Watching the sheriff
Editor’s note: Sacramento County supervisors consider a new community commission to oversee Sheriff’s Office The struggle to get more oversight of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s…
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No reason to expand human cages
Essay: Instead of adding a mental health facility to Main Jail, Sacramento County should expand community treatment By Tifanei Ressl-Moyer Inside the building, it smells…
Welcome to COVID jail
Infections are soaring inside Sacramento’s jails—just as advocates predicted A COVID-19 outbreak is sweeping through Sacramento County’s jail system, just as attorneys and advocates for…
More people are trying to kill themselves inside Sacramento jail
Already stark conditions have worsened under COVID-19 At least 18 people tried to kill themselves in the downtown Sacramento jail this year—breaking last year’s record…
The dungeon master
Sacramento’s sheriff logged the most jail deaths the same year he stopped telling the media about them Sacramento’s jail system is supposed to be a…
The shield: Sacramento’s sheriff finds new ways to sidestep California’s flawed transparency laws
SN&R requested records regarding eight inmate deaths and a former deputy who beat people with his flashlight Despite a local judge ruling against him this…