Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban national, died after being asphyxiated by ICE agents at the Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso, Texas, with little public attention or outrage, while other ICE-related violence later sparked national condemnation.
The ACLU of Southern California released a report this week that documents systemic medical neglect, delayed care and a lack of accountability in Orange County jails, which has resulted in at least 119 deaths between 2010 and 2021, nearly half of which occurred within one month of booking.
Three Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies have been indicted by a criminal grand jury for the 2021 in-custody death of Maurice Monk at Santa Rita Jail, highlighting systemic failures in the county’s mental health care and law enforcement accountability.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County, the Sheriff’s Department, and Correctional Health Services, alleging ongoing unconstitutional and inhumane conditions in the county’s jails, citing overcrowding, understaffing, and lack of medical care.
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