The Alameda District Attorney has filed contempt charges against the healthcare provider at Santa Rita Jail in connection with the death of an inmate. Deputies found the 30-year-old man unresponsive in his cell and he later died at a hospital. Authorities are investigating the death.
Crime and Public Safety |Alameda DA files contempt charges against Santa Rita Jail ’s healthcare provider in Maurice Monk’s death
Deputies found the inmate, described as a 30-year-old man, unresponsive in his cell around 9:10 p.m., the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. He received CPR and was taken to a hospital for further care around 9:25 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital at 10:08 p.m., the sheriff’s office said. He was not identified Thursday.An initial investigation did not find any evidence of foul play, according to the sheriff’s office, which is probing the death with the medical examiner-coroner and district attorney’s offices.
The San Jose Police Department booked the man into jail on Nov. 2 for burglary as well as numerous outstanding warrants from other counties, the sheriff’s office said.
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