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Alameda County Agrees to Pay $7 Million to Family of Man Left to Die at Santa Rita Jail

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|Date: December 02, 2023
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Alameda County Agrees to Pay $7 Million to Family of Man Left to Die at Santa Rita Jail

By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – The children of Maurice Monk – who was left for dead in the Alameda C ...

By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – The children of Maurice Monk – who was left for dead in the Alameda County Santa Rita Jail – will receive a $7 million settlement from the county, according to the ...

December 02, 2023
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Alameda DA Public Accountability Unit Levels Criminal Charges at Three Law Enforcement Officers

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|Date: May 27, 2023
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Alameda DA Public Accountability Unit Levels Criminal Charges at Three Law Enforcement Officers

They Are Among the First Employees Charged by the New Alameda County Unit Special to the Vanguard Oakland ...

They Are Among the First Employees Charged by the New Alameda County Unit Special to the Vanguard Oakland CA – Three county employees are facing felony criminal charges in three separate cases, rangin ...

May 27, 2023
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Community Members Call for Transparency and Accountability from Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at Protest after Suspension of 47 Sheriff’s Deputies

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Community Members Call for Transparency and Accountability from Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at Protest after Suspension of 47 Sheriff’s Deputies

By Patty Yao Oakland, CA — On Oct. 5, 2022, community advocates and families who have been ...

By Patty Yao Oakland, CA — On Oct. 5, 2022, community advocates and families who have been impacted by violence at the hands of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office held a protest outside ...

October 12, 2022
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 03, 2022
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams

By Patty Yao Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sent a letter to 47 ...

By Patty Yao Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sent a letter to 47 Sheriff’s deputies notifying them that they are not allowed to perform “any function reserved ...

October 03, 2022
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Suspension of 47 Alameda Deputies ‘Horrifying’ and ‘Disturbing,’ Charges Ella Baker Center

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|Date: September 27, 2022
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Suspension of 47 Alameda Deputies ‘Horrifying’ and ‘Disturbing,’ Charges Ella Baker Center

By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA — A Bay Area social justice group Monday said news that 47 Alameda Coun ...

By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA — A Bay Area social justice group Monday said news that 47 Alameda County Sheriff’s Office deputies were suspended – but still getting paid – after an internal audit ...

September 27, 2022
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Family, Community Rally after 59th Death in 10 Years Linked to Santa Rita Jail

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 29, 2022
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Family, Community Rally after 59th Death in 10 Years Linked to Santa Rita Jail

By Patty Yao OAKLAND, CA – Jose “Nick” Cardenas’ family, community members and activists from the Ella Ba ...

By Patty Yao OAKLAND, CA – Jose “Nick” Cardenas’ family, community members and activists from the Ella Baker Center and the Anti-Terror Police Project, held a vigil for the late Cardenas last week out ...

June 29, 2022
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Outbreak in Santa Rita Jail After Months of Declining Cases — Only 24% of Population is Vaccinated

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Outbreak in Santa Rita Jail After Months of Declining Cases — Only 24% of Population is Vaccinated

By Tiffany Devlin Bi-weekly update from Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 crisis. The Covid In-Custody Project p ...

By Tiffany Devlin Bi-weekly update from Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 crisis. The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on the pandemic ...

July 22, 2021
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Refuses To Survey Staff To Ascertain Vaccination Status

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: July 08, 2021
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Refuses To Survey Staff To Ascertain Vaccination Status

By Tiffany Devlin Bi-weekly update from Santa Rita Jail's COVID-19 crisis. The Covid In-Custody Project p ...

By Tiffany Devlin Bi-weekly update from Santa Rita Jail's COVID-19 crisis. The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on the pandemic ...

July 08, 2021
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Only 35 Percent of Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Is Fully Vaccinated According to CAIR’s Database

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: June 14, 2021
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Only 35 Percent of Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Is Fully Vaccinated According to CAIR’s Database

By Tiffany Devlin Covid In-Custody Project's bi-weekly highlights from Santa Rita Jail's COVID-19 crisis ...

By Tiffany Devlin Covid In-Custody Project's bi-weekly highlights from Santa Rita Jail's COVID-19 crisis ALAMEDA, CA-- Over the past two weeks, COVID-19 cases in Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) have remained lo ...

June 14, 2021
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“Have a seizure then we’ll talk” – Santa Rita Jail’s Deputies, Medical Staff Neglect Patients’ Needs Argue Attorneys

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: April 28, 2021
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“Have a seizure then we’ll talk” – Santa Rita Jail’s Deputies, Medical Staff Neglect Patients’ Needs Argue Attorneys

By Tiffany Devlin ALAMEDA, CA-- In 2018, attorneys from Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP filed a cl ...

By Tiffany Devlin ALAMEDA, CA-- In 2018, attorneys from Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP filed a class-action lawsuit, Babu v. Ahern, on behalf of incarcerated people with serious mental illness ...

April 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Another Suicide at Santa Rita Jail Sparks Cry for Sheriff Oversight in Alameda County

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: April 21, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Another Suicide at Santa Rita Jail Sparks Cry for Sheriff Oversight in Alameda County

By Bob Britton Bob Britton, an activist with the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in Our Jails part of Fa ...

By Bob Britton Bob Britton, an activist with the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in Our Jails part of Faith in Action East Bay and a member of the County Justice Involved Mental Health Task Force. He ...

April 21, 2021
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Santa Rita Jail Does Not Administer or Recommend COVID-19 Testing Prior to Quarantine Release

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: October 05, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Does Not Administer or Recommend COVID-19 Testing Prior to Quarantine Release

By Linh Nguyen & Aparna Komarla This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independ ...

By Linh Nguyen & Aparna Komarla This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic ...

October 05, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Population Peaks After Labor Day Weekend; Officials Report Only One COVID-19 Case in Custody – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: September 14, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Population Peaks After Labor Day Weekend; Officials Report Only One COVID-19 Case in Custody – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week, Santa Rita Jail saw a population spike over Labor Day Weekend, raisi ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week, Santa Rita Jail saw a population spike over Labor Day Weekend, raising the population to the highest it has been since Apr. 10 when the jail began releasing indivi ...

September 14, 2020
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 31, 2020
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers

By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning about 20 m ...

By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning about 20 miles from Santa Rita Jail, threatened the safety of the population with smoke that made breathi ...

August 31, 2020
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Four Testimonies From Santa Rita Jail Recount Horrible Conditions During COVID-19 – Rejected Requests for Testing, No Masks or Cleaning Supplies, Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 26, 2020
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Four Testimonies From Santa Rita Jail Recount Horrible Conditions During COVID-19 – Rejected Requests for Testing, No Masks or Cleaning Supplies, Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines

By Lauren Smith and Larkin White Since May, Davis Vanguard has led an ongoing investigation into d ...

By Lauren Smith and Larkin White Since May, Davis Vanguard has led an ongoing investigation into different county jail responses to COVID-19. In Alameda County, many currently and formerly inca ...

August 26, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Cover-Up – Quarantine Housing Cut Short Without Explanation, <10 Percent of Population Tested

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 10, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Cover-Up – Quarantine Housing Cut Short Without Explanation, <10 Percent of Population Tested

By Larkin White COVID-19 in Santa Rita Jail The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) provided less info ...

By Larkin White COVID-19 in Santa Rita Jail The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) provided less information in their daily COVID-19 updates these last two weeks compared to information released p ...

August 10, 2020
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Minimal Testing & Labelling Asymptomatic Cases as Recovered – How Santa Rita Jail Brought Down COVID-19 Cases Amidst an Outbreak

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 03, 2020
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Minimal Testing & Labelling Asymptomatic Cases as Recovered – How Santa Rita Jail Brought Down COVID-19 Cases Amidst an Outbreak

By Larkin White Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of August 2, the recent outbreak in Santa Rita J ...

By Larkin White Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of August 2, the recent outbreak in Santa Rita Jail appears to be subsiding, in sync with a decrease in new daily cases across Alameda County a ...

August 03, 2020
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Alameda County Jail – COVID-19 Outbreak Coverup?

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: July 27, 2020
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Alameda County Jail – COVID-19 Outbreak Coverup?

By Larkin White & Nikki Suzani Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes Two staff members at Santa Rita ...

By Larkin White & Nikki Suzani Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes Two staff members at Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) died this weekend as the jail battles a serious COVID-19 outbreak. They are the firs ...

July 27, 2020
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