A man in a red hoodie jumped over fences and swiveled through alleys near 165th Avenue in San Leandro, fleeing a suspected ...

According to a Department of Justice report released earlier this year, about 40% of people at the Alameda County jails needed mental health treatment.

Authorities in Alameda County said they rescued a 3-month-old baby girl and arrested six people during the bust of an alleged ...

DUBLIN, Calif. - Yesenia Sanchez campaigned to be Alameda County's next sheriff promising a "transformational change" when she took helm, working to rehabilitate those held in the county jail and ...

ALAMEDA COUNTY — A state senator has joined the growing chorus of critics demanding a thorough review of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in light of persistent controversies that have ...

OAKLAND — Alameda County’s north county jail, Glenn E. Dyer in Oakland, will be closed in a cost-savings measure, the sheriff’s office confirmed Friday.

What began as a visit to a psychiatric center for a prescription refill ended as a nightmare for one inmate at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, a lawsuit says. Four deputies targeted ...

Inmates walk to the Sandy Turner Education Center for class at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif., on Thurs. Mar. 26, 2015. The Alameda County Sheriff is challenging the Board of Supervisors ...

Inside the Santa Rita Jail kitchen Alameda County. In a legal filing, Alameda County has said that if anyone is on the hook for inmates’ unpaid wages, it’s the “private business” that ...

Alameda County counsel's comments came at the end of the hearing, which included dozens of incarcerated people telling the judge that conditions in the jail are terrible, from the nearly inedible ...

Four Alameda County jail deputies were arrested on suspicion of assault under the color of authority after allegedly allowing an inmate to attack others with feces and urine. News.