A new filing in the lawsuit over the murder of 24-year-old Brandon Yates alleges jail staff ignored clear warning signs that ...

San Diego County last month agreed to pay $16 million to the family of Hayden Schuck after his 2022 death in sheriff’s custody, the single largest payout yet in a succession of lawsuits filed over ...

San Diego County leaders are planning a major rebuild of the out-of-date Vista Detention Facility to the tune of nearly $1 billion ...

San Diego County will pay $73,250 in attorney fees to lawyers representing the family of William Hayden Schuck, on top of a record $16 million settlement that resolved a federal civil-rights lawsuit ...

Sheriff Kelly Martinez is asking San Diego County leaders for up to $1 billion to overhaul the county’s aging jail system — a request that comes as the county faces a class-action lawsuit alleging ...

A federal judge in San Diego has denied a request from attorneys in a class-action lawsuit to bar the Sheriff’s Office from housing people with serious mental illness in administrative separation, a ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An inmate at the San Diego Central Jail was found dead on Sunday morning, according to officials. The 44-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at about 7 a.m. on ...

The San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Karim Talib died of hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease complicated by an acute kidney infection. Get Downtown News in your inbox – ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — A 44-year-old inmate at the San Diego Central Jail downtown died in custody Sunday morning, according to authorities. The unidentified man was discovered unresponsive in his cell at ...