As Coronavirus Cases Surge at San Quentin, Lawmakers Demand an Explanation

State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), who chairs the Senate Public Safety Committee, plans to hold an oversight hearing next Wednesday. She says the outbreak at San Quentin raises “serious questions” about the Department of Corrections’ management.

“You do not move people from a facility where the virus is widespread,” she said. “You do not move them without immediate testing prior to the moving so that you're not moving anyone with an active infection.”

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