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What can studying death rates tell us about California’s county jail system?
In September of 2019, three people in the Shasta County Jail died within a two-week span. Does... more »
posted 03/25/20

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Project: ‘Justice for John Adena’: Silent march to Shasta County Jail scheduled Tuesday
This story is produced as part of a larger project by Matthew Brannon, a participant in the 2020 California Fellowship.
Project: Lawsuit alleges Shasta County Jail deputies covered up beatings that killed man in custody
A lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Shasta County Jail deputies of repeatedly beating a man in custody, causing his death, and then covering it up.
Project: Shasta County Jail: Two important areas of policy to understand
In recent years, the jail has also seen the number of deaths in custody tick upward. Most of those deaths are suicides, a category of deaths some jail experts have deemed “mostly preventable.”