Sacramento County has put on hold plans to expand its main jail due to a third-party review of the nearly $1 billion project, which is being questioned due to its potential impact on the fiscal health of the county and its ability to invest in preventative systems of care.
Sacramento County has been under a legal agreement to improve conditions at its jails since 20. But progress has been slow and a proposal for a possible $1 billion annex has been questioned by lawyers and advocates. Here’s how it got to this point.
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.