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The stark reality of prison, COVID and the public perception

September 30, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

The screams of “Man Down!” (the incarcerated emergency medical call) rattle around the various San Quentin housing units. The alert starts the sounds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Editorial, Featured, SQ News Tagged With: COVID-19

Survivor describes his struggles battling COVID-19

September 30, 2020 by Alfred King

Male Nurse

The Covid-19 outbreak at San Quentin has caused the death of 26 prisoners and one guard. Ron Lee Joffrion, 55, is a survivor of the outbreak. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, Inmate Tagged With: cdcr, COVID-19

CDCR and how they’re handing the global pandemic

September 30, 2020 by Rahsaan Thomas

California prison officials are doing everything they can to protect incarcerated people from Coronavirus outbreaks, except release half the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Health and Wellness, Health Care Tagged With: cdcr, CDCR Medical, COVID-19

The #STOPSANQUENTINOUTBREAK coalition

September 30, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

Major protests, media appearances and a growing social media campaign are being led by former San Quentin prisoners, families of the currently … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Care Tagged With: COVID-19

In Memoriam for those taken by COVID-19 on SQ Death Row

August 22, 2020 by Jonathan Chiu

Death Row

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Filed Under: CDCR, Death Penalty, Featured, Health Care, Most Read, Obituary Tagged With: COVID-19, Death Row, Pandemic, San Quentin prisoners

Eddie Mixon’s Struggle To Survive His Risks

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

Stethoscope

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Featured Tagged With: CDCR Medical, COVID-19, parole consideration

Dual Epidemics of COVID-19 and Influenza (the flu)

August 20, 2020 by Wayne Boatwright

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...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Flu, Pandemic

COVID-19 Took Away This Father’s One Chance a Year to See His Kids

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Father’s Day, Fathers and Families, Get on the Bus (GOTB)

AT SAN QUENTIN, OVERCROWDING LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EXPLOSIVE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

Coronavirus has no race

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Most Read, Prison Reform, SQ News Tagged With: COVID-19, Overcrowding, Pandemic

The Early Warnings Of a Prison Pandemic

May 10, 2020 by Timothy Hicks

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Health Care, Institutions, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, Pandemic

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