Pandemic in Prison: The San Quentin Outbreak | Fault Lines
Earlier this year, California officials brought busloads of imprisoned men from a coronavirus hotspot to the overcrowded San Quentin prison. They had not tested some of the transferred men for COVID-19 for a month. The bungled transfer sparked one of the country’s worst outbreaks. More than half the men imprisoned at San Quentin have been infected, and 28 have died. The pandemic put a spotlight on prison overcrowding, and in October, a court ordered San Quentin to drastically reduce its population. We investigate how a prison system endangered jailed people and staff, and meet loved ones on the outside grappling with loss. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/