Prisoners would be housed where a McDonald’s and other businesses and privately owned homes currently stand under a plan to replace the crumbling Hall of Justice.The Sheriff’s Department houses prisoners in San Bruno and at a jail at the Hall of Justice at 850 Bryant St., which has the capacity for about 900 prisoners, department spokeswoman Susan Fahey said. Read More
The popular image of a sheriff is one of a hard-bitten crime fighter. But for the past three decades, San Francisco has had a sheriff who was part lawman, part social worker — a crime fighter who cared about the welfare of the people he put behind bars. Read More
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi remained the clear front-runner Wednesday evening in the race to be the next San Francisco sheriff, although his two main contenders remained mathematically alive, with some votes left uncounted.
Click on the photo at right to see a chart on the San Francisco sheriff race results. Read More
A double-murder suspect who is refusing to eat and is possibly suicidal should be forcibly kept alive, lawyers for The City will argue Friday.The City Attorney’s Office has filed a civil court petition in the case of Hong Ri Wu, office spokesman Jack Song said Wednesday. Wu is in a jail medical unit at San Francisco General Hospital and has reportedly been surviving for more than a month on just water. Read More
Jail and hospital officials remain divided about how best to handle an inmate accused of murder who is refusing to eat and is possibly suicidal. At issue is whether the hospital should force-feed someone who consciously chooses not to eat. Read More
Sheriff Michael Hennessey is planning to seek a court order to force doctors at San Francisco General Hospital to feed a patient charged with a double murder and end his hunger strike.Hong Ri Wu, 57, who is being held in San Francisco General Hospital’s acute care facility, stopped eating three weeks ago, Hennessey said. Wu is accused of shooting and killing in January a man and woman who ran a Fisherman’s Wharf business that competed with Wu’s. Read More
A slippery suspect ran away from police while he was being booked into jail on Seventh Street in the South of Market neighborhood, running from the officers while still in handcuffs before being caught minutes later.
The man, 22-year-old Virgil Ard, was being brought in on a robbery charge around 5 p.m. Tuesday when he darted from the sally port, a secured entryway where suspects are booked into jail, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Eileen Hirst said Thursday. Read More
Not again!A slippery robbery suspect bound in handcuffs escaped San Francisco cops while he was being booked into the county jail on Seventh Street at around 5 p.m. Tuesday. Read More
The City is close to approving a $350,000 settlement offer to the family of a mentally disabled jail inmate who died in 2009 after being forcibly taken to a safety cell after reportedly causing a disturbance.
The Board of Supervisors rules committee Thursday forwarded the settlement to the full board for final approval. Read More
