9 prison guards and 2 medical workers charged in the 2021 in-custody death of Oakland father Maurice Monk, the sheriff's office said

ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) — Nine sheriff's deputies and two medical workers are facing felony charges in connection with the death of an inmate at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.

That's according to a new report from our media partner The East Bay Times.

Maurice Monk of Oakland was found lifeless in his prison cell in 2021.

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A lawyer for his family says he was left alone without proper medication or care and may have been dead for days before officers found him.

Last week, Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez acknowledged that mistakes were made, but they did not rise to the threshold of criminal negligence.