CA Appellate Court Finds CDCR, Warden of San Quentin Behaved with ‘Deliberate Indifference’ in COVID-19 Response
By Madison Forwood MARIN COUNTY – California First District Appellate Court has stated that the warden of…
Following Long Delays, San Quentin Habeas Case Moving Forward After Friday Conference
By Anika Khubchandani MARIN COUNTY – After months of delays, San Quentin Prison habeas case to release…
CDCR Reports Deuel Vocational Institution Shutting Down Due to COVID-19 State Budget Cuts
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives This week, we are highlighting a narrative from Fishkill Correctional…
First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against San Quentin; Hearing In Habeas Case To Release 50% Of CDCR Population Underway
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The sight of his sister through the barbed…
State Prison Transport Delays and Pandemic Cause Convicted to Do More Time
By Susana Jurado SACRAMENTO – It’s a little like a higher math problem—the bottom line, as Assistant…
A Visual Storyline Of COVID-19 Across CDCR Facilities – Trends In Cases & Testing
By Julietta Bisharyan & Nick Gardner This visualization is created by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism…
Families of Those Who Died of COVID-19 in San Quentin File Wrongful Death Lawsuits; Outbreak in Folsom State Prison Continues
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives In an excerpt shared with The Marshall Project,…
CDCR Inmate to Face Trial after Bunk Mate Found Unresponsive in Cell
By Danae Snell SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Superior Court preliminary hearing here exposed the particular circumstances…
Incarcerated Narratives Detail Harrowing Experiences during COVID-19; Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Firefighters to Pursue Careers in Fire after Prison
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN, 9 July 2020 — For the…
Quarantine Becomes Solitary Confinement at San Quentin; Two More Deaths This Week
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Lee’lannee Wade-Denard’s husband contracted COVID-19 back in July while…
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers
By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning…
San Quentin News Relaunched, Victims Raise Concerns As CDCR Continues To Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Aug. 28, there…
Incarcerated Artist Chronicles Life in San Quentin Prison During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan SAN QUENTIN –– For the past 21 years, Orlando Smith has sat in his…
“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas recently shared an excerpt…
Health Officer Analyzes San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak in Letter to Judge
By Pavan Potti MARIN – In the tight and compressed environment of prison, a powerful virus like…
CA Corrections Purposely Ignored Health Warnings; Led to Largest COVID-19 Outbreak in U.S. at San Quentin
Special to The Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO – A more than 400-page pleading here charges today that the…
40 Incarcerated People At San Quentin File Petition Seeking Immediate Release As Outbreak Violates Eighth Amendment Rights
(Dashboard updates daily M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan and Mella Bettag Incarcerated Narratives Despite the outbreak raging…
Press Conference Held to Discuss the San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak, 26 Deaths to Date
By Dominique Kato After months of warning about the potential health consequences of COVID in prison, San…
Analysis: CDCR Has NOT Reduced Its Prison Population Below 100,000
Last week you may have seen it, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Thursday…
CDCR Healthcare workers to Gov. Newsom – “If CDCR does not release more than half of the prison population, stop all transfers, more people will die.”
(Dashboard updates daily M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes…
