Saving Lives in Custody , a local nonprofit fighting for answers to deaths in San Diego County jails, held a press conference Thursday asking the Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board to take action.

Saving Lives in Custody was joined by the family members and loved ones of individuals who died while in a county jail. Leaders of the nonprofit demanded attention from the review board , or CLERB, which investigates citizen complaints against the San Diego County Sheriff’s and probation offices.

“This group of activists and advocates for jail change has come here together to say that we are sick and tired of the loss of life that is done from malice and neglect,” said Yusef Miller, who founded the Saving Lives in Custody Campaign, a precursor to the nonprofit.

According to Miller, seven pe

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