Mar 15, 2026
An Oakland woman died in a holding cell Friday at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin while awaiting transportation to court — a day after she was found unconscious and taken to the hospital where she was cleared several hours later.According to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, 37-year-old Kenyonna Farr of Oakland was arrested Tuesday by Oakland police under suspicion of a court order violation, and she was booked into the Santa Rita Jail around 4:45 pm. Early Thursday morning, as NBC Bay Area reports, Farr was taken to a holding cell in the jail’s Intake Transfer and Release area while she waited for transportation to court.At 7:20 am Thursday, Farr was found unresponsive in the holding cell and taken to the hospital. Medical staff cleared Farr around 12:30 pm that day, and she was taken back to Santa Rita Jail, having missed her court date. Friday morning at 3:42 am, per NBC Bay Area, deputies found Farr unconscious in the cell during an observation check. After performing life-saving measures, medics pronounced Farr dead at 4:18 am Friday.Farr’s cause of death will be determined after the autopsy is completed, as the Chronicle reports. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has been notified of Farr’s death, and per the Chronicle, state law requires that the case also be reported to the California Attorney General’s Office.Farr’s death is the 76th in-custody death at Santa Rita Jail since 2014, as KTVU reports. Per the Chronicle,  36-year-old Dequita Grace Harrell died in the women’s restroom of Santa Rita’s lobby last month while visiting an inmate.KPIX reported in December that three sheriff's deputies were indicted in connection with the 2021 death of Maurice Monk at the Santa Rita Jail. Monk, who had been arrested for disorderly conduct and failing to appear on a misdemeanor warrant, had been dead for at least 72 hours before he was found, as SFist reported at the time.Image: Jesstess87/WikimediaRelated: Pamela Price Charges Nine Deputies, Two Jail Staffers for 2021 Santa Rita Jail Death ...read more read less
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