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The department's decision comes as the county prepares to settle a lawsuit by a transgender woman who was badly beaten after being placed in a cell with three men.
The department's decision comes as county prepares to settle a lawsuit by a transgender woman who was badly beaten after being placed in a cell with three men.
Plaintiff says he spent nearly a week in solitary confinement after he complained about the circumstances of his arrest and then about being denied a video visit.
The agency has yet to rule on 16 reforms suggested so far this year, plus another one from late last year, a review by The San Diego Union-Tribune has found.
The bill, authored by Assemblymember Akilah Weber, followed a scathing state audit on the county's jails