Out of CA’s $8.5B Total COVID Response Costs, $1.6B Went to CDCR According to CalMatters Analysis
The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on the pandemic’s impact…
Most CDCR Prison Facilities Resume Limited Programming; No COVID-19 Outbreaks for Several Weeks
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Jul. 10, there…
33 CDCR Institutions in Phase 3 of Re-Opening – Programs and Services to Resume Shortly
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Weekly highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and…
Fully Vaccinated CDCR Staff Members Now Exempt From Surveillance Testing
By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Alexis Hogan Weekly highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis Incarcerated Narrative Dangerous…
CDCR Halts Data Reporting on Staff COVID-19 Cases, Deaths; Only 50 Active Cases Reported Across CDCR
By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Alexis Hogan Weekly highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19…
San Quentin Prisoners Speak on COVID-19 Vaccinations
By Kevin Sawyer Kevin D. Sawyer is the associate editor for San Quentin News and a member of…
San Quentin’s Non-COVID-19 Emergency
By Kevin Sawyer Kevin D. Sawyer is the associate editor for San Quentin News and a member of…
Looking Back at CDCR’s COVID-19 Early Release Efforts– Was It Adequate?
By Yasmeen Khan This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
‘Impact of this trauma will stay with us forever’ – San Quentin Resident Reflects on COVID-19
By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Alexis Hogan Incarcerated Narratives In an article for The Sacramento Bee,…
Incarcerated Artist, Orlando Smith, Shares Illustrations on Police Brutality
By Julietta Bisharyan Orlando Smith is a talented illustrated journalist, graphic artist and comic book creator. He…
Assembly OK’s Bill to Require Courts, Prosecutors to State Cost of Incarceration to Public
By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – A first-in-the-nation legislative measure that would require judges and prosecutors to…
Marin County Superior Court Hears Testimonies From San Quentin Residents on COVID Horrors
By Julietta Bisharyan and Alexis Hogan Davis Vanguard’s weekly highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19…
Suit Challenging the Early Release of 76,000 Incarcerated People Filed by 44 DAs Including Schubert and Reisig
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Two weeks ago Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert sent…
San Quentin Warden on Hot Seat Again Wednesday in COVID-19 Evidentiary Hearing
By Ned Meiners, Kelly Xiao Luo, Alexander Ramirez MARIN, CA – Marin County Superior Court Wednesday heard…
San Quentin Warden Grilled on Deadly Prison Transfer during COVID-19 Pandemic
By Priana Aquino, Michael Wheeler, Koda Slingluff and Leah Timmerman MARIN, CA— The evidentiary hearing over responsibility…
SAN QUENTIN COVID HEARING: Despite Covid-19 Protocols, Issues with San Quentin Covid-19 Management Emerge
By Michael Wheeler and Christopher Datu MARIN, CA – The evidentiary hearing over responsibility for a massive…
300 San Quentin Residents’ Lawsuit Against CDCR For Mishandling COVID-19 Underway
By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Alexis Hogan Davis Vanguard’s weekly highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis CDCR…
SAN QUENTIN, CDCR HEARING: Inmate Describes COVID Mistreatment, County Heath Chief Talks about Prison Failing to Act in Crisis
By Kathryn Wood and Jose Medina MARIN, CA – An inmate and Public Health Officer for the…
Horrific Stories of Neglect Heard in Hearing About San Quentin Prison COVID-19 Practices
By Jose Medina MARIN, CA – Six incarcerated folks and a medical doctor from San Quentin State…
Hearings Begin Monday for 300-Plus Prisoner Suit against San Quentin for Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak
By Ned Meiners MARIN, CA – Proceedings began here Monday morning in Marin County Superior Court against…
