Two years after the county approved a plan to close Men's Central Jail, the facility remains open, and the latest set of ideas to close it has sparked criticism.
In 2018, the family of a man killed by a fentanyl pill from a Mexican pharmacy called on U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and then-Sen. Kamala Harris to act. Little has been done in the intervening years.
Some witnesses offered the names of everyone they’d seen with the so-called Executioners tattoo. One provided pictures of a desk decorated with the group’s symbol. Another explained the voting process used to decide who could get a tattoo.
Jail officials said Friday that there are no other suspected cases, but it’s unclear how many people might have been exposed during the two-week viral incubation period.