SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A former Alameda County sheriff's deputy is on California's police officer decertification list after she was convicted of orchestrating a feces-throwing attack against a man ...

Community members are pushing Alameda County to end the Wellpath contract at Santa Rita Jail. Santa Clara, San Francisco, Marin and Contra Costa counties all provide healthcare in their jails and do ...

The cellmate of Elias Angel Rivera, a 37-year-old Santa Rita Jail inmate who died after deputies found him unresponsive and injured last month in his cell, is now being charged with murder in the case ...

Santa Rita Jail used to have a high in-custody death rate and was sued over its ‘cruel’ treatment of those with mental illness. A consent decree and a new sheriff are some reasons the jail is making ...