An Oakland woman died in a holding cell Friday at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin while awaiting transportation to court — a day after she was found unconscious and taken to the hospital where she was cleared several hours later.
According to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, 37-year-old Kenyonna Farr of Oakland was arrested Tuesday by Oakland police under suspicion of a court order violation, and she was booked into the Santa Rita Jail around 4:45 pm. Early Thursday morning, as NBC Bay Area reports, Farr was taken to a holding cell in the jail’s Intake Transfer and Release area while she waited for transportation to court.
At 7:20 am Thursday, Farr was found unresponsive in the holding cell and taken to the hospital. Medical staff cleared Farr around 12:30 pm that day, and she was taken back to Santa Rita Jail, having missed her court appointment…