'They are saying the guards force them to clean up the waste and they have no protective equipment,' the complaint says. The Sheriff's Department and civilian oversight board say they have opened separate investigations.
Numerous men locked inside the George Bailey Detention Facility have become sickened after being forced to clean up human waste that regularly overflows from the jail s aging plumbing, a new
Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - A class action lawsuit brought against Sacramento County in 2018 called out inhumane conditions, lack of adequate staffing and issues surrounding medical care and mental health services for incarcerated individuals, leading to the Mays Consent Decree, which requires the county to improve conditions at local jail facilities.
By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Courtesy of istockphoto In the wake of several in-custody overdoses, a medical assistant at the Sacramento
Questions are mounting after drugs and dangerous contraband wound up behind bars at the Sacramento County Main Jail. Investigators believe Zaronna Harris, a medical assistant assigned to the jail, abused her position to smuggle the items inside.