The San Diego County jails have the highest death rate of any large county in California. Well over 200 people have died in Sheriff department custody since 2006. Filed in federal court in the Southern District of California, this lawsuit challenges the County of San Diego, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, San Diego County Probation Department, and medical and mental health contractors for the San Diego County jails, for their collective failure to provide adequate medical and mental health care and living conditions for people incarcerated in county jails, as well as violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the disproportionate overincarceration of people with disabilities and people of color.
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