Crisis in California JailsThis article was produced in partnership with , which is a member of the .This story is part of an ongoing investigation into the crisis in California’s jails. Sign up for the to receive updates in this series as soon as they publish.Deadly violence has surged in county jails across California since the state began , the result of a dramatic criminal justice transformation that left many sheriffs ill-equipped to handle a new and dangerous population.Since 2011, when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to overhaul its overcrowded prisons, inmate-on-inmate...…Crisis in California JailsThis article was produced in partnership with , which is a member of the .This story is part of an ongoing investigation into the crisis in California’s jails. Sign up for the to receive updates in this series as soon as they publish.Deadly violence has surged in county jails across California since the state began , the result of a dramatic criminal justice transformation that left many sheriffs ill-equipped to handle a new and dangerous population.Since 2011, when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to overhaul its overcrowded prisons, inmate-on-inmate...WW…

Crisis in California JailsThis article was produced in partnership with , which is a member of the .This story is part of an ongoing investigation into the crisis in California’s jails. Sign up for the to receive updates in this series as soon as they publish.Two summers ago, the board of supervisors in Contra Costa County, California, faced a . On the agenda was a proposal to divert $1.5 million in state taxpayer money intended to ease jail overcrowding to other priorities of the local sheriff’s office.Without the funds, Assistant Sheriff Matthew Schuler said, street patrols across the...…Crisis in California JailsThis article was produced in partnership with , which is a member of the .This story is part of an ongoing investigation into the crisis in California’s jails. Sign up for the to receive updates in this series as soon as they publish.Two summers ago, the board of supervisors in Contra Costa County, California, faced a . On the agenda was a proposal to divert $1.5 million in state taxpayer money intended to ease jail overcrowding to other priorities of the local sheriff’s office.Without the funds, Assistant Sheriff Matthew Schuler said, street patrols across the...WW…