OAKLAND — Arraignments for felony crimes in Oakland, Berkeley and other northern Alameda County cities will once again be held at an Oakland courthouse, after a controversial move to the county’s new Dublin court two months ago.

Court officials didn’t release reasons for the reversal, announced this week. Moving in-custody arraignments prompted an outcry when it was first implemented over the summer, with critics saying it was a burden to the community and would prevent family members from attending hearings.

Arraignments will move back to the Wiley W. Manuel court in Oakland on Sept. 25, according to Chad Finke, the court’s executive officer.

The court, district attorney, public defender, sheriff and probation department plan to ask the Board of Supervisors that North County detainees be held at the Glenn Dyer Jail in Oakland, rather than housing them at Santa Rita, Finke said by email.

Public Defender Brendon Woods hailed the decision on Monday. “The move of felony cases back to Oakland will ensure that more families have access to their loved ones’ court appearances and ensure that our clients have the ability to have counsel appear with them at their arraignments and advocate on their behalf,” Woods said in an emailed statement.

The $147.7 million East County Hall of Justice in Dublin opened over the summer, at 5149 Gleason Drive, across the street from Alameda County’s main jail, Santa Rita, where most inmates awaiting arraignment are held.

The Dublin court is 30 miles from the Oakland courthouse, which has historically handled arraignments for North County inmates from Oakland and Berkeley.

Before the summer’s move of arraignments, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf sent a letter to Presiding Judge Morris Jacobson asking him to reconsider.

“The courts of Oakland are essential to the fair administration of justice in Alameda County,” Schaaf said. “Taking the critical first step in the criminal judicial process out of Oakland courts is short-sighted, counterproductive and places an unnecessary and undue burden on the families and loved ones of all Oakland in-custody defendants, in addition to placing an undue burden on victims and their respective families.”

The court hoped to save time and money on overtime costs because they would no longer have to wait for the sheriff’s van to transport prisoners miles on the freeway. In Dublin, the prisoners will be bused across the street.

“Right now, if that bus breaks down or gets in traffic, we can’t start arraignments,” Finke said at the time. “I think we are looking at overall good, not racking up overtime and expenses, which probably would outweigh the needs of the small number of people who would attend an arraignment.

“We’re broke and we cannot afford to leave any efficiencies on the table,” he said.