California prison officials blasted over San Quentin COVID-19 outbreak

Lawmakers on Wednesday expressed frustration to California prison officials over COVID-19 outbreaks at 19 facilities, claiming they were foreseeable and avoidable.

The Senate Public Safety Committee held a four-hour oversight hearing in Sacramento to demand answers and address systematic failures including the massive outbreak at San Quentin where more than 1,100 inmates and 112 staff members have been infected. More that 800 have been in the last two weeks.

“I do not want this to be just talk,” committee chair Sen. Nancy Skinner said. “I want to see action as a result. The entire state deserves that.”

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