RivCo Sheriff's Department Admits Booking Flaws Led To Inmate Murder

RivCo Sheriff's Department Admits Booking Flaws Led To Inmate Murder

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a response to a report that said the sheriff's flawed system caused the slaying.

Sheriff’s Department admits booking error that contributed to inmate slaying at Banning jail

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 29, signed off on a response to a county grand jury report that concluded that mistakes and shortcomings in the sheriff’s booking system contributed to the slaying of an inmate by another at the Banning jail in 2024. In the response, written by Undersheriff Donald Sharp, the Sheriff’s Department rejected some of the findings and said it had already made some recommended changes. The depa…