This marks the second consent decree imposed on the county jail system—the fifth largest in California—since last month.

After three years of negotiations, the county has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit over unconstitutional jail conditions.

Hundreds of Santa Clara County inmates have commenced their 10th day of a hunger strike over jail conditions.

Santa Clara County inmates suspended a hunger strike over solitary confinement Friday after a discussion with jail officials.

Santa Clara County inmates kicked off a hunger strike to protest solitary confinement and what they see as a gap between policy and practice.

A reform commission created after the fatal beating of a mentally ill inmate wants to wrest control of the jails from Sheriff Laurie Smith.

It wasn’t until December, under mounting public pressure, that the Sheriff's Office disclosed its jail use-of-force and cell extraction policies.

A new class action lawsuit brought by two inmates claims Santa Clara County’s use of solitary confinement is inhumane and unconstitutional.

A commission assigned to investigate local jails meets Saturday. Its first order of business: deciding whether to call the whole thing off.