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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: Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Spanish, SQ News Espanol

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

December 28, 2021 by Administrators

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/

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: 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, COVID-19 Tagged With: cdcr, COVID-19, Editorial, 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: COVID-19 Tagged With: COVID-19, Human Interest, 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: Editorial, Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Institutions

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: Prison Stories, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: COVID-19, Human Interest, Prison Stories

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: COVID-19, Featured, 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

Wood hammer court judge

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 Tagged With: COVID-19, legal, San Quentin State Prison

Federal judge issues vaccine mandate

November 11, 2021 by Charles Crow

Prison personnel and certain incarcerated workers required to be inoculated A federal judge has ordered all California prison employees entering a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CDCR prisons, COVID-19

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