Via @kellylynndavis.bsky.social: "The county of San Diego is suing two of its jail health care providers, alleging that failures by their employees led to the brutal killing of 24-year-old Brandon Yates inside a cell at the San Diego Central Jail."

San Diego County may become first in the U.S. to give civilian board oversight of jail healthcare providers
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/07/s...

In San Diego’s largest jail, people in the most restrictive ad-seg unit get two options for out-of-cell time: a cage or… a cage. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/29/i...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating alleged civil rights violations in San Diego juvenile halls www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/13/b...

The state law that restricts access to juvenile criminal records is keeping San Diego’s law enforcement review board from doing its job. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/14/t...

I haven’t read the story yet, but there have definitely been ppl who’ve died in SD jails who — because of mental illness — had refused food and water and no one intervened.

Any patterns? San Diego has had only two deaths — quite a turnaround.

$44M to fight San Diego homelessness in limbo as Trump targets undocumented immigrants www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/31/4...

HIV prevention. Violence against pregnant women. Autism in children.

Trump's funding cuts are halting research into these issues & more in San Diego.

Kristen Taketa spoke with local scientists about their work & the cuts' impacts. Here're their stories.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/30/s...

The two strangers were 18 years & two times zones apart. But a persistent case of mistaken identity by police cost one man his job & landed the other in jail for 7 weeks. This from @kellylynndavis.bsky.social is a Kafkaesque nightmare, & a hell of a read. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/30/a...