The lawsuit, filed by the law firm Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld against Alameda County, alleges that the county’s jail system “is broken,” especially for inmates with mental health issues, and that these bad practices lead to death and terrible suffering.
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Under the settlement: jail officials will substantially increase the amount of time that most inmates are permitted to be out of their cells; jail deputies will be required to follow a revised policy regulating the use of force;
The settlement is the result of a lengthy investigation undertaken by the Prison Law Office into conditions in the jails and several years of negotiations with the Sheriff and his staff.
The federal court is scheduled to decide whether to give preliminary approval to the settlement at a hearing on April 16, 2018.
San Bernardino, California (March 28, 2018) –A settlement has been reached in a class action case filed against San Bernardino County regarding the constitutionality of the conditions of confinement in the county jails. Under the settlement county officials have agreed to make improvements in certain areas of jail operations that affect the health and well-being of those who are incarcerated in the county’s jails.
by Dale Chappell. Contra Costa County has settled a lawsuit filed in federal court by Suneel Kumar, agreeing to pay him $90,000 after guards at the county jail allowed another prisoner to attack him while he was performing his job duties within the facility, and failed to intervene before he was severely injured.
On June 3, 2019, the county agreed to settle the lawsuit for $90,000, from which Kumar would have to pay his attorney’s fees plus expenses. In the agreement, the county denied any wrongdoing regarding the attack on Kumar at the jail. See: Kumar v.