Activists from the Care First Community Coalition, Restore Oakland, and the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails have expressed concern over the $81 million allocation of spending for mental health expansions at Santa Rita jail.
Is Alameda County's new sheriff fulfilling campaign promise of 'transformational change'? Jail opponents agree that Yesenia Sanchez is doing better than the past administration but that there's a very long way to go.
This year, seven people have died at the Dublin facility and there have been a total of 56 in-custody deaths since 2014, according to a review of data and autopsies by KTVU.