SAN JOSE — The coroner’s office has confirmed that a man in Santa Clara County jail custody died from COVID-19 after he was hospitalized during a record-setting infection surge last month ...

Santa Clara County’s new main jail, which critics have blasted as a wasted effort that will do little to deter crime, could end up costing almost twice as much as estimated two years ago ...

Santa Clara County Main Jail. San Jose Spotlight file photo. Silicon Valley is known for technological innovation, but its jails are running on paper — and it’s fueling a public safety crisis.

Santa Clara County’s new residential facility in San José will offer shared living spaces to people leaving jail with mental ...

Embarcadero Media file photo by Magali Gauthier. Santa Clara County jail deaths reached a 20-year high in 2024. Ten people died in the custody of the Sheriff’s Office last year across the main ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The funding to build a new $390 million jail facility in Santa Clara County has been approved. The board supervisors gave the OK on Tuesday, which comes with the recommendation ...

Santa Clara County moved forward last week with plans for a new jail, a move sharply criticized by opponents who for years have urged officials to use the funds for a mental health treatment center ...

Santa Clara County jail deaths reached a 20-year high in 2024. Ten people died in the custody of the Sheriff’s Office last ...

Santa Clara County jail deaths reached a 20-year high in 2024. Ten people died in the custody of the sheriff's office last year across the main jail, Elmwood Correctional Facility and county ...