Dying behind bars
San Diego County jails are the most deadly for inmates, compared to other large jails systems in California. Even Los Angeles County, with a system three times the size of San Diego's, had fewer suicides and other deaths behind bars. They died of untreated stomach ailments and infections, drug overdoses, fatal restraint tactics by jailers, beatings and stranglings by other inmates. This three-day series presented the stories of the 140 men and women who died behind bars in San Diego County during the last decade. The grim trend continues. The day the series began, jailers announced another death.
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In the aftermath of Dying Behind Bars
To fight jail deaths, San Diego County supervisors approve new powers for civilian oversight board.www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/10/to-fight-jail-deaths-san-diego-county-supervisors-approve-new-powers-for-civilian-oversight-board/
BOOT CAMP REVAMP
For eight months in 2020, the United States Marine Corps, like each military branch, was forced to adapt to minimize the spread of COVID-19. At its San Diego boot camp, that meant quarantines, coronavirus screenings, social distancing and masks. Our reporters and photographers followed recruits of Alpha Company — from the time they got off the bus at boot camp until they got back on those buses as Marines — to document how training has changed and how it’s stayed the same amidst the greatest public health crisis in more than a century.
Here is the full interactive experience and their stories of comraderie and perseverance: |
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