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There may be one county jail in your area but multiple police lockups. Contact the local sheriff and police departments to determine how many facilities hold new detainees, even if it's only for 24 to 72 hours. If a local jail doesn't send out press releases about deaths — many don't — file public records requests to obtain unreported ...
Not all jails responded, and we almost certainly missed deaths at smaller jails and police holding facilities. We are continuing to research and will update this page with deaths as we uncover them. If you know of someone who died while in jail or police custody between July 13, 2015, and July 13, 2016, you can contact us using this form.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that 17,358 individuals in custody died during the period from 2007 to 2010. [15] Other publications focus on the rate per 100,000. US jails report deaths that total a mortality rate of 128, and prisons at 264 per 100,000. [16]
John Flores was booked Thursday morning in the Merced County Jail on charges of homicide in the Sept. 9 shooting. Merced police have arrested 27-year-old John Flores in connection to the fatal ...
In 2000, Congress passed the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (H.R. 1800; Public Law 106-297) which created a program requiring states to report on the deaths and circumstances of those deaths of any prisoners in their custody. [2] The Bureau of Justice Statistics continued to collect this information even after the law expired in 2006.
Marin County Jail [43] Marin: 349 265 Mariposa County Adult Detention Facility [44] Mariposa: 58 43 Voted best County Jail in California. Mendocino Adult Detention Facility [45] Mendocino County: 295 284 John Latorraca Correctional Center [46] Merced: 564 416 Merced County Jail [47] Merced: 189 176 Modoc County Jail [48] Modoc: 43 39 Mono ...
An El Dorado County Jail inmate died after not receiving vital HIV medication for weeks, a new lawsuit claims. ... taken into custody in February," the nurse wrote in medical records reviewed by ...
Police are investigating the death of a man who died after being found unresponsive inside the jail on Aug 21. Man dies in custody at Marion County Jail, law enforcement investigating Skip to main ...