Body cam footage in Santa Rita jail undercuts deputies' claims about 20-year-old inmate's death
The videos appear to contradict the sheriff’s narrative that Christian Madrigal was violent and needed to be restrained.
Alameda County DA finds no criminal wrongdoing with Fremont man's suicide in Santa Rita
The DA said that she did not find it unreasonable that Christian Madrigal was chained to the door by his ankles, but she did find it "concerning" that he was left there unattended to a "fixed object," and these methods do not demonstrate "best practices."
Fremont 20-year-old chained to Santa Rita Jail door with leg irons, cuffs: coroner's report
Absent from these documents is any body camera footage to provide evidence of what occurred to Christian Madrigal last summer.
Autopsy reveals Santa Rita inmate died of asphyxiation after restraint placed on him
New details emerged Wednesday on the death of a Santa Rita Jail inmate who died of asphyxiation, according to an autopsy, after a restraint called "the wrap" was placed on him.
Female inmates allege they were coerced to have abortions at Santa Rita Jail
Six current and former female inmates at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin filed suit in federal court in Oakland today alleging that Alameda County sheriff's deputies mistreated them and in some cases coerced them to have abortions.