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In a unanimous vote, Berkeley City Council members opposed the Alameda County sheriff’s request of an $85 million annual budget increase at a special meeting Tuesday.
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Alameda County Superior Court announced in a press release Thursday that it will resume a limited number of hearings in civil, family and probate matters, enact new emergency rules and offer limited public courthouse access beginning April 20.
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Alameda County Superior Court Judge Tara Desautels issued three general orders releasing an additional 56 inmates from Santa Rita Jail, according to a press release issued Monday.
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As of Sunday, Santa Rita Jail has 15 inmates who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Concerns about conditions inside the jail have led attorneys and leaders from faith-based community organizations to urge reductions in the jail’s population.
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The Alameda County Superior Court issued a series of emergency local rules, announced the start of emergency hearings and ordered the release of 19 inmates from Santa Rita Jail, according to an April 10 press release.
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Eleven inmates at Santa Rita Jail have confirmed cases of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, as reported by the Mercury News on Wednesday.
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As Santa Rita Jail is taking precautions in light of the COVID-19, colloquially known as the coronavirus, pandemic, organizations and activists are pushing for more drastic measures.
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The Alameda County Superior Court ordered the release of low-risk offenders arrested for failing to appear in court from Santa Rita Jail on Wednesday in response to COVID-19, or the new coronavirus.
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Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County Tara Desautels issued a general order Thursday releasing 247 individuals from Santa Rita Jail in light of the current status of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.
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A vigil and rally seeking justice for 23-year-old inmate and father Dujuan Armstrong, who died in Santa Rita Jail in 2018, was held outside of an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office substation in Oakland on Saturday afternoon.
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