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California's San Quentin prison is fined nearly $422,000 over COVID-19


By RICHARD WINTON | Los Angeles Times | Published: February 6, 2021
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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 iss ....

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