Request comes after new report details high mortality rate and seventh in-custody death this year
One day after the seventh inmate death this year was reported in San Diego County jails, community advocates urged the civilian board that oversees the Sheriff’s Department to do more to protect the men and women in custody.
Miller and a host of other speakers were responding to the latest death in local jails and a new study that showed San Diego has the highest jail-mortality rate among California’s 12 largest counties. Researchers from the firm Analytica Consulting said San Diego County has seen a high number of “excess deaths” over the 10-year study period compared to other counties.
“San Diego County is the only county with a statistically significant number of excess deaths,” the report said. “Most other counties have generally fewer total deaths than what is projected by their county mortality rates.” The mortality findings mirrored the results of a state audit released in February, when the California State Auditor said conditions in San Diego County jails were so dangerous for inmates that new legislation was needed to fix the problems.
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