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Stepping Back from the Stress of Covid

June 28, 2022 by Dejon Joy

How a deadly virus helped one man realize the power of basketball As I laid in an emergency room bed after collapsing in the doorway of San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports, WALL CITY Tagged With: basketball, COVID-19

SQ residents file new round of habeas petitions

April 18, 2022 by A.J. Hardy

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 In January 2022, 91 San Quentin residents filed for habeas corpus relief in the Marin County Superior Court. This new round of legal pleadings is an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal Tagged With: COVID-19, legal, San Quentin State Prison

Newsom Fights Vaccine 

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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State officials have urged a federal judge to order all California prison guards to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  “We do really have a problem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: California, cdcr, COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newson, Health Care

Garnishing Stimulus Funds

February 28, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

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The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that states can garnish third-round stimulus money paid to prisoners and apply the seized amounts to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Money, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, money

 SQ Suffers Another Outbreak

February 27, 2022 by A.J. Hardy

Two months after a local court ruled that the COVID-19 emergency at San Quentin State Prison had passed, the entire California prison system has gone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, San Quentin State Prison

Ohio courts make COVID shots condition of probation

January 23, 2022 by Rickey Goins

Two Ohio judges have ordered defendants to get COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of their probation or face prison time, the New York Times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Institutions, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, Ohio

COVID pandemic adds to mental and physical effects of isolation on prisoners

January 21, 2022 by Brandon T. Genest

The number of incarcerated people placed in solitary confinement saw a five-fold increase during the peak of the pandemic, according to Solitary Watch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, Solitary confinement, Solitary Watch

SF public defenders protest delays, court closures

January 14, 2022 by Joshua Grant

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San Francisco public defenders gathered outside City Hall in protest of court closures and delays that continue through the COVID-19 era — in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Recently Posted Tagged With: Courts, COVID-19, Public Defenders, San Francisco

Virginia prisons end early COVID releases

January 14, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

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Panic over COVID-19 in the Virginia Department of Corrections has come to end—and as of last summer, so have early prisoner releases, reported the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health and Wellness, Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, Virginia

SOLIDARIDAD SILENCIOSA

January 14, 2022 by Carlos Drouaillet

Lamentando Nuestras Pérdidas (MOL) efectúa una marcha silenciosa en el campo deportivo de San Quentin, en honor a las vidas perdidas por … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Mental Health, Recently Posted, Spanish Tagged With: COVID-19

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