Mercury News

For more than an hour, he called for help as he was tortured to death in a California jail. ‘No one came,’ his family says.

Early last year, Brandon Yates was arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into San Diego’s Central Jail. He had been found asleep in someone’s backyard shed. Yates, who was 24 with a long ...
The Fresno Bee

Jail staff ignored screams of tortured 24-year-old killed in California cell, suit says

This provided photo shows Brandon Yates. His family has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit after he was killed by his cellmate at the San Diego Central Jail on Jan. 16, 2024. Attorney Julia Yoo ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

For more than an hour, he called for help as he was tortured to death in jail. ‘No one came,’ his family says.

Early last year, Brandon Yates was arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into San Diego’s Central Jail. He had been found asleep in someone’s backyard shed. Yates, who was 24 with a long ...