Opinion: Latest appalling death in San Diego County jails shows accuracy of harsh state audit [Opinion]
released that same day. The probe into the “high rate” of 185 inmate deaths in county jails run by the Sheriff’s Department from 2006 to 2020 showed many were preventable. “In light of the ongoing risk to inmate safety, the Sheriff’s Department’s inadequate response to deaths, and the lack of effective independent oversight,” the acting state auditor wrote, “we believe that the Legislature must take action to ensure that the Sheriff’s Department implements meaningful changes.
The audit concluded that inmate health and safety was not enough of a jail priority. But it also specified that after sick, distressed inmates were admitted, deputies did not make a consistent effort to closely monitor their well-being. Instead, auditors who reviewed 30 video recordings of in-custody deaths found“in which staff spent no more than one second glancing into the individuals’ cells, sometimes without breaking stride, as they walked through the housing module.
After Gore resigned, Kelly Martinez — who is a candidate for San Diego County sheriff in the June 7 election and who was acting sheriff until an interim was sworn in Tuesday —to heed the audit’s recommendations, including “the need to better identify medical and mental health needs at intake, the need for consistent follow-up care [and] safety checks that require proof of life.
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