Sex in jail: it happens
Katharine Mieszkowski - 09/08/2010
Condom Stock PhotoSan Francisco's County Jail in San Bruno now has 16 condom machines for its 750 prisoners, according to Matier & Ross, reporting in Wednesday's Chronicle.
Katharine Mieszkowski - 09/08/2010
Condom Stock PhotoSan Francisco's County Jail in San Bruno now has 16 condom machines for its 750 prisoners, according to Matier & Ross, reporting in Wednesday's Chronicle.
Counters locked 'out' of jail
Bill Silverfarb - 05/10/2010
San Francisco is closing its doors to census counters at its San Bruno jails until it can be assured the inmates inside those facilities are counted as residents of the city.
Bill Silverfarb - 05/10/2010
San Francisco is closing its doors to census counters at its San Bruno jails until it can be assured the inmates inside those facilities are counted as residents of the city.
$6.6 million more voted for SF jail
Wyatt Buchanan - 04/23/2008
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved $6.6 million in additional funds Tuesday to cover the costs of jailing a growing inmate population.
Wyatt Buchanan - 04/23/2008
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved $6.6 million in additional funds Tuesday to cover the costs of jailing a growing inmate population.
S.F. sheriff says too many inmates
Wyatt Buchanan - 04/17/2008
San Francisco's jail population is rising each year in part because inmates are being kept there too long without getting their cases resolved, Sheriff Michael Hennessey told a Board of Supervisors committee Wednesday.
Wyatt Buchanan - 04/17/2008
San Francisco's jail population is rising each year in part because inmates are being kept there too long without getting their cases resolved, Sheriff Michael Hennessey told a Board of Supervisors committee Wednesday.
Drawing on memories of darker days
Neil Gonzales - 04/16/2007
The odor of horse manure still lingered in the stalls where Jim Nakano and his family from Redwood City were forced to make their living quarters.
Neil Gonzales - 04/16/2007
The odor of horse manure still lingered in the stalls where Jim Nakano and his family from Redwood City were forced to make their living quarters.
Overcrowding plagues county jails
Edward Carpenter - 02/10/2007
Even as the county this week prepares to release a report highlighting the need to build a new women's jail, Sheriff Greg Munks says a much larger, 500-bed facility is need to solve the county's overcrowding problem.
Edward Carpenter - 02/10/2007
Even as the county this week prepares to release a report highlighting the need to build a new women's jail, Sheriff Greg Munks says a much larger, 500-bed facility is need to solve the county's overcrowding problem.
Gavin Newsom visits San Bruno jail
Cecilia M. Vega - 09/20/2006
After paying a visit to the San Francisco County Jail, where there aren't enough beds for the inmates and people sleep on the floor, Mayor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday reversed a recent decision and said he would increase funding to relieve overcrowding.
Cecilia M. Vega - 09/20/2006
After paying a visit to the San Francisco County Jail, where there aren't enough beds for the inmates and people sleep on the floor, Mayor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday reversed a recent decision and said he would increase funding to relieve overcrowding.
Inmates move to New SB Jail late
Staff - 08/19/2006
Inmates doing time will be moving into new digs today with the opening of the new jail in San Bruno that will serve San Francisco law enforcement efforts.
Staff - 08/19/2006
Inmates doing time will be moving into new digs today with the opening of the new jail in San Bruno that will serve San Francisco law enforcement efforts.
San Bruno jail to open next week
Staff - 08/10/2006
A new San Bruno Jail No. 3 - the oldest operating county jail in California - is scheduled to open next week six years after construction began.
Staff - 08/10/2006
A new San Bruno Jail No. 3 - the oldest operating county jail in California - is scheduled to open next week six years after construction began.
Top court allows police to search parolees
James Vicini - 05/19/2006
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police do not need suspicion of wrongdoing to search a convicted felon who has agreed to be searched as a condition of parole.
James Vicini - 05/19/2006
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police do not need suspicion of wrongdoing to search a convicted felon who has agreed to be searched as a condition of parole.
Earth Stewards look beyond the street
Geoffrey Coffey - 05/17/2006
The downtrodden and the threatened come together weekly on the grounds of the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno for an exercise of remarkable symbiosis.
Geoffrey Coffey - 05/17/2006
The downtrodden and the threatened come together weekly on the grounds of the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno for an exercise of remarkable symbiosis.
S.F. sues jail builder for $125 million
Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross - 09/26/2005
San Francisco has just slapped the builder of the new (but still not opened) county jail with a $125 million fraud suit -- claiming, among other things, that the company was operating at times without a valid contractor's license.
Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross - 09/26/2005
San Francisco has just slapped the builder of the new (but still not opened) county jail with a $125 million fraud suit -- claiming, among other things, that the company was operating at times without a valid contractor's license.
Glitches handcuff city's new SB jail
Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross - 05/18/2005
San Francisco has got itself a spanking new, 768-bed jail in San Bruno, but it's sitting empty because the locks don't work.
Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross - 05/18/2005
San Francisco has got itself a spanking new, 768-bed jail in San Bruno, but it's sitting empty because the locks don't work.
Jail has done its time
Stephen Baxter - 03/04/2005
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department is itching to move hundreds of inmates out of San Bruno Jail No. 3 -- the oldest operating jail in California -- and into a nearly complete $115 million jail next to it, but a dispute between builders is expected to delay the move until summer.
Stephen Baxter - 03/04/2005
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department is itching to move hundreds of inmates out of San Bruno Jail No. 3 -- the oldest operating jail in California -- and into a nearly complete $115 million jail next to it, but a dispute between builders is expected to delay the move until summer.
New jail contractor blasted over delays
Jo Stanley - 01/24/2005
The City's public works officials are taking aim at the general contractor overseeing the long-awaited new county jail, saying the $115 million facility -- which was promised in the fall of 2003 -- still has a long way to go before completion.
Jo Stanley - 01/24/2005
The City's public works officials are taking aim at the general contractor overseeing the long-awaited new county jail, saying the $115 million facility -- which was promised in the fall of 2003 -- still has a long way to go before completion.
Disputes delay jail opening
Stephen Baxter - 01/21/2005
It has been 14 months since the scheduled opening of a replacement for the 71-year-old Jail No. 3 in San Bruno, and work is now being hindered because of a dispute over construction payments.
Stephen Baxter - 01/21/2005
It has been 14 months since the scheduled opening of a replacement for the 71-year-old Jail No. 3 in San Bruno, and work is now being hindered because of a dispute over construction payments.
New S.F. jail plagued by problems
Jo Stanley - 01/20/2005
The city and county of San Francisco is paying millions of dollars in interest payments for a new jail in San Bruno that remains unoccupied while officials wrangle with contractors over construction delays.
Jo Stanley - 01/20/2005
The city and county of San Francisco is paying millions of dollars in interest payments for a new jail in San Bruno that remains unoccupied while officials wrangle with contractors over construction delays.
Deputy 'sick-out' being reviewed
Stephen Baxter - 01/19/2005
Thirteen deputies at the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno are being investigated for calling in sick after a deputy was allegedly knocked unconscious by an inmate.
Stephen Baxter - 01/19/2005
Thirteen deputies at the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno are being investigated for calling in sick after a deputy was allegedly knocked unconscious by an inmate.
Deputies skip work after inmate beats guard
Jaxon Van Derbeken - 01/18/2005
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department is investigating an apparent sickout by deputies at the main county jail in San Bruno after an incident in which an inmate beat a guard unconscious.
Jaxon Van Derbeken - 01/18/2005
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department is investigating an apparent sickout by deputies at the main county jail in San Bruno after an incident in which an inmate beat a guard unconscious.
Inmates put welfare fund to good use
Kim Curtis - 08/21/2004
At the San Francisco County Jail, the inmate welfare fund provides for drug and alcohol counseling, parenting classes, violence prevention, and job training - programs that inmates and jailers alike say are vital to reducing the "revolving door" of incarceration.
Kim Curtis - 08/21/2004
At the San Francisco County Jail, the inmate welfare fund provides for drug and alcohol counseling, parenting classes, violence prevention, and job training - programs that inmates and jailers alike say are vital to reducing the "revolving door" of incarceration.