Friday, February 05, 2021

PRISON FINED FOR LACK OF COVID RESPONSE

by Bob Walsh


The CA state prison at San Quentin is facing a fine of $421,880 from Cal/OSHA for piss-poor handling of the Covid crisis with regards to both staff and guests of the state.  The fines were imposed just one day after the IG released a report criticizing the prison system in general and prison hospitals in particular over handling the issue.

OSHA determined that the staff at SQ were not provided adequate training or PPE and that the prison did not provide proper medical services to exposed staff members.

The Dept. responded that they were getting better during the six months since the OSHA visits actually took place.  That's nice.

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