Coronavirus Cases Surge at San Quentin Prison
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🗓️ 24 June 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 1:10.6 | We're going to turn our attention now to another topic, a coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin. |
| 1:16.5 | The prison is home to a growing number of cases following a botched transfer of inmates from a men's prison in Chino, which was previously reported as having the deadliest outbreak in California's prisons. San Quentin |
| 1:28.8 | now has 445 cases of coronavirus, a jump from zero reported cases prior to the transfer in late May |
| 1:36.4 | and to lawmakers and prisoner advocates. The outbreak at San Quentin was entirely preventable |
| 1:41.0 | and the result of poor planning by the California Department of Corrections |
| 1:44.8 | and Rehabilitation. |
| 1:46.8 | The department says while some inmates tested positive upon arrival to San Quentin, they had |
| 1:51.8 | been tested and medically evaluated prior to the transfer. |
| 1:55.1 | Joining me first to discuss this story is Mark Levine, Assemblyman for District 10, which includes |
| 1:59.2 | San Quentin prison in Marin County. And welcome Mark Levine. Good to have District 10, which includes San Quentin Prison in Marin County, and |
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