Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

An Alameda County Superior Court judge has denied a request to hold the sheriff's office in contempt of court in the case of ...

Leonard Jones, who holds the title of being among the longest held in Santa Rita Jail, is working toward reducing his 59-year prison sentence, while simultaneously fighting with the Alameda County ...

Santa Rita Jail staff saved the lives of over 300 inmates last year who were either suspected of overdosing, had suicidal thoughts, or experienced medical emergencies, according to the Alameda County ...

The staff at Santa Rita Jail saved 336 lives in 2025 – up from 250 the year before and the sheriff announced she's “updated” ...

A San Jose man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing the mother and brother of his ex-girlfriend inside the family's Pleasanton home earlier in the week, the Weekly has learned.

DUBLIN, Calif. - A woman was found dead in a bathroom in the lobby at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin early on Saturday morning, and authorities are investigating the circumstances of her death. The woman – ...

A woman's body was found in a restroom Saturday in the public lobby of the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said. The body, discovered about 5:25 a.m., was identified as ...

DUBLIN — For an hour and 21 minutes, Jose Pina Cardenas gasped and writhed on the floor of his Santa Rita Jail cell with a plastic wristband lodged in his throat, according to a federal lawsuit filed ...

DUBLIN — Just six days after filing a felony shank possession case against a Santa Rita Jail inmate, prosecutor dismissed it, court records show. Related Articles Man charged with gun crimes after ...

SAN JOSE — It took two near-death experiences before 36-year-old Joshua Anthony Hernandez was ready to put his life as a gangster in the rearview mirror. He recovered from a near-fatal drug overdose ...

Three Alameda County sheriff's deputies will face criminal charges in the 2021 in-custody death of Maurice Monk at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, while charges were dismissed against six other deputies ...