Overview: The article calls for oversight of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department due to the high number of deaths in the county’s jails. The author argues that the Board of Supervisors is failing to address the issue and is only interested in maintaining their positions. The article highlights the need for reforms in criminal justice and public health policies to address the severe health risks associated with incarceration. A report found that individuals incarcerated at the time of a survey experienced a 39% higher risk of all-cause mortality and more than three times the risk of overdose mortality compared with nonincarcerated individuals nationally. Riverside County jails are rapidly becoming among the deadliest in the nation.
S.E. Williams
The great abolitionist, Federick Douglass, taught, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”…