The man, Brian Siordia, 27, has been charged with one count of bringing contraband into the jail, one count of possession of a hard drug with two priors, and nine counts of entering a correctional facility as an ex-convict without approval.
That means the DA’s Office is alleging Siordia had entered the facility eight times prior before the Sept. 30 incident, when he was apprehended, though Chang could not answer how he got in to visit an incarcerated person without the required approval.
Siordia’s visit followed the death of an incarcerated person in the Maple Street Correctional Center Monday morning. The individual was identified as 31-year-old Markeisha Monique Renee Blount, a resident of Stockton, according to the Coroner’s Office. Blount was found experiencing a “medical emergency” and pronounced dead at the facility. The cause of death is still under investigation.
Blount was the seventh to die in custody at San Mateo County jails since January 2023. Most recently was Kyle Harrison, who died in March from an overdose. Drugs were involved in three of the seven deaths, as known so far.
The county jails also were the scene of a 30-person brawl that broke out among incarcerated individuals at the Maguire Correctional Facility the morning of Sept. 26. The fight left multiple inmates and correctional officers injured, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
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