santa barbara county jail

Death comes more than two weeks after he is taken to a hospital.

New report looked at six deaths in county jails since 2022. Report says jails need more staffing, better review of health of inmates during intakes.

Report claims staff shortages may mean delayed care. It also says there is a lack of 24/7 mental health care staffing.

Report says while they aren't suggesting there is a problem, doing investigations internally creates a potential perceived conflict of interest.

Man facing mandatory 20 year federal prison sentence, but it could potentially be longer.

Man died several hours after being found unresponsive in main county jail.

Jail officials say inmates never made it outside of the Main Jail facility.

Autopsy pending on man who died at Northern Branch Jail

An autopsy is pending, but a drug overdose is suspected

County Supervisors approve plan to downsize outdated Main Jail, and expand new Santa Maria facility, but Sheriff says it isn't enough capacity.