State inspectors found that overcrowding is a major issue at the San Diego County facility caused by a marked increase in ...

Researchers wanted to study several issues related to jail deaths, but couldn't due to lack of data from the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.

A new report is shedding light on the county's unusually high number of in-custody jail deaths and identifying where and when ...

A new report delves into 179 jail deaths over the course of a dozen years, but zeroes in on one facility– Central Jail.

(CN) — A federal judge in San Diego will allow claims against San Diego County and some of its employees in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a man who was wrongly arrested and beaten ...

Authorities revealed more details about what led to the arrest of the TikTok star and singer known as D4vd in the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical ...

Last year, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office transferred almost three times more inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody than in 2024, according to an annual transfer ...

Under California’s sanctuary laws, county sheriffs can transfer inmates to ICE custody – as long as they’ve been convicted of certain crimes or ICE has a federal warrant. The San Diego County ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Deputies are investigating after a 45-year-old man who was in Sheriff’s custody died at a local hospital on Sunday. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office (SDSO) said ...

An inmate at the San Diego Central Jail downtown who fainted while in custody died at a hospital Sunday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a day room at the ...