Guest Commentary: Because we lack proper mental health care services in our community, Santa Barbara County jails are often used as a last resort to house people with mental illness.
Guest Commentary: Because we lack proper mental health care services in our community, Santa Barbara County jails are often used as a last resort to house people with mental illness.
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The action came just a few weeks away from a hearing in which a federal judge is slated to decide whether the county is in contempt of court for failing to improve conditions at the jail complex downtown.
Coroners' records reviewed by LAist show a jump in suicides inside L.A. County’s downtown jail complex in 2021. Jail officials and county-appointed monitors alike say the state of mental health care in the jails is severely deficient.