Dying Behind Bars News Today

The family of Matthew Settles says he had a long and well-known history of mental illness, but jail staff failed to prevent his suicide

Julia Russell looks at initiatives that aim to improve palliative and end-of-life care behind bars.

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The bill, authored by Assemblymember Akilah Weber, followed a scathing state audit on the county's jails

Assemblywoman Dr. Akilah Weber introduced the proposed reforms soon after a scathing audit found San Diego jails were the state's deadliest

Court records show he had schizophrenia and had been found incompetent on at least two occasions

In wake of state audit, San Diegans are left waiting for legislative intervention and for the Sheriff's Dept. to embrace change

The sheriff's department could be in for an eventful stretch, with Gore's departure, the race to replace him, and divisions about COVID persevere

The department's well-documented problems with racial disparities in policing, jail deaths and notable recent misconduct cases leave future sheriff with heavy lift in rebuilding community trust

The review board charged with investigating complaints against the San Diego Sheriff’s Department plans to create a special committee to examine claims that department officials made about a San Diego Union-Tribune investigation into deaths in county jails. The committee idea was proposed last week at a meeting of the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board — or CLERB — after a reporter challenged the veracity of a presentation by a Sheriff’s Department official at the board’s Decemb...