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Oakland Woman Dies at Santa Rita Jail Hours After Hospital Clearance

An autopsy that includes toxicology is pending, with required notifications to county and state prosecutors in process.

Kenyonna Farr, of Oakland, was booked into Santa Rita Jail for a court order violation on Tuesday and died three days later while in custody, the sheriff’s office said. 
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Overview

  • Deputies found Kenyonna Farr, 37, unresponsive at 3:42 a.m. Friday during a general observation check at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
  • Jail staff began life-saving measures and requested emergency medical services, and ambulance medics pronounced her dead at 4:18 a.m.
  • The previous morning she was discovered unconscious in a holding cell, taken by ambulance to a hospital, and returned to the jail after being cleared around 12:30 p.m.
  • Officials have not described the nature of either unresponsive episode or the medical basis for the hospital clearance that preceded her return to custody.
  • Farr had been booked Tuesday for a court order violation, and her death is reported as the jail’s first in-custody death of 2026 and the 76th since 2014.