The COVID-19 outbreak inside San Quentin State Prison continues to worsen, while state corrections officials have shut down a plan to start transferring inmates out of the overcrowded prison.
The latest numbers from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation released Monday show 1,016 active cases of the disease behind the walls of San Quentin, of which a staggering 973 have been reported in the last 14 days.
The new numbers mean roughly one-third of the inmates at San Quentin are now known to be infected. Several employees have also tested positive.
In all, 2,589 inmates have been infected with the virus throughout the California prison system.
Gov @GavinNewsom says "we are working overtime" on plans to move inmates, release many early, but "Do you make a bad situation worse" by releasing someone who has "no place to go." #coronavirus #COVID19
— sovernnation (@SovernNation) June 29, 2020
"This is the biggest prison health screw up in state history," Levine said in calling for Kelso to step down.
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