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, […]
Judge Rules CDCR Inflicted Cruel and Unusual Punishment on San Quentin Incarcerated People During Massive COVID Outbreak
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A judge has ruled California prison officials inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on inmates at San Quentin State Prison as a massive COVID-19 outbreak infected more that 2,600 prisoners and staff in the summer of 2020. Marin County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Howard made a final ruling in the case against the […]
Long Time Editor of San Quentin Newspaper Savors Freedom After 23 Years
Richard “Bonaru” Richardson stood in the front yard of an Oakland house, pondering the row of bars that wrapped around the property — knowing that for the first time in more than two decades he could step beyond these bars anytime he wanted. Just a few weeks before, Richardson was ensconced in the bars and […]
#StopSanQuentinOutbreak Graphic Timeline
During this one-year anniversary of the prison transfer that led to the horrendous COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison, artist Orlando Smith (currently incarcerated at SQ) illustrated this timeline tracking the outbreak at San Quentin and statewide organizing in response calling for urgent releases. Orlando Smith is an illustrated journalist, whose work has been […]
Interfaith Movement for Human Rights Vigil
On May 30th 2020, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI) hosted a vigil to commemorate the one-year anniversary since the transfer from CIM to San Quentin that led to the horrific COVID-19 outbreak. Loved ones, formerly incarcerated community members, and faith leaders to call for releases and to remember the over 200 incarcerated people across […]