Covid 19 Archives - Page 12 of 13

Families of Those Who Died of COVID-19 in San Quentin File Wrongful Death Lawsuits; Outbreak in Folsom State Prison Continues

By Covid In-Custody ProjectSeptember 20, 20200 comments

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives In an excerpt shared with The Marshall Project,…

Santa Rita Jail Population Peaks After Labor Day Weekend; Officials Report Only One COVID-19 Case in Custody – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

By Covid In-Custody ProjectSeptember 14, 20200 comments

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week, Santa Rita Jail saw a population spike over Labor Day…

Incarcerated Narratives Detail Harrowing Experiences during COVID-19; Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Firefighters to Pursue Careers in Fire after Prison

By Covid In-Custody ProjectSeptember 13, 20200 comments

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN, 9 July 2020 — For the…

Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Active Cases at a Standstill; Jail Population Increased by Eleven Percent Since April – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

By Covid In-Custody ProjectSeptember 7, 20200 comments

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week at Santa Rita Jail, two housing units under quarantine were released…

Quarantine Becomes Solitary Confinement at San Quentin; Two More Deaths This Week

By Covid In-Custody ProjectSeptember 6, 20200 comments

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Lee’lannee Wade-Denard’s husband contracted COVID-19 back in July while…

Santa Clara Jail System Reduces COVID-19 Active Cases from 91 to 6 in 14-Day Period

By Covid In-Custody ProjectSeptember 1, 20200 comments

By Linh Nguyen Over the last two weeks, the Santa Clara County jail system managed to reduce…

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 31, 20200 comments

By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning…

Four Testimonies From Santa Rita Jail Recount Horrible Conditions During COVID-19 – Rejected Requests for Testing, No Masks or Cleaning Supplies, Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 26, 20200 comments

By Lauren Smith and Larkin White Since May, Davis Vanguard has led an ongoing investigation into…

Sacramento Jails Cover-up COVID-19 Data And Violate Public Information Doctrine

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 17, 20200 comments

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis…

40 Incarcerated People At San Quentin File Petition Seeking Immediate Release As Outbreak Violates Eighth Amendment Rights

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 16, 202010 comments

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan and Mella Bettag Incarcerated Narratives Despite the outbreak raging…

Solano County Jail – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 10, 20200 comments

By Nikki Suzani Highlights (August 3rd – August 10th) Solano County Jail has no active cases in…

Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Cover-Up – Quarantine Housing Cut Short Without Explanation, <10 Percent of Population Tested

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 10, 20200 comments

By Larkin White COVID-19 in Santa Rita Jail The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) provided less information…

Incarcerated People At San Quentin Tell Harrowing Stories of COVID-19 Conditions – Protests For Better Treatment & More Releases

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 9, 20200 comments

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) Incarcerated Narratives As releases continue throughout the CDCR system, we hope to…

Testing Rates Drastically Decrease as Positive Cases Persist in Solano County – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 4, 20200 comments

By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 27th – August 3rd) Solano County Jail has one active case in…

Minimal Testing & Labelling Asymptomatic Cases as Recovered – How Santa Rita Jail Brought Down COVID-19 Cases Amidst an Outbreak

By Covid In-Custody ProjectAugust 3, 20200 comments

By Larkin White Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of August 2, the recent outbreak in Santa…

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.”