The report, prepared by an expert hired by the plaintiffs, is the first of 12 that attorneys suing over jail conditions plan to make public.
Entrance to the sheriff’s intake at San Diego Central Jail in downtown San Diego. San Diego County Sheriff’s Office policy requires weekly sanitation and hygiene inspections at its jails, but a report by an environmental health specialist, hired by attorneys suing over jail conditions, questions whether that policy is being followed.
Observations in Graham’s report echo sworn declarations that were submitted by incarcerated people and included in the lawsuit, which was initially filed in February 2022 and Gay Grunfeld, one of the lead attorneys who filed the case, said they wanted the reports released because transparency will spur reform.
Multiple people who have been incarcerated in San Diego jails provided sworn declarations in support of the lawsuit. Graham also noted the widespread use of triple cells, in which three people are assigned to a cell designed to hold two — a practice that Not all of Graham’s report is critical. Though most toilets at the Central Jail were filthy, “some individual clean toilets were observed in Module 6E, Cell E01 and Module 8C.”
“There are issues that can be corrected with additional training, but based upon my observations and discussions with staff, the existing policies and practices provide a solid foundation,” she wrote. King said that new protocols, adopted since Sheriff Kelly Martinez took office two years ago, include enhanced medical screenings to identify health and hygiene-related concerns and routine wellness checks by deputies and mental health clinicians.
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