While deputies complain of understaffing and overworking, incarcerated people are calling the jail system 'unruly' and 'dangerous.'
Sheriff Paul Miyamoto announced after several days under lockdown that one of the two county jails will resume as normal starting Wednesday. He said another attack Tuesday morning is keeping County Jail #3 under lockdown.The San Francisco County jails remain under lockdown Tuesday after officials reported violence at the facilities causing injuries to nine deputies with the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office.
"The recent uptick on the assaults of our staff is something I believe we can handle internally and doesn’t rise to that level," said Miyamoto.He said he blames overcrowded facilities, since only two jails are open for housing, and said they house mostly serious violent offenders who are spending too long in county jail.There are more than 1,100 people jailed, and only 364 deputies working out of the nearly 500 needed at the jails.
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