Ria Jasmine Sufiyan

On or about February 19, 2026, at approximately 2:39 P.M., detention deputies working at the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, responded to a report of an inmate, RIA JASMINE SUFIYAN (“Defendant” herein) standing on a sink. Deputies observed Defendant standing on the sink in her cell with her pants removed and placed in the sink. Defendant’s cell floor was flooded with water. Defendant made sexual remarks to deputies and threatened suicide. Due to these threats, a nurse determined Defendant needed to be placed on suicide precautions.

Deputies removed Defendant from the sink and attempted to secure her to a restraint chair. While securing Defendant to the restraint chair, Defendant spat multiple times on one deputy’s face and chest.