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Board orders review of jail deaths and strategies to reduce in-custody mortality
Summary
Following a spate of deaths this year, the Board of Supervisors directed correctional health and the sheriff's department to develop an action plan to analyze causes and recommend steps to prevent in-custody deaths; supervisors emphasized data transparency and systemwide reforms.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a motion May 13 directing county departments to analyze the recent and unusually high number of in-custody deaths and to propose a coordinated plan to reduce mortality in county jails.
Supervisor Janice Hahn, who brought the item forward, said the county had already recorded 20 in-custody deaths in 2025, a number she called "shocking" compared with previous years. "This motion asks for an analysis of the causes and factors leading to the increase in deaths and how they will…
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