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A 37-year-old Oakland woman was found dead in Santa Rita Jail on Friday, a day after she fell unconscious in a holding cell but was returned to lockup, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said.
Kenyonna Farr was discovered unresponsive about 3:42 a.m., the sheriff’s office said. She was pronounced dead at 4:18 a.m. Friday (March 13).
Farr had been taken to a hospital Thursday after she was found not responsive inside a holding cell while awaiting transportation to court about 7:20 a.m., the sheriff’s office said.
“Deputies immediately began life-saving measures and she was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital,” the sheriff’s office said. “At approximately 12:30 p.m., Ms. Farr was cleared by medical personnel for further incarceration and was subsequently transported back” to Santa Rita Jail.
Farr had been arrested Tuesday by Oakland police on a court order violation, the sheriff’s office said. She had been booked into the jail about 4:45 p.m. that day.
Farr’s death is under investigation. The cause and manner of her death will be determined by a forensic pathologist following an autopsy and toxicology testing, the sheriff’s office said.
The death has been reported to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Under state law, the sheriff’s office will also report the in-custody death to the California Attorney General’s Office.
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