California Inmates and Prison Agree to Settle Sanitation Action

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

Current and former inmates at the Alameda County Santa Rita Jail alleged violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments when they did not have adequate access to medical care, food and sanitation to keep their cells clean, according to the operative complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2022. The Court a class certified last year all…