Deaths in Our County Jails Reveal Serious Failures & Incompetence
By Gail Osherenko   |   August 15, 2023

This summer, the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury investigating four deaths in our jails concluded that the death of JT was not “accidental” as determined by the sheriff-coroner, but needed to be investigated by the California Attorney General as a homicide. The jury concluded: “JT died in a jail cell while suffering from a mental […]