Kelly Davis

In rare move, San Diego County sues its own jail health care providers over brutal cellmate killing The county says psychiatric staff missed opportunities to flag a mentally ill man as a violent threat before he killed Brandon Yates. But Yates’ family says both deputies and psychiatric staf…

Via @kellylynndavis.bsky.social: "The county of San Diego is suing two of its jail health care providers, alleging that failures by their employees led to the brutal killing of 24-year-old Brandon Yates inside a cell at the San Diego Central Jail."

San Diego County may become first in the U.S. to give civilian board oversight of jail healthcare providers But Tuesday’s vote by the Board of Supervisors could face significant resistance from the Sheriff’s Office.

San Diego County may become first in the U.S. to give civilian board oversight of jail healthcare providers
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/07/s...

In San Diego’s largest jail, some detainees spend out-of-cell time in small, cage-like enclosures Critics say the jail’s cage-like enclosures constitute a form of solitary confinement that exacerbates mental illness and makes the jail less safe overall.

In San Diego’s largest jail, people in the most restrictive ad-seg unit get two options for out-of-cell time: a cage or… a cage. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/29/i...

Bonta investigating San Diego County juvenile detention halls The attorney general’s review aims to determine whether any ‘unlawful activity or practices’ occurred in the facilities.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating alleged civil rights violations in San Diego juvenile halls www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/13/b...

The law gives youth with criminal records a clean slate. Does it also prevent oversight of juvenile detention? The goal of confidentiality laws is to protect justice-involved youth later in life — but advocates question whether the laws created to protect them should also hamstring investigations.

The state law that restricts access to juvenile criminal records is keeping San Diego’s law enforcement review board from doing its job. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/14/t...

I haven’t read the story yet, but there have definitely been ppl who’ve died in SD jails who — because of mental illness — had refused food and water and no one intervened.

Any patterns? San Diego has had only two deaths — quite a turnaround.

$44M to fight San Diego homelessness in limbo as Trump targets undocumented immigrants Local service organizations got a new contract to sign. What, exactly, it asks for is open to interpretation.

$44M to fight San Diego homelessness in limbo as Trump targets undocumented immigrants www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/31/4...

In research-rich San Diego, Trump cuts hit studies of HIV, domestic violence and more The Union-Tribune interviewed local researchers who have had funding cut or are at risk of losing funding. Here’s what they had to say.

HIV prevention. Violence against pregnant women. Autism in children.

Trump's funding cuts are halting research into these issues & more in San Diego.

Kristen Taketa spoke with local scientists about their work & the cuts' impacts. Here're their stories.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/30/s...

A case of mistaken identity kept one man in a San Diego jail for 7 weeks, and cost the other his job They’re 18 years and two time zones apart. But repeat mix-ups by law enforcement in San Diego County have had serious repercussions for both men.

The two strangers were 18 years & two times zones apart. But a persistent case of mistaken identity by police cost one man his job & landed the other in jail for 7 weeks. This from @kellylynndavis.bsky.social is a Kafkaesque nightmare, & a hell of a read. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/30/a...