The Brief
- Wellpath paid the children of Maurice Monk $2.5 million after he was left for dead at Santa Rita Jail for days in 2021.
- Alameda County has already paid the children $7 million.
- Jail reform activists are trying to convince the county to end its contract with Wellpath in 2027.
DUBLIN, Calif. – Private healthcare provider Wellpath has paid the children of an Oakland man left for dead at Santa Rita Jail $2.5 million, in addition to Alameda County paying those same children an unprecedented $7 million.
The agreement was finalized on Wednesday, when attorneys Adante Pointer, Ty Clarke and Patrick Buelna told Nia’Amore Monk, she would be awarded $2.3 million stemming from the 2021 death of her 45-year-old father, Maurice Monk.
Her brother, Kyse, who filed a separate suit, will be awarded $250,000. …