Overview

• Sheriff’s personnel at the Maple Street Correctional Center in Redwood City were alerted around 6 a.m. to an apparent medical emergency in a housing unit.
• EMS and fire crews responded, but the woman was pronounced dead at the facility despite their efforts.
• Officials said the general population pod where she was housed received a routine safety check a short time before the episode.
• The District Attorney’s Office, Coroner’s Office and Sheriff’s Office have launched separate investigations into the death.
• Her identity has not been released pending notification of relatives, and a June overdose death at the same jail provides context for renewed scrutiny.