Santa Rita Jail Archives | Page 3 of 3

Grid
List

“My first quarantine cell was covered in feces, vomit and blood. Deputies did not care” – Narratives from Santa Rita Jail Detail Horrifying Conditions During Pandemic

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: October 09, 2020
| 0 comments

“My first quarantine cell was covered in feces, vomit and blood. Deputies did not care” – Narratives from Santa Rita Jail Detail Horrifying Conditions During Pandemic

By Linh Nguyen ALAMEDA COUNTY -- On Sep. 8, John (name changed for anonymity) started feeling unwell. Fou ...

By Linh Nguyen ALAMEDA COUNTY -- On Sep. 8, John (name changed for anonymity) started feeling unwell. Four days later, on Sep. 12, his symptoms worsened and he reported his condition to a nurse. He wa ...

October 09, 2020
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
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
| 0 comments

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
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
Santa Rita Jail Admits Population Control Is Not a Priority Despite Three COVID-19 Outbreaks and Numerous Complaints

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: September 28, 2020
| 0 comments

Santa Rita Jail Admits Population Control Is Not a Priority Despite Three COVID-19 Outbreaks and Numerous Complaints

By Linh Nguyen & Aparna Komarla Overview One week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported ...

By Linh Nguyen & Aparna Komarla Overview One week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported zero cases of COVID-19 at Santa Rita Jail, an outbreak with 17 active cases emerged. This led t ...

September 28, 2020
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
Santa Rita Jail Population Increased by One Hundred as CDCR Transfers Are Halted; Questions Arise Regarding Mental Health Care for Incarcerated

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: September 21, 2020
| 0 comments

Santa Rita Jail Population Increased by One Hundred as CDCR Transfers Are Halted; Questions Arise Regarding Mental Health Care for Incarcerated

By Linh Nguyen Overview This week at Santa Rita Jail, while the jail population increased to its hi ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview This week at Santa Rita Jail, while the jail population increased to its highest population since April, ASCO reported that there were no active cases of COVID-19 among t ...

September 21, 2020
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
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
| 0 comments

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
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Active Cases at a Standstill; Jail Population Increased by Eleven Percent Since April – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: September 07, 2020
| 0 comments

Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Active Cases at a Standstill; Jail Population Increased by Eleven Percent Since April – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week at Santa Rita Jail, two housing units under quarantine were released da ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week at Santa Rita Jail, two housing units under quarantine were released days after they began quarantine, citing negative test results for the index case. No new positiv ...

September 07, 2020
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 31, 2020
| 0 comments

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
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
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
| 0 comments

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
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
Santa Rita Jail Population Soars and Testing Remains Minimal

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 24, 2020
| 0 comments

Santa Rita Jail Population Soars and Testing Remains Minimal

By Larkin White Overview Eight new cases have appeared in Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) since last Sunday, althou ...

By Larkin White Overview Eight new cases have appeared in Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) since last Sunday, although there have been no new cases since Wednesday. Testing has increased slightly from the beginn ...

August 24, 2020
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
Santa Rita Jail Tested Less Than 7% Of Population Last week – Claims Outbreak is Resolved

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 17, 2020
| 0 comments

Santa Rita Jail Tested Less Than 7% Of Population Last week – Claims Outbreak is Resolved

Overview There is a new and ongoing outbreak in Santa Rita Jail as of Sunday, August 16. 18 people tested ...

Overview There is a new and ongoing outbreak in Santa Rita Jail as of Sunday, August 16. 18 people tested positive last week, despite particularly low testing rates. The majority of new cases appeared ...

August 17, 2020
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
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
| 0 comments

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
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
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
| 0 comments

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
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
Alameda County Jail – COVID-19 Outbreak Coverup?

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: July 27, 2020
| 0 comments

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
| by Covid In-Custody Project

| 0 comments

Read more
VANGUARD’S COVID-19 & JAILS WEBINAR: Lawyers Paint Dark Picture of the ‘Virus’ and Jails from Coast to Coast

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 21, 2020
| (14) Comments

VANGUARD’S COVID-19 & JAILS WEBINAR: Lawyers Paint Dark Picture of the ‘Virus’ and Jails from Coast to Coast

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Lawyers from New York to the San Fran ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Lawyers from New York to the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento weighed in on the murky but deadly subject of COVID-19 in local j ...

May 21, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (14) Comments

Read more
Federal Court Considers Releasing ICE Detainees from Mesa Verde, Yuba County Detention Centers; Criticizes Government’s Inaction

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 30, 2020
| 0 comments

Federal Court Considers Releasing ICE Detainees from Mesa Verde, Yuba County Detention Centers; Criticizes Government’s Inaction

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. District judge here Wednesd ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. District judge here Wednesday – rejecting the government’s argument for a delay – granted an emergency order for a tempora ...

April 30, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Opposes Moving Incarcerated People to Santa Rita Jail

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 03, 2020
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Opposes Moving Incarcerated People to Santa Rita Jail

By Mano Raju I am extremely disturbed to learn of Sheriff Miyamoto’s plans to move up to 100 people curre ...

By Mano Raju I am extremely disturbed to learn of Sheriff Miyamoto’s plans to move up to 100 people currently held in the San Francisco County Jail to Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County. Nearly 50 peop ...

March 03, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Exclusive: Santa Rita Jail Hunger Strike Starts after ‘Deliberate Neglect’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2019
| 0 comments

Exclusive: Santa Rita Jail Hunger Strike Starts after ‘Deliberate Neglect’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau DUBLIN, CA – A Bay Area civil rights attorney told The Va ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau DUBLIN, CA – A Bay Area civil rights attorney told The Vanguard hours before a widespread Santa Rita Jail hunger strike and work stoppage began here thi ...

November 01, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more

1 23

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up