Alameda County sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of murdering a Dublin couple, a jury decided Thursday.  Devin Williams, 26, was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder for shooting Maria and ...

A 57-year-old homicide suspect with a history of "several severe medical conditions" died in a hospital Tuesday.

Nearly four years after the legislature gave them the authority to act, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to establish civilian oversight of its sheriff’s department, an agency ...

“I do not believe there’s a sheriff in the state of California that is saying lawful mail cannot be delivered to an inmate,” he said ... set up ballot collection boxes in jail. The VOICE program in ...

The jail processes around 6,500 inmates in and out each year, officials said. The county jail is already under an outside investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division after a 22-year-old ...

Alameda County agreed to the consent decree to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of inmates in 2018. Seventy inmates have died in the facility since 2014. The jail has a capacity of approximately ...

Detectives are investigating the death of a Santa Rita Jail inmate found unresponsive in his cell on Aug. 24. Abrion William McElmore, 30, had been in custody since Sept. 9, 2022, when Alameda County ...

OAKLAND — The criminal case against one of Alameda County District Attorney ... and fingerprints taken at the Santa Rita Jail as part of the county’s standard booking process.