The lawsuit comes after 18 inmates died in Riverside County jails in 2022, the most in one year since 12 inmates died in the county jail system back in 2005.
According to the lawsuit, the defendants "deliberately failed to take even modest actions to prevent in custody deaths at the Riverside County correctional facilities."
The lawsuit alleges several federal charges against the county, including failure to protect from harm, failure to provide medical care, supervisory liability causing constitutional violations and negligence. "What do you expect when you go to jail? Well, the expectations when going to jail shouldn't be that you die," Matus said.
"We did nothing wrong," Bianco said at the time. "He chose to do drugs while he was in custody and we were not able to revive him when he overdosed."
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