The high rates of deaths in San Diego County jails have been raising concerns for the past few years, so much so, lawmakers are now cracking down.
"I said, 'What medication are you giving him?' I said, 'These are the medications he needs to control his bipolar.' He said, ‘Well we’re not giving him that,’ and he said, ‘We’ll call you back,’ and they never called me back," Mills recounted.
"If the sheriff's department is not doing its job in the county, someone else needs to step in and take over," Miller said. "We have to do better so that people are not languishing or dying in jails, and this legislation is one solution that can help us achieve that goal.”
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