SF parentsfromPadailypost1 month agoDeaths in county jail reach highest point in yearsTen men died in Santa Clara County jails last year, marking the highest number of deaths in custody in two decades.
US newsfromwww.nytimes.com1 month ago$3.5 Million Settlement in Sacramento Jail DeathNeglect in Sacramento County jail led to David Kent Barefield Sr.'s overdose death and a subsequent $3.5 million settlement.
fromPadailypost4 months agoMiscellaneousFamily of man who died in jail sues countyThe lawsuit claims indifference by jail staff to mental health red flags contributed to Hunter Bergner's suicide.
fromwww.nytimes.com8 months agoNew York CityBrooklyn Jail Is Too Inhumane' for 75-Year-Old Tax Scammer, Judge SaysA federal judge on Long Island would vacate a 75-year-old man's sentence due to inhumane conditions at a troubled jail in Brooklyn.