San Diego County has been under intense scrutiny for years over its unusually high number of in-custody deaths.

Officials from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office say an inmate died on Saturday night. The person was identified as ...

An inmate died at the San Luis Obispo County Jail just before 9:00 p.m. during medication dispersal Saturday night, ...

Outgoing inmates afflicted with such disorders will be referred to residential care facilities and other services after their ...

The inmate had been in custody for three separate cases and was waiting on sentencing for the final case, the Sheriff’s ...

The San Diego Sheriff’s Office Saturday released the name of a 34-year-old man who died last week after apparently attempting ...

Current law allows inmates who are at least 50 years old and have served 20 years in prison to qualify for elderly parole.

As reported by The New York Times, the new policy lets Medicaid start paying for certain services up to 90 days before someone leaves jail or prison and continue afterward. The Times notes that Santa ...

DUBLIN — A 37-year-old Oakland woman died Friday at Santa Rita Jail, a day after she was found unresponsive in a holding cell ...

Republican Assemblymembers Tom Lackey and Josh Hoover have introduced a similar proposal, Assembly Bill 2570, which would raise the elderly parole eligibility age to 65.