Government,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 22, 2021
Inmate COVID claims moot though judge blasts prison department
“The vaccine changed the game for COVID-19 at San Quentin. Although COVID-19 remains a risk with San Quentin, the date regarding infections and science regarding the efficacy of the vaccine makes it no more a risk at present than the risk faced by the community at large,” wrote Marin County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey M. Howard.
"Too little, too late" was how a San Francisco public defender's office attorney described a Marin County judge's findings that San Quentin and the state prisons department acted with deliberate indifference in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent outbreak last summer that led to the deaths of 28 inmates and one correctional officer.
Although critical of the department and prison's actions, Marin County Superior Court Judge...
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