Staffers performing routine hourly rounds at the Front Street detention center found 68-year-old Donell Duckett in physical distress shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, according to the San Diego County ...

San Diego County supervisors approved moving forward with renovations to the downtown Central Jail on Tuesday, agreeing to spend $26.5 million to upgrade plumbing, electrical and mechanical ...

San Diego police have identified the 61-year-old man who died Saturday after an attacker bashed his head on the ground and strangled him in front of a Hillcrest gas station. Jerry Puerile was found ...

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department is facing a civil rights complaint for the death of a man in its jail last year. KPBS reporter Katie Hyson says the lawsuit claims a widespread and persistent ...

Deputies who were allegedly attacked by several inmates at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown ... about 12:15 p.m. at the jail on the 400 block of Bauchet Street, according to LASD officials.

Early last year, Brandon Yates was arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into San Diego’s Central Jail. He had been found asleep in someone’s backyard shed. Yates, who was 24 with a ...

His family has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit after he was killed by his cellmate at the San Diego Central Jail on Jan. 16, 2024. Attorney Julia Yoo After 24-year-old Brandon Yates was ...

The parents of a young man who died while in custody at San Diego’s Central Jail have filed a lawsuit against San Diego County and its sheriff, Kelly Martinez. Dan Yates and Andrea Carrier are ...

The family of a man who was allegedly tortured and murdered by his cellmate at the San Diego Central Jail spoke out Tuesday after filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the county, Sheriff Kelly ...

Two men who took part in a stabbing that seriously wounded a fellow inmate at downtown San Diego's federal jail were sentenced Monday to prison terms.