A man in Santa Clara County jail custody died from COVID-19 after he was hospitalized during a record-setting infection surge last month, marking the county's first official jail death from the virus.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Tuesday the details of an ICE arrest made outside a county correctional ...

A coalition of inmate-rights advocates are renewing their calls for Santa Clara County to drastically improve its efforts to protect the county's incarcerated population from COVID-19, asserting ...

Santa Clara County sheriff calls for an in-depth review to get the 'true facts' after allegations of jail mismanagement and inmate ... after injuries and deaths at the county’s jails. Aug. 16, 2021.

A 32-year-old Santa Clara County Jail inmate died and a second inmate was hospitalized after the two were found unresponsive in a bathroom at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas early ...

The loss of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits that allegedly went to jail inmates across the state has prompted Santa Clara County prosecutors to start clamping down on the problem.

Staff at the Santa Clara County Main Jail discovered one of its inmates was unresponsive Saturday evening and transported him to a local hospital, where doctors declared him dead within an hour.

In 2020, deputies did nothing for five minutes while 31 inmates at a Santa Clara County jail beat a man they suspected of being a snitch. Smith took zero responsibility for the incident.

Santa Clara County jail inmate died screaming, ‘I’m sorry!’ By Henry K. Lee , Reporter Updated Sep 8, 2015 4:51 p.m. Three Santa Clara County correctional officers are on leave in the wake ...