Sunday morning, the #SanDiego Union-Tribune front page featured this article about Sheriff Martinez’ recent jail improvements -
Sunday night, Sheriff Martinez announced the 10th in-custody death this year (his name has not been released) -
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/16/man-found-dead-in-san-diego-central-jail/
It’s a macabre tradition at this point - she claims progress and yet another dead body proves nothing has changed
He was 44 and in jail because of shoplifting
Probably going to post this a couple of times between now and Dec 8 because I contributed some info to the LVW report -
What’s Happening in Our #SanDiego County Jails?
San Diegans for Justice invites you to an eye-opening presentation on conditions in our county jails featuring Jeanne Brown of the League of Women Voters SD, who will walk us through years of reports and investigations from the UT's 2019 "Dying Behind Bars" series to the present day
https://mailchi.mp/sandiegansforjustice/whats-happening-in-our-county-jails
NEWSOM SIGNED AB 847!!!
Citizen oversight commissions in #California - including the #SanDiego CLERB - will now have access to confidential police personnel records when investigating misconduct and jail deaths
Hot damn, this is such good news!!!
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-07/newsom-law-enforcement-personnel-records-bill
Two more people died inside the Harris County Jail last week, bringing the total of in-custody deaths this year to 15, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
#LawEnforcement #News #HarrisCountyJail #HarrisCountyJailDeaths #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #JailDeaths
The sheriff's office said that 34-year-old Pebbles Girardi suffered a sudden medical emergency inside of her cell at the Harris County Jail last Friday, only two days after she was booked into the jail. She was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital and pronounced dead.
Today, the Board of Supervisors strengthened the #SanDiego County Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board, giving CLERB the ability to investigate medical and mental health providers when someone dies in the Sheriff's custody
It was an historic vote - we're the first citizen oversight board in the nation to have this power - and it's going to go a long way towards making our jails safer
Sheriff Martinez rarely speaks to the #SanDiego press. The report mentioned in this article — and the outcry over the video from an in-custody death that deputies deleted — must be really bad
That Martinez is blaming the victims instead of addressing the need for change by her department seems par for the course tho. She says people aren’t asking for help, but the article itself says Callen Lines was very vocal and calling out in her last hours!
More than a month after a Houston man died during an altercation with detention officers inside of the Harris County Jail, questions about his initial arrest and the struggle that preceded his death continue to linger.
#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #AlexisCardenas #HarrisCountyJail #HarrisCountyJailDeath #HoustonLawEnforcement #HoustonPoliceDepartment #JailDeaths
Alexis Cardenas, 32, died after he was restrained by several detention officers when he allegedly refused to exit the jail in the early morning hours of July 8. His family says he was experiencing a mental health crisis two days earlier when he was arrested over a decade-old traffic citation.
Last night’s #SanDiego Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board had a HUGE number of public speakers - you’d think this would be a good thing, but most were family members of people who died in our jails
Turns out, the more people dying in-custody from abuse and neglect, the more loved ones showing up demanding something finally be done to hold the SD #Sheriff accountable
Want to be part of the solution? DM me for more info about how you can join community orgs doing this work
Several family members of people who have died in the Harris County Jail grilled Sheriff Ed Gonzalez after a state jail commission meeting Thursday in Austin.
#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #HarrisCountyJail #HarrisCountyJailDeaths #HarrisCountySheriffEdGonzalez #InCustodyDeaths #JailDeaths #TexasCommissionOnJailStandards
At least 12 people have died in the Harris County Jail this year, including Alexis Cardenas, a 32-year-old man who recently died during a struggle with officers who were escorting him to the exit door. His sister was among those to question Gonzalez after Thursday's meeting in Austin.
A grand jury this week returned an indictment of criminally negligent homicide against a former Galveston County Jail officer in connection with an inmate's death last year.
#Crime #CriminalJustice #Galveston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #GalvestonCountyJail #GalvestonCountyJailInmates #GalvestonJail #Indictment #JailDeaths
In a report filed with the Texas attorney general, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office said deputies used force against Saul Vargas. Just before 5 p.m. on Sept. 10, 2024, Vargas allegedly pushed his way past two deputies who opened his cell door to move a mattress inside.
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