The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and Corrections Health briefed the Board of Commissioners on recent steps taken to prevent in-jail deaths on April 23, after seven inmates died in Multnomah County jails between May and October of 2023.
The doctor and a nurse, who was found not guilty last week, are defendants in a federal lawsuit filed by Serna's family that names San Diego County, former.
Since December, state officials have been reducing the Harris County Jail's approved capacity by 144 beds each month in response to inconsistent staffing levels.
Advocates and family members of people who have experienced mental illness met Thursday at a Texas Commission on Jail Standards hearing to speak publicly and raise awareness of jail deaths and a backlog in the state hospital system that has left thousands of mentally ill people waiting for treatment for months, or years, in jail.
In addition to allegations that Vianna Granillo was not properly cared for while in custody, the lawsuit alleges she never should have been arrested in the.
Authorities said a man who was being held at the problem-plagued Fulton County Jail in Atlanta has died at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell.
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