The private company responsible for medical care at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a dead inmate’s family.

Wellpath, a Nashville, Tennessee-based company, agreed to settle the case brought by the children of Maurice Monk, who died in the jail in November 2021.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.