Re “Ruling in jail death case invites misconduct by law enforcement officers” (April 18): Apparently, the powers that be who are in charge of releasing information to the public regarding the people who die in jail and how they die are no longer sharing that information. I thought, along with everyone else, that it was already a given that there would be transparency about these poor souls.
The excuse given for not following through with what was ordered and promised is that because there are lawyers present when jail incidents are discussed, confidentially would be broached. However, the families and the public want to know what happened. The victim who died cannot tell the story and we need to do what’s right in order to prevent others from dying in similar ways.
These evasive tactics are not helping people who are themselves prisoners and rely on the jails’ doctors, nurses, guards, etc., to watch out for them. We can and must do better!
— Arlene Kosakoff, Del Mar Heights
