As Coronavirus deaths escalate in California’s prisons, advocates say medical parole could help stem the pandemic. With a third of the population … [Read more...]
Dual Epidemics of COVID-19 and Influenza (the flu)
The flu, a different coronavirus, will be back this winter, as usual, starting in November and getting worse December and January. As the early … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Took Away This Father’s One Chance a Year to See His Kids
This was going to be the year that Dion DeMerrill would fully explain to his sons why he is in prison. The virus lockdown made that … [Read more...]
AT SAN QUENTIN, OVERCROWDING LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EXPLOSIVE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
All but nine of California’s 35 prisons house more people than the facility was designed to hold. The following article by Juan Haines, … [Read more...]
The Early Warnings Of a Prison Pandemic
Timothy Hicks wrote the following article well before the COVID-19 pandemic hit San Quentin. It foretells the disaster that would unfold at prisons … [Read more...]