ALAMEDA COUNTY District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson dropped all charges against most of the 11 Santa Rita Jail guards and staff accused in the 2021 death of inmate Maurice Monk.

Dickson said she will still prosecute three of the defendants — two Alameda County sheriff’s deputies, Donall Rowe and Robin Hayer, and one former deputy, Thomas Mowrer — who are all facing one count each of dependent adult abuse.

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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.