Supreme Court denies California's plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin
Los Angeles Times -

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from California prison officials who sought immunity from lawsuits for having transferred inmates with COVID-19 to San Quentin in May 2020, setting off an outbreak that killed 26 prisoners and one guard. The justices denied the appeals with no comment or dissent. The transfer decision was later lambasted by state lawmakers as a "fiasco," "abhorrent" and "the worst prison health screw-up in state history." The California Institution for Men in...

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