OAKLAND — Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson plans to dismiss charges against 8 of the 11 people prosecuted in the death of Maurice Monk, who died in 2021 after languishing for days in his Santa Rita Jail cell, Monk’s sister said Wednesday.

The decision — which is expected to be finalized at a court hearing Thursday morning — marks the latest instance of Jones Dickson scaling back the work of her predecessor, Pamela Price. The former district attorney filed the case just days after the November 2024 election, when voters recalled the civil rights attorney-turned-prosecutor from office.

Monk’s sister, Elvira Monk, said she was notified by Jones Dickson’s office Wednesday of the decision to dismiss cases against eight of the 11 sheriff’s deputies and jail medical staff c

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