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

January 9, 2022 by Steve Drown

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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

Prisoners required to be vaccinated for in-person visits, off-site work

December 28, 2021 by Administrators

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CDCR INFORMATIONAL RELEASE Recently issued court orders require all incarcerated people to be fully vaccinated, or to have been granted an approved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: cdcr, COVID-19, visitation rights

Pizza makes it all better?

November 27, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Satire / Humor - Talk about a morale booster! If you almost died during the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin State Prison, you may be entitled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Editorial Tagged With: cdcr, COVID-19, Humor

Native Americans misclassified in COVID reporting

November 26, 2021 by Jad Salem

Native Americans are often racially misclassified when it comes to their positive COVID-19 test results and death certificates, according to USA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Human Interest Tagged With: COVID-19, Native Americans

CDCR’s grand gesture: The pizza party apology

November 23, 2021 by Joe Garcia

State’s COVID settlement offer includes pizza party as ‘morale booster’ Prison officials offered a series of concessions including a pizza party … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Institutions, Money, Politics Tagged With: COVID-19

Interviews offer SQ residents chance to share stories of healing

November 19, 2021 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

San Quentin residents who were locked down for 14 months because of COVID-19 have mixed feelings about the care they received. Nevertheless, some are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Human Interest, Prison Stories Tagged With: COVID-19

Polanco family files suit over death of highly-regarded sergeant

November 11, 2021 by Joshua Strange

The family of a beloved San Quentin correctional sergeant who died of COVID-19 filed a wrongful death lawsuit against prison officials. The federal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Legal, Recently Posted, Staff Profile Tagged With: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, cdcr, correction officers, COVID-19, legal

San Quentin appeals record COVID fines

November 11, 2021 by Joshua Strange

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San Quentin State Prison was fined $421,880 for COVID-19 workplace violations, the Sacramento Bee reported. San Quentin’s penalties topped the list … [Read more...]

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

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