In the past week, people incarcerated at San Quentin haven't left their cells for anything but meals, doctor's appointments and shared showers. They say it's a response to the governor's plans to revamp the prison.
In the past week, people incarcerated at San Quentin haven't left their cells for anything but twice-daily meals, occasional doctor's appointments and shared showers every other day.
San Quentin State Prison, located about 20 miles outside of San Francisco, houses about 3,300 incarcerated people on the water's edge. It's still home to more than 500 people on death row, who will be moved into general prison populations elsewhere following Newsom's order to dismantle the country's largest death row by 2024.
But people currently and formerly incarcerated at San Quentin say the strongest resistance is coming from the inside. Specifically, from the prison's acting warden and its correctional officers. The person said that unlike previous lockdowns, prison staff have provided no explanation as to what triggered it. Corrections officers started searching prison cells this month, and the incarcerated person told The Examiner that this amplified the belief among San Quentin's population that"there's certain factions within the prison trying to stop the progress from happening."
San Quentin State Prison's public information officer couldn't be reached for comment prior to publication. The California Correctional Peace Officers Association didn't respond to a detailed list of questions. Laguna Honda, patients granted another reprieve Laguna Honda won another last-minute extension of its deadline to involuntarily transfer patients on Thursday
The currently incarcerated person told The Examiner that some programs have waitlists that are hundreds of people long, and others that were offered before the pandemic have faced extensive bureaucratic hurdles trying to restart them. The programming and security changes have all occurred since Acting Warden Oak Smith joined San Quentin's leadership.
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