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Santa Barbara County opened its long-awaited Northern Branch Jail in Santa Maria this January, following a long history of litigation and controversy at the county’s 50-year-old Main Jail.
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In today's KCBX News Update: SLO County health officials are reporting two more COVID-19 deaths in the county, and the outbreak at the Santa Barbara County Jail has grown by 26 cases.
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In today's KCBX News Update: SLO County health officials are reporting two more COVID-19 deaths in the county, and the outbreak at the Santa Barbara County Jail has grown by 26 cases.
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In today's KCBX News Update: the COVID-19 outbreak at the Santa Barbara County Jail has grown to 87 active cases, and San Luis Obispo County Public Health will hold a rapid COVID-19 test event in Atascadero on Thursday.
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In today's KCBX News Update: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office says 17 inmates have tested positive at the main jail, and winter weather is hitting the Central Coast.
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In today's KCBX News Update: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office says 17 inmates have tested positive at the main jail, and winter weather is hitting the Central Coast.
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The U.S. Department of Justice recognizes mental illness as a major issue among inmates. In 2015, the Stepping Up Initiative was formed to help reduce the…
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After Santa Maria's Foster Road Jail closed last year, people arrested in northern Santa Barbara County are now taken to the Santa Barbara County Jail -…