San Luis Obispo County Jail

There’s growing concern locally and statewide about the health of incarcerated people. New reporting from CalMatters looks at the record number of people who have died in California jails.

18 San Luis Obispo County jail inmates have been released from custody without having to pay any bail, as of April 17. That’s due to a statewide effort to…

One-third of San Luis Obispo County jail inmates have mental illness, and half the jail population is either homeless or doesn’t have stable housing on…

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson asked county officials this summer for an additional $3.55 million dollars in general fund money to cover…

San Luis Obispo County’s legal counsel announced this week the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct an independent investigation into the medical and…

The San Luis Obispo County jail has been under scrutiny for several years over inmate deaths inside the facility. The issue came to a head in 2017 after…

Controversy surrounding the 2017 death of county jail inmate Andrew Holland dogged San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson at another of his town…

There are nearly ten times as many mentally ill persons in jails and prisons as there are in mental hospitals presently in the U.S., according to a recent…

After multiple public records requests from local news agencies, San Luis Obispo County refused to provide any of the 100 hours of video footage related…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has initiated a civil rights inquiry at the San Luis Obispo County Jail.Los Angeles field office spokesperson Laura…