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During the worst of his 10-day stay in San Diego’s Central Jail, Richard Lantz was sure he would die.
The Spring Valley resident was arrested for the first time in his life Halloween night after a tussle with a neighbor in his condominium complex.
By then the novel coronavirus was already sweeping through San Diego County jails.
Lantz, 51, has underlying health conditions, including diabetes. He said in an interview this week that jail quarantine protocols the sheriff’s department has implemented to protect inmates from COVID-19 turned out to be less rigorous in practice than they are on paper.