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 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

Wood hammer court judge

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

$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...]

Filed Under: Institutions, Recently Posted, RESOURCES Tagged With: Alabama, COVID-19

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

January 9, 2022 by Steve Drown

SQ_Lethal_Injection_Room

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, executions

Silent Solidarity: Mourning Our Losses remembers lives lost to COVID-19

December 30, 2021 by Edwin Chavez

On a Friday afternoon, an event dubbed Mourning Our Losses was held on San Quentin’s Lower Yard. It brought together about 200 people to pay tribute … [Read more...]

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

Vacunas atrasadas

December 28, 2021 by Heriberto Arredondo

Durante la pandemia los prisioneros han estado tres veces más propensos a que otros americanos de ser infectados por el virus, según las report-eras … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Health Care, Spanish Tagged With: COVID-19, SQ News Espanol

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