He noted that the conditions were unsanitary and that he worried the blood on the walls might be infected. Kobylarz also recalled using toilet paper as a blanket to cover a shivering and crying man who was in the cell with him. Kobylarz claimed that at SRJ, he was locked in a cold and windowless “containing cell” with blood and feces on the wall and a “drunk or drugged out man” throwing up inside. Philip James Kobylarz, who was formerly held at SRJ, alleged that when a “false” restraining order and a subsequent “illegal” warrant were filed against him, he was sent to SRJ twice after his arrest by Union City Police on Nov. “Alameda County voters hoped the election of Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez would bring meaningful change to SRJ, but the death of Cody and three others in six weeks alone tells us that nothing has changed,” the press release reads. They also alleged that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors “fails” to hold the ACSO accountable for more than 60 lives lost in custody over the past 9 years, according to the press release. Many Alameda County civil rights organizations and advocates are “enraged” by the inaction within the ACSO regarding a history of alleged abuse, mistreatment and death at Santa Rita Jail, or SRJ. The joint press release also noted that Vanburen was on his way home and out of incarceration. 4 and Stephen Lofton, pronounced dead Jan. 13, Charles Johnson, pronounced dead Feb. The other deceased included Elizabeth Laurel, pronounced dead Feb. Candice “Cody” Vanburen, 33, was pronounced dead March 1, at Santa Rita Jail.Īccording to a joint March 6 press release from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Oakland Rising, Urban Peace Movement, Human Impact Partners, Anti Police-Terror Project, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice and TGI Justice Project, Vanburen’s death marks the fourth person to die in custody of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, or ACSO, in the last six weeks.
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