September 9, 2019 Excessive force by Fremont police, Alameda Co. Sheriff led to in-custody death, attorney alleges The family of a man who died in June after he was arrested by Fremont police and chained to a cell door in Santa Rita jail filed a claim against Fremont and Alameda County on Monday alleging that both agencies played a role in his death.
August 21, 2019 California’s deadliest big jail system last year was Contra Costa County’s In 2018, more people died in county’s jails than in any year during the prior decade.
May 7, 2019 The most dangerous place in Alameda County A “barbaric” litany of horrors from Santa Rita, “the best big jail in the nation.”
April 11, 2019 Bill to end late-night jail release advances in Calif. legislature A new California bill that would end late-night release of jail inmates – inspired by an inmate at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail who…
