Shared housing makes jails and prisons especially susceptible to the spread of COVID-19.
Credit: Megan Wood Author: Mary Plummer | inewsource, Sofía Mejías-Pascoe | inewsource Published: 12:46 PM PST January 29, 2021 Updated: 12:56 PM PST January 29, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA COVID-19 cases in California prisons and jails began to dramatically surge late last year, but there is no way to get an accurate picture of the pandemic inside these facilities because officials use different approaches to count in-custody deaths tied to the coronavirus.
Using public records, inewsource uncovered reporting mistakes and delays in Southern California and at the state level in tracking inmate deaths from the virus, including in San Diego County. These issues have led to some deaths going uncounted.
Veteran Unlawfully Held in State Hospital for More Than Two Decades. Are There More Like Him? San Diego County agencies say they are reviewing records to see if any others were unlawfully held in California state hospitals under the state s Mentally Disordered Offender program. By Tom Jones and Monica Dean
Published January 21, 2021 •
Updated on January 22, 2021 at 2:42 pm By Tom Jones and Monica Dean
Published January 21, 2021 •
Updated on January 22, 2021 at 2:42 pm
When Mark first glimpsed his brother, Alan Alter, being escorted by Sheriff’s deputies out the back door of the San Diego County Jail, he let out a laugh of stunned relief. It was Jan. 7, 2021, and the first time he had seen or even talked to his brother in decades.
Veteran Unlawfully Held in State Hospital for More Than Two Decades. Are There More Like Him? San Diego County agencies say they are reviewing records to see if any others were unlawfully held in California state hospitals under the state s Mentally Disordered Offender program. By Tom Jones and Monica Dean
Published January 21, 2021 •
Updated on January 22, 2021 at 2:41 pm By Tom Jones and Monica Dean
Published January 21, 2021 •
Updated on January 22, 2021 at 2:41 pm
When Mark first glimpsed his brother, Alan Alter, being escorted by Sheriff’s deputies out the back door of the San Diego County Jail, he let out a laugh of stunned relief. It was Jan. 7, 2021, and the first time he had seen or even talked to his brother in decades.
Serial killer, respected guard and many others killed by COVID-19 surge in California prisons [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-CALIF-PRISONS:LA]
Despite repeated assurances that corrections officials have made progress in controlling spread of the coronavirus, California prisons are in the midst of a deadly surge.
At least 46 inmates have died from COVID-19 since Dec. 25, along with two staff members. They include one of America’s most prolific serial killers, Samuel Little, and Officer George Solis, a husband and father of two who died on Christmas Day.
“The prison system is not doing their part to keep them safe,” said Terressa Johnson, whose sister is an inmate at the women’s facility in Chowchilla, where there are more than 300 active cases. “In the last six months, it’s gotten worse.”
LOS ANGELES, CA SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 - Convicted serial killer Samuel Little, 74, reads his statement to the court during his hearing today September 25, 2015 as he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the killings of three women in the Los Angeles area in the 1980s. Prosecutor Beth Silverman called Samuel Little a ``remorseless, vicious serial killer and said the evidence presented at his trial ``established that he derived sexual gratification from the act of strangling and murdering his victims. Prosecutors opted not to seek the death penalty for Little. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Serial killer, respected guard and many others killed by Covid-19 surge in California prisons