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Alameda County jail lawsuit alleges
bad conditions for inmates with
mental illness
by Angela Ruggiero
December 21, 2018; updated December 24, 2018
Alameda sheriff releases video of inmate’s death in extreme-restraint device
by Megan Cassidy
October 2, 2019
Alameda Co. Sheriff faces state audit over jail conditions, spending
by Simone Aponte
and Lisa Fernandez
February 27, 2020
Man, 58, killed by cellmate at
Santa Rita Jail;
48th in-custody death since 2014
by Lisa Fernandez
November 25, 2020
The Most Dangerous Place in Alameda County. A "barbaric" litany of horrors from Santa Rita,
"the best big jail in the nation."
by Scott Morris
May 7, 2019
Inmate deaths, Accounts of abuse
at santa rita jail
by KQED News Staff
May 11, 2019
Santa Rita Jail prisoners stage hunger strike and work stoppage to protest filthy conditions, price gouging and abuse
by Yolanda Huang & Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
October 30, 2019
by Madison Pauly
January 6, 2020
Federal Class Action Over Alameda County Jail Conditions
for Persons with Mental Illness
by Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
April 22, 2020
by Linh Nguyen; posted
by Aparna Komarla
October 9, 2020
by Evan Sernoffsky
and Lisa Fernandez
December 30, 2020
By Sarah Shourd
January 30, 2021
Guest Commentary: Another Suicide at Santa Rita Jail Sparks Cry for Sheriff Oversight in Alameda County
by ICJJ Member
Bob Britton
April 21, 2021
Opinion: Alameda county deserves better than
sheriff ahern
op-eds: Improve conditions in jail, expand treatment
in community
Unrecognized and Underutilized potential: The Behavioral court of Alameda county
58 people have died at Santa Rita Jail since 2014; interfaith group demands change
hold sheriff accountable for deaths in his jail
Oakland police approach end of federal oversight, local organizations urge diligence to prevent corruption
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