“Guards write Rule Violations to delay early-releases for disobeying direct orders” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s San Quentin
By Koda Slingluff This account is part 5 of the Vanguard’s series on COVID-19 stories from CDCR….
Uncertain Future for Indeterminately Sentenced “Lifers” and COVID High-Risk Patients
By Özge Terzioğlu This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
Guest Commentary: Impact of COVID-19 on the Inmates and Guards Inside San Quentin
By Kevin D. Sawyer It was at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State…
Concerns Over CDCR’s Early-Release Programs; COVID-19 High-Risk Transfers Halted Indefinitely
By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives 40 year-old Michael Espitia is one…
“COVID-19 could only have reached death row via staff. Many of us believe this was intentional.” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s San Quentin
By Jaskiran Soomal This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
“I don’t want to die in here” – Protests Rise Against Tiny Meal Portions, Suspicious Transfers, Lack of Testing
By Julietta Bisharyan and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives On May 30, San Quentin (SQ) had zero…
Letter: Involuntary Prison Transfers
Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted on behalf of a number of incarcerated people at San…
San Quentin Prison Asking COVID-19 Devastated Prisoners to Accept Legal Liability for Own Deaths?
By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN QUENTIN – San Quentin State Prison – the…
“A submarine that was sinking” – San Quentin Residents Reflect on COVID-19 Devastation
By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Jaskiran Soomal Incarcerated Narratives San Quentin (SQ) has confirmed 2,238…
“People have lives. Picking up and moving affects people” – San Quentin Residents on COVID-19 Related Transfers
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), the novel…
California Court Requires San Quentin to Reduce Population by Fifty Percent
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed the lives…
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…
“The numbers tell only half the story” – Narratives from San Quentin on COVID-19 Data
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN – Accounts from an incarcerated individual at…
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…
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,…
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…
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…