JOE KUKURA
A somewhat low vaccination rate among prison guards has produced a predictable result, as San Quentin State Prison, and all California state prisons, are in full lockdown.
The Marin County correctional facility San Quentin State Prison was severely affected by COVID-19 outbreaks in the early summer of 2020, when nearly a third of inmates caught the virus, and around two dozen died. Much of this was thanks to a botched transfer of infected inmates from Chino, and the prison faced huge fines and wrongful death lawsuits.
Another COVID Outbreak hits San Quentin, Despite High Vaccination Rates Among Incarcerated People