Mays v. County of Sacramento

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‘He’s Just Old and Homeless’: California Jail Death Leads to Accusations of Neglect - The New York Times, 2/7/2025

California debates solitary confinement in local jails — and whether it’s really possible to end it - LA Times, 8/31/2023 (pdf)

Six Sacramento jail inmates have died this year. They won’t be independently investigated. - SacBee, 8/29/2023

A Sacramento jail inmate died in May. The Sheriff’s Office never told the public. - SacBee, 8/29/2023

As cold weather sweeps Sacramento, inmates complain about ‘frigid conditions’ in jail - The Sacramento Bee, 2/27/2023

Sacramento sheriff reverses stance, agrees to provide warm clothing to jail inmates - The Sacramento Bee, 3/1/2023

Sacramento County inmates will receive winter-appropriate clothing - KCRA, 3/2/2023

Epic All-Day Meeting as Sacramento County Debates Expanding Its Jail - Davis Vanguard 12/08/2022

Sacramento jail failing in health care for inmates, with report citing ‘filthy’ areas - The Sacramento Bee 10/26/2022

Latest Jail Outbreak Prompts Emergency Releases - The Observer 1/25/2022

Sacramento County must stop torturing mentally ill jail inmates with solitary confinement - The Sacramento Bee 4/29/2021

Sacramento County to vaccinate inmates ahead of schedule - FOX40 2/24/2021

‘No way of stopping it.’ How COVID-19 invaded Sacramento jail, triggering major outbreak - The Sacramento Bee 2/11/2021

COVID at ‘crisis levels’ in Sacramento jails. Lawyers want more inmates vaccinated - The Sacramento Bee 1/30/2021

Sacramento supervisors delay vote on expanding troubled Main Jail downtown - The Sacramento Bee 1/27/2021

Sacramento County Jails Stipulate to Requiring Masks for Guards - The Davis Vangaurd 6/25/2020

Sheriff Scott Jones refuses to require deputies working in his jails to wear masks - The Appeal 6/10/2020

California jail population plummets during pandemic. Could this lead to long-term change? - Sacramento Bee 5/27/2020

California jails use kinder approach to solitary confinement - Los Angeles Times 12/26/2019

Behind bars but free from copays - Sacramento News & Review 10/24/2019

County failures, not state reforms, are killing people in California jails - The Appeal 7/16/2019

Inmate advocates, Sacramento County settle lawsuit over ‘inhumane’ jail conditions - The Sacramento Bee - 6/21/2019

California’s jails are so bad some inmates beg to go to prison instead - The Los Angeles Times 5/23/2019

$89M expansion set for Sacramento County jail. Here's why the need is called 'critical' - The Sacramento Bee 4/26/2019

Who Begs To Go To Prison? California Jail Inmates - The Marshall Project 4/23/2019

Here is what lawsuit claims is inhumane at Sacramento jail - The Sacramento Bee 2/14/2019

‘Punished for trying to kill myself’: Lawyers ask to halt solitary at Sacramento jail - The Sacramento Bee 2/14/2019

Sacramento County Jail Lawsuit Ruled ‘Class Action’ by Federal Court - The Davis Vanguard 1/04/2019

Federal Judge Soon to Rule on Final Class Action Status of Sacramento County Jails Lawsuit - The Davis Vanguard 12/26/2018

Suicide cells - Sacramento News & Review 10/4/2018

‘What happened to our brother?’ - Sacramento News & Review 8/30/2018

Sac Jails Slapped with Class Action Suit Charging Prisoners Subjected to ‘Inhumane and Degrading Conditions’ - The Davis Vanguard 8/1/2018

Inmate advocates sue Sacramento County over ‘dangerous, inhumane’ conditions inside jails - The Sacramento Bee 7/31/2018