Santa Rita Jail
37°43′2.17″N 121°53′16.53″W / 37.7172694°N 121.8879250°W
Aerial view of the housing units at Santa Rita Jail. | |
| Location | Dublin, California |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | County Jail |
| Capacity | 3489 |
| Population | 2563 (as of Dec 2019) |
| Opened | 1989 |
Santa Rita Jail is a county jail located in Dublin, Alameda County, California, and operated by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. With a design capacity of 3489, Santa Rita is one of the largest jails in the United States and larger than many California state prisons. The jail is adjacent to Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, on the Camp Parks Reserve Forces Training Area.
Santa Rita has one of the highest rates of in-custody deaths for county jails in California, and has been the recipient of numerous lawsuits and class-action lawsuits regarding jail conditions and medical care. As with most jails, the majority of people incarcerated in Santa Rita are in pre-trial detention and have not been convicted of a crime.