Sacramento County has been under a legal agreement to improve conditions at its jails since 20. But progress has been slow and a proposal for a possible $1 billion annex has been questioned by lawyers and advocates. Here’s how it got to this point.
Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - A class action lawsuit brought against Sacramento County in 2018 called out inhumane conditions, lack of adequate staffing and issues surrounding medical care and mental health services for incarcerated individuals, leading to the Mays Consent Decree, which requires the county to improve conditions at local jail facilities.