Expect a crime wave.
Posted on 10/20/2020 8:52:11 PM PDT by rey
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A state appeals court ordered San Quentin State Prison on Tuesday to immediately cut its inmate population by half, which would require transferring or releasing about 1,700 inmates, citing the state’s inability to manage a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the prison.
The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco ruled that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and San Quentin Prison Acting Warden Ron Broomfield “have acted with deliberate indifference and relief is warranted,” the court opinion stated.
The ruling stemmed from a case involving 64-year-old Ivan Von Staich, who along with his 65-year-old cellmate, tested positive for the virus in July. Lawyers for Von Staich, who was convicted of murder in Southern California in 1983 and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole, argued he had not had any disciplinary incidents since 1998 and the state parole board was likely to grant him release.
In August, the same appeals court ordered CDCR to justify its refusal to remove inmates with heightened COVID-19 risk factors from the 150-year-old prison.
There have been more than 2,200 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among San Quentin inmates and 28 inmate deaths. In addition, nearly 300 San Quentin staff members have been infected, resulting in one death. Tuesday’s court ruling called the outbreak “the worst epidemiological disaster in California correctional history.”
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The ruling class is making war on the people.
C.W.
They are following the example of their Marxist hero, Castro back in 1980.
And for much the same reasons.
sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole
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His life is supposed to end in prison. Covid could help.
1,700 Biden voters. But maybe not. I bet Trump has a following in prisons too. We just don’t get to see the Prisoners for Trump signs in “the yard”.
Keep stockpiling ammunition.
Put em in Nancy’s house !!! And DiFis ! They can fit all of them
Are there still any good citizens left in San Francisco? Release the murderers there to live or die with the homeless and their left wing friends.
Dem cities are losing a lot of cops.....
If masks works as they claimed, then just issue masks for all the inmates!
Require all these prisoners to stay in Marin County and see how long that lasts. They will not be released.
Leaving in 7 weeks.
I actually have a friend who works there and she said they are now calling her a vector instead of an essential worker.
not to worry- the moment they step out into the streets, and have to slog through piles of human poop just to get anywhere- they will turn right around and ask to be incarcerated again
Expect a crime wave.
Since when does the court make rules about COVIN? They are such a despicable lot.
Yes, waiter, I will have soup. And please include a steak knife with my spoon.
“It’s time to lock up these criminal judges”
Absolutely, if any of these felons end up killing or injuring innocent people.
They do have the experience that liberal mayors and governors like.
Put them in detention camps in the California deserts. Break them up into smaller groups of say, 200 each, in separate locations (surrounded by watchtowers, barbed wire/electrified fences, sandtraps and land mines). The cost would be minimal. The lives saved, “PRICELESS”.
This is why a quick death penalty is vital. Even someone like chris watts could be let free.
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