As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of deaths in custody, the San Diego Sheriff’s Office will soon begin ...

Jane Dorotik, who spent nearly two decades in prison after being convicted of killing her husband in 2000 near their Valley ...

A year after the county medical examiner ruled Keith Bach’s death in the San Diego Central Jail a homicide due to neglect, ...

William Hayden Schuck’s family is ‘optimistic’ about the sheriff’s commitment to preventing future deaths in custody.

San Diego County has agreed to pay $16 million to the family of a 22-year-old man who died in jail custody in 2022.

In declarations, more than a dozen people housed in San Diego County jails describe inhumane conditions and say they are alone in isolation cells for at least 23 hours a day.

During a Wednesday news conference announcing the settlement, the attorneys also said the deletion of the video footage likely played a role in the county settling the case. Attorneys argued in court ...

The county sheriff’s office reports that the number of people in its jails has swelled since the state initiative seeking to ...

Since 2018, records show settlements stemming from in-custody deaths have resulted in payouts worth more than $50 million.

Implementing Proposition 36 is costing county government tens of millions of dollars at a time of major budget uncertainty.

SAN DIEGO — A jury has awarded nearly $17 million to a San Diego resident who alleged in a lawsuit that while working as a ...