San Francisco county jail facilities at 425 7th St. on Oct. 22, 2025. Photo by Abigail Vân Neely. Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors called for action and accountability on Friday after ...

A strip search of a woman in the La Plata County jail usually went like this: undress, lift your right breast so a deputy can look underneath. Lift your left breast. Show behind your ears, in your ...

Julia Arroyo, executive director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center, speaks to a legislative aide from District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood's office on Dec. 16, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.

A group of female inmates in San Francisco claims sheriff’s deputies filmed them during a mass jail strip-search with male officers watching and cracking jokes. Nearly 20 women have accused San ...

Two women made allegations of sexual abuse, including being forced to engage in oral sex, groping and offers of clean water ...