SF News COVID Outbreak at SF County Jail, More Than 40 Prisoners Infected Another COVID-19 outbreak in the correctional system, as SF County Jail is seeing a spike with 42 prisoners currently infected, though the highest numbers of infections are being reported at the County Jail No. 3 facility which is in San Bruno.
SF News SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto Speaks Out on Recent Jail Lockdowns, Staffing Shortages After the recent SF County Jail lockdowns and complaints of severe staffing shortages, SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto opens up about his office’s challenges, while the deputies’ union is demanding he calls in the National Guard.
SF News Two SF County Jails on Lockdown Amidst Reported Rash of Attacks on Deputies After seven staff members were reportedly attacked by inmates at SF County Jail in just a two-week span, two of the jail’s facilities have been placed on lockdown, with the incarcerated restricted to their cells and visits canceled for the time being.
SF News SF’s Ankle Monitor System Not Working, As People Still Commit Crimes, or Just Tear Them Right Off GPS ankle monitors seem like a humane alternative to jail. But they may be too humane, as suspects are still committing crimes in San Francisco while wearing them, or simply cutting them off and throwing them in the trash.
SF News Someone Posed as an ICE Agent and Tried to Visit Paul Pelosi Attacker In County Jail Three days after David DePape's arrest, someone apparently posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to get in to see him in SF County Jail, wielding little more than a bogus business card.
SF News Dilapidated County Jail Building to Close September 5, Months Ahead of Schedule The raw sewage, COVID-19 hotbed known as San Francisco County Jail No. 4 will close permanently on Labor Day weekend, ending an injustice at the Hall of Justice.
SF News An Inmate at SF County Jail Has Tested Positive For COVID-19 San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju is calling on the Sheriff's Department to release "as many individuals from the jail as possible" after an inmate at SF County Jail has turned up COVID-positive.
SF News Man Held In SF Jail For Over Five Years Found Dead In Cell The subject of a North Beach chase during which police gunfire struck and injured two bystanders was found dead at the San Francisco County Jail this weekend, just weeks before his trial in
SF News SF Sheriff's Deputy Who Allegedly Provided Weapon to Convict Released On Bail We've got more details today in the case of Deputy April Myres, a 20-year veteran of the SF Sheriff's Department who was arrested, at work, by federal agents last week over an allegedly
SF News SF Sheriff's Deputy Arrested By FBI On Insurance Fraud Charges Stemming From Faked Burglary A 20-year veteran of the SF Sheriff's Department was arrested by federal agents Thursday over charges that she helped stage a burglary in her home and defrauded an insurance company. As ABC 7
SF News Kamala Harris Reverses Position For Second Time, Will Not Support Challenge To San Francisco's Cash-Bail System Marking the second reversal on the matter in under a week, outgoing California Attorney General (and Senator-elect) Kamala Harris said yesterday that she will not, in fact, support a challenge to San Francisco's
SF News Algorithm Could Set New Standard For SF Bail System To reform a bail system that critics say disproportionately punishes poor people, District Attorney George Gascón is touting a new approach: An algorithm that recommends how to set bail by factoring in a
SF News Family Of Suicidal Man Who Died In SF County Jail Now Suing Last July, 50-year-old Alberto Petrolino was arrested near the Golden Gate Bridge while possibly contemplating committing suicide, and several days later he was found dead in his cell in SF County Jail. He
SF News San Francisco Jail Lacking Many 'Basic Security Functions' San Francisco County jails have a problem, and it's one that goes beyond the much talked about seismically unsafe Jail No. 4 that's in need of replacement. It appears that since 2014, the
Arts & Entertainment Someone Recorded a Live Album At SF County Jail SF County Jail No. 2 Pod E serves as the music venue for a new live album by jazz and soul artist Naima Shalhoub, and it's titled Live in San Francisco County Jail.
SF News [UPDATE] Supervisors Set To Tank New Jail Project With Vote Today It looks like we might not be getting that bright and shiny new jail after all. With a crucial Board of Supervisors vote on the project set for today, six Supervisors have officially
SF News Recent SF Startup Staffer Busted For Child Porn Possession, Distribution A San Francisco man was arrested and held without bail Tuesday, after a police raid of his residence uncovered hundreds of images depicting child pornography. According to the Ex officers from the San
SF News San Francisco's Bail System Is Unconstitutional, Says Class-Action Suit A federal class-action lawsuit claims that San Francisco's bail system is unconstitutional, and it's a charge top cop Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi agrees with. Equal Justice Under Law, a non-profit civil rights organization, has
SF News Inmate Found Dead Tuesday Is SF County Jail's Third Fatality Of 2015 A inmate of San Francisco's County Jail was found dead Tuesday night, in what the Sheriff's Department is describing as an "apparent suicide." 50-year-old Alberto Carlos Petrolino was being held in County Jail
SF News Does San Francisco Need A New Jail? The Board of Supervisors will vote today on whether to go after $80 million in state funding for the construction of a new county jail facility to replace the seismically unsound one we
SF News NSFW: Watch 'One Of The Most Dangerous Inmates' In SF Jail Take On Crowd Of Deputies San Francisco County Jail inmate Scanvinski Hymes has appeared on TV shows like MCNBC's Lockup: San Quentin-Extended Stay, which reported that during his stay in San Quentin he "racked up the highest number
SF News Public Defender: SF Jail Inmates Are Made To Fight While Sheriff's Deputies Bet On Them At a news conference today, Public Defender Jeff Adachi alleged that San Francisco sheriff's deputies have been forcing county jail inmates to fight one another while the deputies gamble on the outcomes of
SF News Prisoner Clad Only In Underwear Escapes From Hall Of Justice Jail Have you seen Alexander Santiago-Gonzales, the guy in the photo above? If so, give 911 a call immediately. According to the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, he's a suspect in a narcotics and weapons
SF News Young Tech Worker Who Called 911 On Behalf Of Injured Cyclist Arrested, Roughed Up, Jailed [Updated] A man calling himself a "good Samaritan" who called 911 after finding a girl injured in a bicycling accident late one weekend night in SoMa has taken to the internet to describe what
Arts & Entertainment Yelp Reviews Of The County Jail Are The Only Yelp Reviews We Trust Yelp reviews of the San Francisco county jail (barely holding a 2.5-star ranking) will set your caged heart free and/or enlighten those of you who might have to stay there one
