The record pace of deaths in San Diego County jails so far this year has driven Nathan Fletcher to help push the Sheriff’s Department toward reform
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“Trends in the increase of drug overdoses in the general population are mirrored within the jails,” the board chairman wrote in a letter to supervisors that will be considered Tuesday. “In 2022, there have been 15 deaths in the jails, and drug overdose has been a significant driver of these deaths.” Fletcher is not asking the board to allocate additional money to the Sheriff’s Department, which controls a budget of almost $1.1 billion.
“If they need supplemental funds, we’ll give them supplemental funds,” the board chair said. “This action was developed in collaboration with the Sheriff’s Department. It was ‘What else do you need?’The Sheriff’s Department said it already has implemented several changes to practices in its jails and routinely reaches out to the Board of Supervisors and others to continue to improve.
San Diego County has the highest jail-mortality rate among California’s largest 12 counties, according to a host of independent studies completed in recent years.showing 185 men and women died while they were incarcerated in San Diego County jails between 2006 and 2020.
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