Santa Rita Jail had eight fentanyl overdoses over two-week period
All of those who died were in the intake area of the jail run by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.
The four deaths led to a joint statement by six local civil rights organizations calling on Alameda County to “significantly decrease the jail population, divest from the ACSO and SRJ, and put those resources back into the community.” Santa Rita Jail is the only adult jail in Alameda County since the Glenn Dyer Jail in Oakland was shut down over budget concerns in 2019.found unresponsive
on her bunk in a Santa Rita Jail cell and later pronounced dead of a suspected fentanyl overdose. Two days earlier, San Leandro police arrested Laurel on suspicion of possessing more than a quarter-pound of fentanyl and more than an ounce of methamphetamine, authorities say.
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