{"id":220044,"date":"2026-03-14T23:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220044\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:02:13","slug":"woman-dies-at-santa-rita-jail-after-being-sent-back-from-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220044\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies at Santa Rita Jail after being sent back from hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HODRICK_8152_MXF_00.46.49.52.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">FILE ART &#8211; Alameda County sheriff&#8217;s deputies walk alongside incarcerated men at Santa Rita Jail. Aug. 22, 2023\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">DUBLIN, Calif. &#8211; A 37-year-old Oakland woman died Friday at Santa Rita Jail after a trip to the hospital the day before, according to the Alameda County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Kenyonna Farr was found unresponsive in her cell at 3:42 a.m. during a general observation check, Sgt. Roberto Morales said. Staff tried to save her, but she died about 30 minutes later, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The day before, Farr was supposed to head to court. She was taken to the intake area of the jail and was found unresponsive at 7:20 a.m. on Thursday in her assigned holding cell, Morales said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">She didn&#8217;t go to court, but was instead taken to the hospital, Morales said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">She was cleared at the hospital for returning to Santa Rita Jail.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">It&#8217;s not clear how Farr died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Morales did not describe what &#8220;unresponsive&#8221; meant in detail, or what would have caused Farr to be in that lifeless state twice in two days. He also didn&#8217;t know the details of the hospital visit, and why she was cleared to return to jail.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">He said the autopsy and toxicology reports will yield better answers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Farr had only been at Santa Rita Jail for three days. According to Morales, she had been arrested by the Oakland Police Department for a court order violation, which was not laid out in detail.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">However, news reports from 2019 indicate that Farr was sentenced in federal court to seven and a half years in prison with a term of supervised release of three years for two counts of bank robbery and one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition. She helped her boyfriend rob two Bay Area banks. She also was charged with bank robberies in 2010, according to news reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Farr is the first in-custody death in 2026. She is the 76th in-custody death at Santa Rita Jail since 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/organization\/santa-rita-jail\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Rita Jail<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article FILE ART &#8211; Alameda County sheriff&#8217;s deputies walk alongside incarcerated men at Santa Rita Jail. 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