Man who died by suicide at Santa Rita Jail had been in coronavirus quarantine
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Jonas Park struggled with drug addiction and mental illness. He committed suicide at Santa Rita Jail on Feb. 9, 2021
DUBLIN, Calif. - A man who killed himself at Santa Rita Jail last month took his own life with bedsheets while housed in a mandated coronavirus quarantine, according to documents obtained from the Alameda County Sheriff s Office.
Jonas Park, 33, who his family said struggled with drug addiction and mental illness, died by suicide on Feb. 9 in Housing Unit 23, a quarantine unit designated for newly booked inmates.
Mystery shrouds 1st suicide reported at Santa Rita jail in 13 months
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DUBLIN, CA - APRIL 5: An officer checks on prisoners at Santa Rita Jail on Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Dublin, CA. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
DUBLIN, Calif. - A person committed suicide this month at Santa Rita Jail, making this the first suicide in 13 months and the first in-custody death of the year, KTVU has learned.
However, the Alameda County Coroner s Office said there was a press hold on identifying who the person was. A spokesman for the sheriff s office did not respond for comment on Thursday.
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As jail populations creep up to pre-coronavirus levels, activists implore DAs, judges for leniency
By Lisa Fernandez
FILE ART - Santa Rita Jail.
MARTINEZ, Calif. - As some jails around the Bay Area creep back to pre-coronavirus population levels, activists, community members and attorneys are asking district attorneys to stop charging so many crimes and judges to release more people from custody if they don t pose a risk to society by doing so.
In a letter to Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton just before Christmas, a coalition of attorneys and interfaith groups implored her to be more lenient in deciding who to keep behind bars as the coronavirus levels peak nationwide. They referred to her promise in March when she said she would reduce the jail population and create humane conditions for confinement.