In the midst of a major coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin State Prison that has thrown the facility into turmoil, an emergency transfer of incarcerated men to a prison in the Bakersfield area has been halted after two people on the transfer list tested positive for the virus, The Chronicle has learned. “Additional testing for…
Kings County on Sunday reported 130 additional people have tested positive for COVID-19, including 115 inmates at Avenal State Prison.Positive cases of coronavirus at the prison have increased significantly since May 18, when the first cases were reported there.As of Sunday evening, Kings County has reported a total of 647 cases since the outbreak started.…
CBS News has been reporting on how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the nation's prison system, and here, shares the perspectives of inmates, as told by them. Key details of their accounts have been verified by CBS News. They have been edited for length and clarity. Marybeth Hill, 33Hill is serving 36-months for possession with…
By Mark Dunphy Updated 5:45 pm CDT, Thursday, May 14, 2020 Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar meets with the Express-News Editorial Board to discuss Jail issues on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. On Thursday, Salazar updated reporters about the spread of the coronavirus inside the county jail. less Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar meets with the Express-News…
May 12, 2020 | 12:44pm | Updated May 12, 2020 | 1:46pm Newly released video shows California inmates sniffing masks and sharing drinks in a “dangerous plot” to get the coronavirus — mistakenly thinking it would get them sprung from the slammer, according to officials. In the clip, inmates at the North County Correctional Facility…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…