This place is truly horrid and inhumane. I am on medication 3x a day for my ADHD and I made it very clear I need it for my mental wellbeing and to function during my intake interviews. Without it, I'm very emotionally impulsive, struggle to care for my hygiene, I can get myself in dangerous situations, and I can't sleep for more than a few hours. I didn't receive ANY medication for this nor any alternative medication for my entire stay there and it was absolutely awful. I verbally requested mental health multiple times, I formally requested sick day twice, and I told multiple deputies about this many times over the span of the 4 days I was there - but NOTHING was done until just hours before my release, where they let me talk to a psychiatrist. To me this is an absolutely unacceptable and disgusting way to treat a human being. Adding to that, the food is never enough and the schedule is so insane (6am, breakfast, 11am lunch, and 4pm dinner) I went to bed every night extremely hungry. When you do get to eat, they don't give you enough time whatsoever to eat - you get 10 minutes tops to get your food, sit down, and eat as fast as you can before they start flashing the lights. It's not healthy for a human being. I felt like a starved dog. I had to save my unfinished food and hide it in my room so I wouldn't have to go hungry. The quality of the food is horrible too - they gave us "gravy" which is like a slightly liquidy clear jello with pieces of ground beef in it. The potatoes are clearly old - they had black spots all over them. And not to mention literally almost everything else is full of fillers and preservatives. The deputies attitudes add to the total inhumane conditions of the place, they treat you like a nuisance for anything - I was yelled at for simply asking 2 questions about how the cell door worked because it was my first time there. "DONT ASK QUESTIONS!". I never gave the deputies a lick of attitude but was still treated like a piece of garbage. I would ask them any question and instead of answering simply and directly they would give me an ugly look and say something really sarcastic or rude. No matter how you phrase anything or how nice you are, they treat you like a worthless piece of shit. They're also incredibly lazy - i called for a deputy a few different times and they would make hand signals at me from their office that made no sense and then get up begrudgingly and snap at me because they didn't want to get up to talk to me. And, the holding cell I was in for 5 hours was FREEZING cold, and the most they would give me was 2 t shirts, denied me a sweater. I had to bundle up in a fetal position on the disgusting bench, my arms tucked into my shirt and my nails & feet turned grey/blue. I hope this place either gets shut down or has a major reform. These conditions are extremely inhumane and something needs to happen immediately. I feel sorry for the people who have to endure this long term. read more

One of the worst hotels I've been too. Beds are lumpy and my room mate smelled like tuna and spent all night slamming pork. Room service was slow and food was cold. View wasn't all that great nor were quiet hours enforced. Guy also got stabbed right in front of me with a shank. At one point two guys came in even though I had the do not disturb sign on and I thought they were going to make the bed and get me new towels but they just handcuffed me and stole my weed. Communal showers are nice though and Tyrone made me feel like one of his guys so an extra star for that. Can't beat the price though and still better than the average motel6. read more

Really good beds tbh, and the zombie dih they serve here is mid but okay. overall very good experience

A deeply disturbing experience. The conditions and treatment at Santa Rita Jail raised serious concerns about basic human rights and public accountability. As a detainee, I expected due process and humane treatment--even if the arrest was in dispute. Instead, I encountered what felt like an environment of intimidation and neglect. My legal rights were ignored. Despite multiple requests to contact an attorney, I was repeatedly dismissed and mocked by staff. It was something clearly protected by California Law, but violated by the police. During my time there, I witnessed alarming neglect. One person in a nearby cell was violently ill all night without medical attention. Another appeared to be in distress after being physically mistreated. The overall facility was unsanitary--bodily fluids - poops, blood, vomit, pees, visibly present on benches and walls, everywhere. Not to mention the horrible smell. When I asked to be moved to a cleaner space, I was ridiculed again. I share this not out of anger, but because no one--regardless of the circumstances of their arrest--should be treated this way. We rely on our public institutions to uphold dignity and law, not degrade it. I hope speaking up encourages accountability, reform, and a safer environment for all. read more

They are very rude here no good customer service at all the ones in the front or very snappy for having to do they jobs they lie about checking on inmates well being gives out false information they just do what they wanna do and it's crazy it needs to be stopped they need to hire genuine people with good service good energy these people be angry for having to do their job it's insane new workers is needed n especially at the front desk all the ladies there are very rude in the front read more

Rating as someone that had their significant other detained here. My significant other's number was not working for him to make phone calls, and the COs did nothing to help. It was like that during his few days there, so he had to borrow another inmate's number to communicate with me. The holding cell where inmates are placed during processing for release gets extremely packed and inmates are waiting for hours with no running AC. He told me some inmates began to argue in there, seems like a tactic to just keep inmates for more nights if they act out of line. It's also very inconvenient how they release people at exaggerating late hours of the night. read more

I am a victim of a horrendous violent crime, when calling to inquire about inmate status the female operator scoffed, banged the phone multiple times on the desk when I told her I couldn't hear her (it was probably her fat neck rolls in the way) and laughed in my face. Completely unprofessional, unacceptable and deeply unsympathetic. read more

They didn't ask my pronouns while fingerprinting me. Freezing cold and baloney sandwiches everywhere.

The prison industrial complex is an absolute nightmare. That's not hyperbole, and as pathetic as it is, it's also no secret. However, Santa Rita is especially heinous. During my incarceration at that facility, while I was being held as a political prisoner, I was denied access to meals on 25 separate occasions, and when I was fed, I was given food that was opened and emptied of nearly all of its contents. I was denied exit from the cell I was assigned for recreation on more than 42 separate occasions, at times spending days locked inside the cell without exit. The majority of those forced imprisonments were facilitated by Vargas (badge #2403) and a deputy technician identified by Manzo as Filburn (badge #13). As a political prisoner, I may have been subjected to more severe treatment than your "average" inmate. After an inmate entered the cell I was assigned shortly before the morning meal on 3-9-23, I was subsequently drenched in mace by Molina (badge #2658), then locked inside the cell without access to meals or a shower to wash off the chemicals burning my skin, hair, eyes, and scalp. Know that your choice of religion is subjected to various tests and assessments while incarcerated inside Santa Rita. You have to verify and prove your understanding of the religion, and then you're placed on a specialized religion list. On 12-13-22 and 12-15-22, I requested various religious items and texts, only to be rebuffed and denied the items by the chaplain on the grounds that I did not declare and register myself as part of a religion. The requests were given to Angeles (badge #2664) and Shaghosi (badge #2654).  This is but a nibble, a piece of all the traumatic experiences I went through while incarcerated in Santa Rita. We need to demand more from our elected officials and overseers regarding the treatment of our country's citizens while incarcerated or pre-conviction. The fact that I wrote numerous letters to District Attorney Pamela Price, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Scott Wiener, PREA Northern Region in California, and the Bureau of Prisons Regional Office in Sacramento with absolutely no response was especially telling. My arresting agency was the Federal Bureau of Investigations. I was held inside Santa Rita as a holding facility before a potential transfer back to Federal Prison, which never materialized, and was in turn subjected to Hell on Earth living conditions by a law enforcement agency that was essentially only my jailors. These sorts of stories are all too common, and due to the fact that District Attorney Pamela Price's office primarily facilitates the transfer from freedom to incarceration within that facility, it's my honest belief she should be doing more to know what is occurring within its walls. Again, the fact that her office couldn't even be bothered to respond to my letters showed the level of concern she has for those she ultimately sentences to a life of bondage. read more

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After going to the hospital and given MORE THAN my dose of Suboxone (potentially lethal and I was not allowed to spit it out), and then showed my prescription for 2700mg Gabapentin 3 times daily (900mgs 3 times a day) to prevent seizures from delirium tremens, I asked to please be seen by the medical staff at Santa Rita correctional facility. I asked officer j....COLE? J carlos? I am not sure of his name but I informed him that I am in alcohol withdrawals and that I get full DT's. I told him that I will be blacked out on his cell floor within 1-2 hours if I do not get my Gabapentin. He informed me that he has dealt with plenty of alcoholics and addicts and that he has everything under control. I asked him if he was a medical doctor and he said "I've had plenty of people come through here with alcohol withdrawals. it's not that serious. The nurse will be by twice in the next 24hrs." At this point I was already hallucinating and going through DT's, so I told him "Hey you are not a doctor...Please let me speak with medical...Seriously please. I am not trying to get drugs like benzos or anything...I will be having seizures on your floor in the next hour or two....Please officer...You aren't a doctor. " His response was "I don't need to be a doctor to see that you don't need medical attention, you're fine." At this point I let him know that this is a medical emergency and that I need medical attention...NOW. He smiled at me and said...."Okay Mr. Ludwig come with me....So he had me walk in front of him towards the nurse's station...Unfortunately there was an open solo cell door on our walk...He shoved me in there and said..."You're closer to the nurse now hahahahahahn goodnight." I never got the chance to speak with ANY medical professional so I fucking sat on the ground by the door and fucking seized up. no one checked on me untie the next morning at 6am. The corrupt C.O. (All CO's seem to be corrupt) just noticed me and finally said...wait what? Why do you have a solo cell? " 'Because I told Santa Rita that I need immediate medical attention, so your fucking CO threw me in a solo cell where no one can find me or check on me. read more

dirtiest place i've ever been to smells like hot ass, only get 30 minutes of 'free' time, shit all over the walls, no privacy, every single toilet I seen in there had feces on the toilet seat not one was decently clean. no hand soap not sanitary safe at all. bologna sandwiches everywhere. the officers think there better than everyone and lack attention to inmates. read more

Just don't go to jail, the staff was friendly but the setting was very dirty and eventful at all hours of the day. Are clocks not allowed in jail or something? Also know your rights, some staff tried it a bit. Overall not as scary as people make it out to be read more

Scary place to visit. To the lobby or forced to temporarily visit a cell for some hours. It aint fun and is always freezing! Make sure to always wear a jacket when you know your visitation may soon come. read more

Deputy Davis had me hog tied and had 6 more deputies beat on me all night long at Santa Rita. For more then 8 hours straight they beat on me and put my husband at the time in the next cell over so he could hear them beating on me. I had a boot print bruise on my face from them kicking me in the face and they refused to take me to emergency and deputy Davis took the phone numbers I had of witnesses that were there during the beating from me so I couldn't sue them for the violent abuse. I was trying to calm a girl down that was scared to death for being in jail her first time and deputy Davis pulled me out of my cell and told me to face the wall and when I faced the wall she slammed my face into the brick wall and had me hog tied and beaten for hours while I was hog tied. Something needs to be done to these deputies for the abuse to us inmates. They don't have any right to just pull someone out and beat them like they do . They are the reason inmates are dying because they beat them to death and no one does anything about it read more

What is that smell? What am I doing with my life? Guess it's 180 days standing on my head. The fitness program is top notch. I was up to 600 push ups a day by the end. What is that smell? The food is mysterious. The two tone turkey was my favorite abomination. Tried and produced my own fine vintage pruno. It was excellent. Save your jelly, fruit, and juice and use some bread as a starter. Put it in a bag and keep it under your pillow. You'll be drunk in a week. What is that smell? Stay in your car or get ran over. Don't expect any medical assistance. Scabies were popping of when I was there. Tiny bugs crawling on everyone's skin. Probably got them from the oddly sized pajamas everyone was wearing. What is that smell? The guys who got in a fight a few cells over were hilarious. The guards let them go till one was almost dead and had a broken arm. Good times. I lost a couple soups on that one. Oh well. I won't be going back. read more

Horrible service, would not recommend coming here last time I went in it was November 2020 and they did not provide me with a mask and it was very cold. The guards ignore you, very ghetto. If I could give them negative stars I would. read more

When I arrived to Santa Riata jail via way of Oakland Police , I was taken into the building for the transfer. After another pat down and a surrender of all personal items, I was told to walk into door number XXX. This was a time holding area before booking. There are two doors, the one I came in at and another at the opposite end that leads to booking. The area was extremely filthy. The walls/floors beach looked like they were covered in spit, blood and no tell what else. There was no way I even thought about setting down on the concert beach as the place was unsanitary. After waiting over 20 min, I had to uses the restroom, I flagged down a guard and advised them I needed to pee. He said well you have not been finger printed so too bad. I told him want should I do, piss in the holding area on the floor? He said go ahead I don't care. Well I was not about to do that and then be charged for something else. I held it for another 5 min or so and finally another guard opened the door and I told them I need to pee really bad. This guard was very nice and stated they'll do the prints really fast. Finally the prints are done and they are ready to take me to a cell. OMG the first cell they took me to was a DISASTER and I told them there is no way in hell that I was going to hold up in that cell. I told him what the heck is going on with the unsanitary condition of this building. He stated they get a lot of people coming in. I said what dose that have to do with how filthy the cell is. Anyway, moving along, they took me to a second cell. Again I said no way this one was even worst. It looked like a crime scene. He then took me to a third cell which was more acceptable/suitable (although it was still dirty. I did not want to touch anything and or sit down on the concert dirty beach. I was thankful that they even let me make my own selection regarding my accommodations lol. If it would have been the first guard that told me to take a piss in the holding area and did not care, he would have just placed me in the first cell with no lip from me. I arrived at 5:00AM and by 7:30/8:00 I could not stand any longer I was tiered so, I had to come to bring my self to setting on the disgusting bench. And at some point I had to bite the bullet and lay down on the filthy beach. Later that day, they have to take you to talk to a psychiatrist. Again, I could not believe the unsanitary condition of the space. I asked the Dr what the hell is going on with the level of maintenance regarding cleaning. The walls, floor window area looked like they have not been clean in over 15 years. The Dr stated that the inmates do the cleaning. This was no excuse to allow people to have to be subjected to this types of unsanitary conditions. Look, I know I was not checking into a hotel and there by my on choice, however, detainees should not have to be subjected to that level of filth scum. I have never written a review before, however, once I checked out lol Bailed out, I had to post the conditions of this facility. read more

This jail is top notch! They say people don't like staying there, but what better place to keep bad guys locked up inside! The fences and strong walls keep the prisoners inside. I hear the food is not quality, but as a tax payer I don't mind. read more

Free free free! Enjoy free food while lounging on a free mattress while using free WiFi to while away your time between doses of free meds when you grow tired of the free big screen tv's while chillin in the free air conditioning. Every room has a concierge button to press as often as you like 24/7 and if for any reason at all you are unhappy there is a responsive grievance unit to cheerfully look into it on your behalf. read more

Ahhh back again...not my fault. I don't know if the county got more money to invest in dryer sheets or what but my blankets felt and smelled excellent! I thank goodness that got out today because I really don't want to gamble and see if Tuesday's oatmeal is still lumpy. Jumpsuit was still made of that high-quality cotton I just hate being without a bra. I hate the flip flops they just don't fit right I don't have a huge fear wearing them due to the fact I am brave enough to take a shower at 24 Hour Fitness with no shoes on. Anywhoo...great place, great staff. If you're going to get busted I highly recommend you do it in the East Bay Area. read more

I hear this bed and breakfast is must do on the bucket list, excellent FREE accommodations, all things comfy and cozy. Highly recommended, your allowed to check in 24 hours a day, check out is a little different not exactly on your terms (sad face). Only down side to this resort is the inability to book online through CheapTickets or hotels.com The CO's are quite helpful, they generously hold and lift your hand during the fingerprinting process, this means absolutely ZERO effort required by the guest. If you like shower sharing this is the place read more

the food is extremely poor. they give the SAME unhealthy tv dinners for breakfast lunch and dinner. nothing ever changes. most times you dont even get milk. no veggies or fruit just potatoes and processed meat and when i expressed i have an allergy to gluten and processed meat they said deal with it. one of the female guards shoved my face in the wall and punched me and threw me around for no reason. left bruises on my face and arms. they dont give you clean cells or clean clothes. no sheets. no entertianment. no books or tv or music. no coloring supplies or writing supplies. staff DO NOT COMMUNICATE. no clothing exchange. no proper hygiene supply for people who need soap and shampoo. no books. no paper. no pencils. they traffic people in and out for money and they cant afford to provide for our needs. then they claim they dont have enough. no exercise equipment. no help. just a revolding door of enslavement. read more

TIP#1: Don't drink and drive. It's not worth it. Uber and Lyft is the way to go. TIP#2: Be prepared cause this place is freezing. TIP#3: They take away your possessions including your precious phone. However, there's a phone inside, so you better have some phone numbers memorized. No guarantees your friend or family will pick up though, because it will say that the phone call is from jail. TIP#4: They may say that you have to be held for 6-8 hours but this could mean 10+ hours. Hang in there! TIP#5: The sandwich meat was surprisingly delicious. TIP#6: To make the time go by, chat with the people you're stuck with. TIP#7: We all make mistakes. Life isn't always easy, but stay strong. Things will be okay in the end. Be better than you were yesterday. I refuse to become a regular here. read more

This place looks nice from the outside and am glad I didn't have to go inside. I had to drop off my friend, so he could surrender himself to the jail for a few days for a probation violation. We got there at 6pm and sat around until 7:30 before they took him in. Lucky they time stamped the time we checked in. read more

Alameda County Santa Rita Jail - Contacting people - Jails & Prisons Near Me - Dublin, California

Boy this place sucks, That first room is the worst . It sure gets cold in here and they need a better janitor. I felt like I was stuck in a tuna can. They need an upgrade too, baloney sandwiches with the little white skid marks in em ew. eh the service here definitely sucks, you better know the rules here or at least try to do a good job acting like it or you may get a one two three or four to the dome. The workers here constantly seem upset about something. what we aren't paying these guys enough or something? This place is pretty far away from everything. I am glad there were nice people in the area outside of this hell so I could figure out where I was an how to get back to where I am familiar with. Checking in is always quick right ha "THROW HIS ASS IN THERE!!!" , Thank God Checking out didn't take too long tho, prayers were answered there. Hey they even filmed a lock up episode about this place read more

I heard you can get bunked up with 49er players here! 3 stars! Or with Raiders players, plus 1 star. You can't get chili Top Ramen. Minus 1 star. You can easily identify who is visiting who by all the neck tattoos on the girls in line. No star. BART is nearby for a quick getaway, plus 2 stars. (Run forest RUN) Minus 3 stars for it being a jail. read more

This is by far the most poorly employed jail (and worst place in general) on earth. Every deputy that works there slacks off as much as they possibly can. Every inmate is malnourished, almost starving to death. The deputies antagonize the inmates and don't treat anybody in a respectful manner at all, no matter an inmate or not. I came in 9/22/17 simply for an ID and release court order and I was never called up to the counter to pickup my fingerprints. I had to go up to the counter several times and ask if the fingerprints were ready and was only greeted with snobby comments both times I asked. I was first told a 4-8 hour wait, but somehow it ended up taking about 10-12 hours total from when I first arrived. Santa Rita is a complete disaster of a jail, a complete waste of taxpayers money, and easily the most rude and lazy deputies out of any jail I've ever heard of. I wish I could give this place negative stars for how terrible the service is. read more

Firstly... it's a jail... not a RETREAT. So to all you IDIOTS writing real reviews about how shitty this place is, you're all morons that probably got participation trophies as kids. This jail serves its purpose. It makes you MISERABLE. It's a piece of shit. It stinks like ass. The food is horrible. The people suck. The deputies suck. The toilets overflow and the sinks have shit water. It's a jail. And that's what a jail should be like. I will never be returning to this shit hole ever again. I'll stay home when drunk next time! read more

As Far as jails go, this is the crem de la crem. First off, you don't even need a ride here. They pick you up from anywhere in the county. Sometimes they even get you out of bed and bring you and its all free of charge. Upon arrival you will be relieved of your belt, your shoe laces or any other thing you can kill yourself with. But don't worry, you can kill yourself with all that stuff when you get out. You will get it all back. Next they give you free jewelry (a classy plastic armband) and take your photo. Don't forget to smile. After a brief wait you will be introduced to you concierge who will walk you through the next four to twelve hours. If you are able to create a positive bond with your concierge you will be finger printed, weighed and asked about three hundred questions regarding your friends, family, sexual orientation and favorite colors. After this you get your first meal. Bread and "meat." Savor it because meals are few and far between. As your stay progresses I suggest you not be modest because any expectation of privacy or personal space. Your roommates will do any foul act you can think of in front of you, to you, on you or in you. If you keep your back to the wall they will most likely just do it in front of you. So keep your back to the wall. After you marinate for a while you will be taken from your small room to a bigger room where you take off all your clothes and get new clothes. Same rules apply as above. After you get fitted up you get taken to your room. Your concierge will give you a few pointers to follow. Follow them and you get to leave the big room and go to "The Thunder Dome." Don't let the name scare you. Let the 300 screaming lunatics who greet you scare you. Let the humidity created by years of funk that hits you like the great State of Texas scare you. Let the large man who wants to rub your shoulders scare you. Well once you get settled in your 29 roommates will kindly request you take a shower, Take a shower and hope you still have a blanket when you return. After you get a restful night of sleep on your metal bunk that also works as a card table and a bass drum you wake up to eat breakfast at 4:15. You will enjoy your grits, big juice and little juice, but again savor it because you wont eat for a while because today is your big day. Today you go to court. Again you get a free ride to court and wait in another room until you get to learn your fate. After about four hours you get to sit in front of a Judge and learn that the DA decided not to press charges for a crime you know you committed. But you will be happy because you get to go home in another 10-12 hours. So praise "justice" and go steal some more stuff or kick a dog or what ever it was you did to earn your spot at Santa Rita because we all know you earned it. Until next time. read more

Facility seems nice and clean. It's quite a distance from San Jose for sure. Staff appears to be nice over phone but really isn't helpful for the most part. Visitations get canceled over 60% of the time and staff doesn't even let you know when you call in to confirm. They will let you know that there's no cancellations over the phone and you find out that either the monitor isn't working or the inmate is out to court or moved to another facility or they just cancelled all visitations for the day. There's always some reason. I've wasted so many trips driving from San Jose to visit my boo and to find out that it got cancelled again! Once in a blue moon a courtesy cancellation email. But other than that, it'd be a hopeless field trip, a waste of time, gas, money, mileage, not to mention having to fight traffic or get stuck in traffic. This jail needs to get their act together! read more

IMPORTANT Registered with Go Army. Please get ahold of Dublin CA Santa Rita jail I need Skylar or Bruce Willis to refix my image projector thing it's showing those explicit pictures again. The ones I called 911 for and go army for. They show sexual stuff and machete pictures. They even showed up in uniform and showed me the machete....Remember you showed me the pictures on the CPU in there during the lotus process..I already talked to all of them and called for the pictures and it's up again. Please call the go army office let them know I've reached out for the pictures to be turned off by everyone. 911 the sheriff's and the army. Jake Shirley registered with go army read more

If you need to go to just get fingerprinted they make you wait 4-6 hours for probably no reason. Bring food drinks and something to keep you busy. read more

Well, I can't say I was arrested unjustly. I was drunk as hell going about a hundred on the freeway. CHP picked me up and they were actually pretty cool for how hammered I was. Those were my hay days. Upon my transfer to Hotel Rita, all of my belongings were taken (cell phone, jewelry, shoelaces, belt etc). This stay was excruciating. I spent 14 hrs in there. That's 14 hrs too long. I was in a drunk tank/slash transfer cell. Very smelly though and dirty. Everyone awake and coherent was cool, no drama. I am big, thick, brown and tatted so I doubted I'd have any issues. I was actually the comedian in there. The sh*ttiest part was when they took me to a smaller cell with more people. It was cramped. SRJ is cold and unless you are in there in Gen Pop, you will not get a blanket. Also you are sleeping on a cement bench or on the floor. Any time you hear guards walking or keys janglin', don't get excited, it's probably not for you. The toilet? Forget about it...you will do anything to not use it. I was in there with some solid people like myself who just made bad decisions but there were tweakers in there too. Next comes meal time. Brown bag mystery. Horse c*ck sandwich time! Oh yummy. Two stale pieces of bread, two bologna slices, some mustard/mayo packs, a stale, soggy, generic oreo and some fruit punch that packs like a whopping 400 calories. It's really just sugar water. Oh and an orange. I ate it all plus someone else's only because I hadn't eaten since lunch the previous day and was still sort of drunk. Otherwise you wouldn't feed this to your pup. I will never visit Hotel Rita again. The guards are rude but they deal with scum all day. What do you expect? The food sucks, it's cold and dirty. Just don't eff up and steer clear of this place. I am tough but anyone lesser may get broken. This is not Disneyland. I don't drink and drive anymore and am not a criminal so I won't be back. read more

SRJ is like a home away from home...lol I cant even believe there are jail yelp reviews....even a moron can predict what people are gonna say. Noone likes ANY jail. Are there even any 5 stars jails in existence? read more

I'm reviewing jail. I had to pick up my 'jailbird bae'. It was our first encounter dealing with this and I gave the ladies working there 3 stars for our interaction. They were alright, somewhat nice/somewhat rude. I obviously don't expect this place to be gentle with words, but the ladies could've been a little easier to speak with. The first lady I spoke with was helpful and clear about the procedure and what I needed to do. Although she did make me feel a little silly for the questions I asked. It wasn't too terrible. I called back and spoke with another lady. I had a dying phone so I needed immediate responses. I was preparing to drive and asked what the address is so I could look at the gps before my phone died. She said, "can't you just google it? don't you have a smart phone?" Lol. Sheesh, lady. When I got there, they had a nice vending machine which was perfect because I was exhausted, hungry AND thirsty. It's QUIET. You cannot use the phone in the lobby, either. Very nice outdoor area, it's huge there. Also, jail has a smell. When my boyfriend was released, he had this disgusting smell of jail. I definitely had to roll the windows down in the car. read more

Don't break the law, and you will never have to see this place. It really is that simple. read more

Really, as far as detention facilities go, this one isn't terrible. Its relatively modern, its easily accessed from all points in the Bay Area, and the staff is pretty attentive to moving detainees to appropriate unit assignments to minimize conflict. I speak only as an attorney so while I haven't stayed there as a guest, I have visited on numerous occasions and can compare it to most California and Nevada facilities. There are truly worse places you might end up than Santa Rita. I would give them more stars, from an attorney's perspective but they require attorney visitors to be "site validated" in advance. I understand the value of making sure that visitors do not have a criminal record but as an attorney, the California Bar association keeps a pretty close eye on my record (to make sure I don't have one). Everything that the jail does to "validate" me, the Bar has already done 100 times over and in far more invasive detail...so why the extra hurdle? read more

I have been to many resorts around the world as many of you know I am immensely well traveled and been comped by some of the finest facilities. The Alameda County Santa Rita Resort and Spa is by far the finest in the world. Between the world-class accommodations, the exceptional workout facility, and the top-notch staff and clientele it is hard to find a reason to go anywhere else. If I must point out negatives I would say this is an adults only resort which made my daughter cry when the staff member came to pick me up and take me on my magical weekend and forced her to stay home. To their credit they did put on a delightful light show for the neighborhood - it was amazing what they accomplished with only red and blue lights. My wife was welcome but they would have required us to stay in separate rooms - they did have some bungalows out back where we could have some private time to relax but they had limited time. I look forward to giving a glowing review with the manager of the facility - he has a funny nickname - they call him "Judge" read more

It was a fun, but cold night in December 2009. Just partied up a storm in Alameda at ye olde Fire Den. In the cell, there was myself, three Mexican girls who got lost leaving Modesto (???), a couple of black girls, and a couple of white girls... While waiting to get my mug taken, one of the white girls (still wasted) asked to get switched to another cell because of the "shenanigans" she was forced to be around. "I'm with all these shenanigans! Can you put me with only White people?" LOL!!! She then took all of the toilet paper to make a blanket for herself. What fun that was, peeling layers from her to every time I needed to pee............... the sandwiches were gross. I was one of the last few let out, ugh it's because I'm a shenanigan! (My husband at the time was NOT happy when he came to get me the next morning. Well, WHO CARES??? :)) read more

If I could give zero stars I would. I was just recently released from SRJ during the Covid 19 pandemic. While I was in jail I was exposed to Covid 19 while housed in the Out Patient Housing Unit (OPHU) for a serious knee infection. This is the unit staff initially began to house all of the suspected and confirmed cases Covid 19 cases. Because staff were careless, failed to change their PPE often while doing rounds, and interacted with Covid 19 patients and then non-Covid 19 patients, I ultimately discovered upon my release that I too had contracted Covid 19. The deplorable conditions in the OPHU and lack of sanitation greatly contributed to me contracting this disease within SRJ. I would go months without clean linen, its near impossible to get a laundry exchange to change clothes, not once (never) was I permitted cleaning supplies to clean my cell, there was no hand sanitizer and a grave lack of soap for basic hygiene. I also had to share my shower (which also is hardly ever cleaned) with suspected Covid 19 prisoners. Regarding the showers, I was forced to at times go two weeks without a shower. But typically, the showers would be at about five day intervals. Most of the staff didn't take the threat of Covid 19 seriously, openly stating the whole issue is being blown out of proportion. I could go on and on about the horrid conditions within the jail, the inadequate medical care, and conditions ripe to rapidly spread the pandemic. I just want to say that those men and women in SRJ are our brothers, sisters, moms and even our children. We are all just one bad choice away from being a prisoner ourselves (meaning you the reader). Conditions in the jail shouldn't be such that promotes the spread of this virus. The ACSD has a loooong way to go in recognizing and then accepting the idea they have to change up policy and procedures especially in the OPHU to ensure a safe living environment for all prisoners. I don't recommend ANYONE visit this cesspool. On that note I will end this narrative and description of just SOME of the terrible aspects of SRJ and say stay out of trouble. This disease is a bitch and had I not been exposed in the jail I'd likely not be this sick now. read more