Elmwood Jail

Two major fights occurred Tuesday involving inmates at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, sources within the jail tell NBC Bay Area.

Injuries are reported following two large-scale fights involving inmates at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.

A COVID-19 outbreak at Santa Clara County jails is forcing the county to look for alternatives, including asking neighbors for help.

A COVID-19 outbreak at Santa Clara County jails is forcing the county to look for alternatives, including asking neighbors for help. Damian Trujillo reports.

Police arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly assaulting another man and hitting him in the abdomen with a skateboard in Downtown Palo Alto on Wednesday.

School has started for many in the Bay Area, and one classroom in the South Bay is anything but typical, with students wearing handcuffs and shackles.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents successfully entered the Elmwood Jail in Milpitas and the main jail twice in two days earlier this month, going against local sanctuary policy.

Santa Clara County is looking to shut off a unique pipeline of illegal drugs to jail inmates. The culprits: drones.

After more than a year of fighting and abuse accusations between guards and inmates, both sides came together Friday to break bread.

Two female Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputies on Friday were placed on leave for alleged jail guard abuse, sources tell NBC Bay Area.

“A defective plane that’s crashed, piloted by someone in charge who was “indifferent, incompetent or a combination of both.” That’s the description given Tuesday by the head of the Blue Ribbon Commission tasked with giving the county recommendations on how to improve Santa Clara County’s jails.

Leaked memos to NBC Bay Area reveal an inadequate surveillance system at a South Bay jail.

It is now easier and presumably safer for inmates at Santa Clara County’s jail to make complaints about the treatment by correctional officers and living conditions.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating more allegations of correctional deputies beating an inmate.

Santa Clara County officials are working on increasing its security at its jails after a deputy was severely injured in an attack by at least 10 inmates at Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas.

NBC Bay Area has learned a correctional officer at Elmwood Correctional Jail Facility in Milpitas was severely beaten on Christmas Eve by a group of inmates who are all suspected gang members.