Five years since Alameda County dumped Santa Rita Jail's healthcare provider, Corizon Health, and hired Wellpath to take over, claims of medical mistakes or a lack of oversight have persisted ...

DUBLIN — Within a two-week period in early February, Santa Rita Jail saw a reported eight fentanyl overdoses — more than one every two days on average — including at least one fatality, ...

Santa Rita prickly pears adapt to bad soils, even clay, but won’t do well in a commercial cactus mix. The peat moss in most mixtures is too acidic.

Lawyers for Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez filed their request with Judge Nathanael Cousins in San Jose on Jan. 10, essentially saying that the jail has been working "tirelessly" to reform Santa Rita ...

An inmate at the Santa Rita Jail being held on a parole violation died last month, nearly a week after attempting suicide in his cell, according to an attorney for the man’s family.

(KRON) — An inmate at the Santa Rita Jail may have been dead for 72 hours by the time his body was discovered, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price said Wednesday. The family of Maurice ...

PIX Now morning edition 11-25-23 10:31. A community organization will hold a rally Tuesday calling on Alameda County supervisors to halt the $80 million expansion of the Santa Rita Jail.

ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — The in-custody death of an inmate at Santa Rita Jail is being investigated by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, according to a press release from Alameda County.