The department's decision comes as the county prepares to settle a lawsuit by a transgender woman who was badly beaten after being placed in a cell with three men.
The department's decision comes as county prepares to settle a lawsuit by a transgender woman who was badly beaten after being placed in a cell with three men.
Last year, the agency's civilian oversight board sought stricter rules to combat overdoses among incarcerated people advising that everyone be screened for drugs whenever they entered a county jail.
The agency has yet to rule on 16 reforms suggested so far this year, plus another one from late last year, a review by The San Diego Union-Tribune has found.