Facilities · Jail
San Diego Central Jail
San Diego, San Diego County, California · capacity 944
Also reported as Central Jail; San Diego County Central Jail; San Diego County jail; San Diego Sheriff's Department; central jail; county jail at San Diego; and others.
35 deaths are recorded here, from 1873 to 2026; 31 by name.
- overdose 6
- suicide 6
- other person 5
- undetermined 5
- illness 4
- neglect 4
- staff force 3
- accident 1
Lawsuits over deaths here have brought at least $53 million in settlements and awards, for 7 people.
The people
- Paul Saldavar September 27, 2026
- Daniel Patrick Murphy September 5, 2026
- William Mondesi August 14, 2026
- Drahkee House March 15, 2026
- Grant Parker March 8, 2026
- Irving Pineda February 18, 2026
- Brandon Pleffner November 16, 2025
- Name not reported October 2, 2025
- Karim Talib July 28, 2025
- Eric Van Tine November 2024
- Brandon Yates January 16, 2024
- Keith Bach September 28, 2023
- Derek Baker March 29, 2022
- Lonnie Rupard March 17, 2022
- William Hayden Schuck March 16, 2022
- Hayden Schuck March 16, 2022
- Dominique McCoy December 29, 2021
- Saxon Rodriguez July 20, 2021
- Lester Daniel Marroquin May 30, 2021
- Omar Moreno Arroyo January 6, 2021
- Kevin Mills November 11, 2020
- Spiros “Sam” Fonseca June 9, 2020
- Nicholas Bils May 1, 2020
- Name not reported November 27, 2019
- Jeremy Thomas May 29, 2019
- Ivan Ortiz March 18, 2019
- Michael Wilson February 14, 2019
- Paul Silva March 28, 2018
- Lyle Woodward December 2016
- Ruben Nunez August 13, 2015
- Ronnie Sandoval February 23, 2014
- Tommy Tucker 2009
- Name not reported Date not reported
- Chaz Guy Young-Villasenor Date not reported
- Name not reported Date not reported
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.