By RICHARD WINTON | Los Angeles Times | Published: February 6, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) San Quentin State Prison is facing the largest single penalty in the state over workplace safety violations for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, resulting in the deaths of 28 inmates and one correctional officer and a total of 2,200 confirmed cases. California’s oldest penitentiary was slapped with a $421,880 fine based on a June inspection that found numerous violations, including failing to report deaths and injuries in a timely manner and failing to isolate new arriving inmates infected with the virus, according to a report by the California Division of Occupations Safety and Health. The fine is nearly double the highest ever issued to any f
San Quentin State Prison, where a deadly coronavirus outbreak was reported last summer, has been fined more than $400,000 by the California Department of Industrial Relation's Division of Occupational Safety and Health for workplace safety violations.
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By the end of August, more than 2,230 San Quentin State Prison inmates and nearly 280 staff members had become infected with COVID-19. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)
California issues largest Covid-19 penalty to San Quentin State Prison after deadly outbreak
SACRAMENTO San Quentin State Prison faces California’s single largest penalty yet over workplace safety violations contributing to the spread of Covid-19, the state announced on Thursday.
The prison faces a $421,880 fine stemming from a June inspection by regulators from Division of Occupational Safety and Health, also known as Cal/OSHA.
Cal/OSHA also handed a $39,600 penalty to Avenal State Prison for violations that were found following inspections that occurred as a result of a Covid-19 outbreak there.
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San Quentin State Prison, where a deadly coronavirus outbreak was reported last summer, has been fined more than $400,000 by the California Department of Industrial Relation's Division of Occupational Safety and Health for workplace safety violations.