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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Recalled California DA charges county jail staff in 2021 in-custody death of inmate

Inmate Death Criminal Charges - (San Francisco Chronicle)

A San Francisco Bay Area district attorney recalled in the Nov. 5 election filed criminal charges this week against 11 former and current staff of a county jail for the 2021 in-custody death of a man who was left unchecked in his cell for days.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Thursday that felony dependent adult abuse charges were filed against seven county sheriff’s deputies, two former deputies and two medical staffers at Santa Rita Jail. If convicted, the maximum for each defendant is four years in state prison.

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