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With a record number of deaths in jails and tens of millions in lawsuit payouts, advocates are calling for oversight of the Riverside County sheriff.
At the time of Thomas’ death, he was the 10th inmate to die in Sacramento County’s jails in the previous 12 months, and his death sparked a civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of his family.
Tanton is among a handful of people who filed a lawsuit against the the St. Clair County sheriff, the companies behind the telecommunications system at the lockup and the jail, which allowed ...
In 2011, the Richardson family settled the civil lawsuit with L.A. County privately for $900,000. In January 2017, the California Attorney General's office concluded an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Richardson's release from jail and decided not to bring charges against anyone involved in her release. [2]
In November 2012, Lucero's family was awarded a $4.5 million judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit against the deputies, the sheriff's office, and Kern County. [ 11 ] On May 9, 2013, it was reported that Bakersfield resident David Sal Silva died after resisting arrest.
Coleman v. Brown [2] [3] (Previously Coleman v. Wilson) (), is a federal class action civil rights lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging unconstitutional mental health care by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
The state with the second largest prison population in the country, Texas, spent less than $4,000 per inmate per year. [22] Another trend that has emerged involves California prisoners initiating lawsuits against individual doctors, alleging substandard medical care received while incarcerated. [23] [24] [25] Prison Locations
Two years later, Walker, 33, has filed a lawsuit against Travis County, the city of Austin, individual jail employees, Austin Police Department officers and Travis County sheriff’s deputies.