up to 116 inmates, but no inmates are currently there. 2 Identified Need for a Replacement Jail In 2006, the Sheriffs Office initiated a study to address severe overcrowding and lack of support space at the Women's Correctional Facility in Redwood City, with the intent of developing a program and master plan to remedy these conditions. In the course of the study of the female population, however, the Sheriff and an appointed Jail Overcrowding Task Force identified a potential increase in the male population in the future and continuing impacts on the Maguire Correctional Facility. Thus, the study was expanded in 2007 to include the male population.3 Based on those studies, the Sheriffs Office, working with consultants, produced a Detention Facilities Needs Assessment and Master Plan dated February 25, 2008. As reported in the master plan, seven sites (not the seven sites addressed in this report) were reviewed and evaluated for suitability for the new detention facilities; the master plan recommended redevelopment of the County's existing Maple Street site in 1 County of San Mateo. Detention Facilities Needs Assessment and Master Plan. February 25, 2008. p. 1. 2 San Mateo County Sheriffs Office, Jail Planning Unit. Comment Card Questions and Answers from Community Outreach Meetings July 21 & 22, 2009. http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/porta I/site/sheriffs/men u item .cec6c78cb 70d4c43 7 4452b31d 17332aO/?vgnextoid=9501e68a b32f2 210VgnVCM 100000193 7230a RCRD&vgnextcha n ne 1= 7501e68a b32f2210VgnVCM 100000193 7230a& vgnextfmt=DivisionsLa ndi ng. (Accessed August 19, 2009). 3 See note 1 above. Site I nformation for Alternative Locations for the Proposed Replacement Jail September 2, 2009 3