Santa Barbara County jails will expand their medical record system and how they share inmate diagnoses in response to civil grand jury reports examining multiple deaths in the county’s jail system.
The county Board of Supervisors voted to approve three response letters to the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury during its meeting this week in Santa Maria.
The Grand Jury reports involve three deaths, including a suicide, a death from a fatal head injury, and a death related to a ruptured ulcer. The reports were issued in June 2025…