Alleged Burglar In Nob Hill Rooftop Chase Jailed For Multiple Felonies

Alleged Burglar In Nob Hill Rooftop Chase Jailed For Multiple Felonies

A man who allegedly broke into at least two Nob Hill homes and led San Francisco police on a rooftop chase Saturday before falling several…

Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography

Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography

A Pacifica man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography, federal prosecutors said. Robert Spence II, 66, pleaded guilty…

Pizzeria Owner Sentenced To Jail For Failing To Pay Taxes

Pizzeria Owner Sentenced To Jail For Failing To Pay Taxes

An owner of a Castro Valley pizzeria was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 months in prison for failing to pay employment taxes, according to acting…

DA Comes Out Against Jail Proposal Ahead of Committee Vote

DA Comes Out Against Jail Proposal Ahead of Committee Vote

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon today spoke out against plans to build a new jail, saying the city should instead renovate existing jails and…

SF County Awarded $80M State Grants to Replace Jails at Hall of Justice

SF County Awarded $80M State Grants to Replace Jails at Hall of Justice

San Francisco was awarded an $80 million grant today by the Board of State and Community Corrections to replace deteriorating city jails at the Hall…

Supervisors Signal Support of New Jail Despite Outcry of Criticism

Supervisors Signal Support of New Jail Despite Outcry of Criticism

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors rejected an appeal to have a new jail project undergo an environmental impact review and voted in favor of…

City Officials Seeking State Funding for $240M Jail Project

City Officials Seeking State Funding for $240M Jail Project

A plan to rebuild decrepit, seismically unsafe jails at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice took a small step forward today despite stiff opposition from community…

Inmate Who Escaped From SF Jail Still On The Loose, Also Sought On Houston Narcotics Warrant

Inmate Who Escaped From SF Jail Still On The Loose, Also Sought On Houston Narcotics Warrant

An inmate who escaped from San Francisco County Jail on Saturday morning remains on the loose, a senior sheriff’s deputy said today. Timothy Midgett, 40,…

Disgraced Former SF Supe Ed Jew Reports For Month Of Jail Time

Disgraced Former SF Supe Ed Jew Reports For Month Of Jail Time

Former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew is back in jail this afternoon after surrendering for a 60-day term behind bars for a perjury charge connected…

Impaired Driver Who Killed SF Teen Gets Six-Month Jail Sentence

Impaired Driver Who Killed SF Teen Gets Six-Month Jail Sentence

A man who fatally struck a high school girl on her 17th birthday on San Francisco’s Sloat Boulevard last year was sentenced this morning to…

Jail Term For Disgraced SF Supervisor Ed Jew Reduced From One Year To 60 Days

Jail Term For Disgraced SF Supervisor Ed Jew Reduced From One Year To 60 Days

The terms for former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew’s one-year sentence in county jail were modified this afternoon to include community service hours in San…

Supe Campos Says There’s The Possibility SF Doesn’t Need A Jail, SFPD Chief Says That “Just isn’t practical”

Supe Campos Says There’s The Possibility SF Doesn’t Need A Jail, SFPD Chief Says That “Just isn’t practical”

A Board of Supervisors’ neighborhood services and safety committee today discussed plans for a $290-million jail project to replace the decrepit jail facilities on the…

Board Of Supes OKs Plan To Apply For Grant To Build $290 Million New Jail

Board Of Supes OKs Plan To Apply For Grant To Build $290 Million New Jail

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today authorized the city to apply for a state grant to help build a new jail adjacent to the…

Visiting Hours Extended At SF Jails

Visiting Hours Extended At SF Jails

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department has announced extended visiting hours at two of its county jails. Visitors are now allowed from 5 to 9 p.m….

Gascon And Mirkarimi Square Off Yet Again, This Time Over Plans To Build New SF Jail

Gascon And Mirkarimi Square Off Yet Again, This Time Over Plans To Build New SF Jail

Top law enforcement officials argued Thursday over whether San Francisco should build a new jail to replace inadequate facilities at the seismically unsafe Hall of…

Attorney General: 50% Of America’s Federal Prisoners Serving Time For Drug Charges

Attorney General: 50% Of America’s Federal Prisoners Serving Time For Drug Charges

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in San Francisco today announced a change in federal prosecution policy that will reduce lengthy prison sentences for low-level drug…

Man With Rifle Prompts Search Near SF Jail

Man With Rifle Prompts Search Near SF Jail

San Bruno police searched the area around Skyline College and the San Francisco Jail looking for a man spotted holding a rifle this afternoon but…

SF County Jail By The Numbers: At Least $135 Per Day To House An Inmate

SF County Jail By The Numbers: At Least $135 Per Day To House An Inmate

According to the Ex, “Inmates in San Francisco County Jail have it better than most people incarcerated in California.” But what is “it”? Perhaps some…