The County of Sacramento is barreling toward spending $1 billion — no, that’s not a typo — to add a new mental health annex to the County Jail.

Flojaune Cofer, former mayoral candidate and Sacramento epidemiologist, said the jail does not need to be expanded to meet the requirements of the Mays Consent Decree. She recommended the board ...

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office signed a federal consent decree the year after West was killed, agreeing to expand mental health services at the county’s only adult jail. The agreement was ...

The leader of the Senate says the last-minute decision to delay a vote was due to concerns raised by the chairman of the chamber's Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.