California Inmates, Jail Agree to Settle Sanitation Class Action

A group of current and former inmates have agreed to settle claims with a California county after alleging their constitutional rights were violated when they were subjected to unsanitary conditions and limited access to food and medical care.

Current and former Alameda County Santa Rita Jail inmates asserted violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments when they had inadequate access to medical care, food, and sanitation supplies to keep their cells clean, according to the operative complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California in 2022. The court certified a class last year of all ...