COVID-19 – Page 2

Newsom Fights Vaccine

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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...]

Garnishing Stimulus Funds

February 28, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

SF public defenders protest delays, court closures

January 14, 2022 by Joshua Grant

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...]

Virginia prisons end early COVID releases

January 14, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

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...]

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...]

$400M in pandemic funds diverted to prison construction

January 12, 2022 by Bruce Bowman

Alabama has diverted virus pandemic relief money to help build new super prisons and renovate old ones, The Associated Press reports. The state … [Read more...]

Death Penalty Info Center’s 2020 report notes ‘historic lows’ in executions

January 9, 2022 by Steve Drown

COVID prison deaths exceed recent state-imposed executions in the United States Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended California’s death penalty in 2019 by … [Read more...]