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Collected Item: “Released Inmates Describe Ordeal Inside San Quentin During Coronavirus Outbreak”

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Released Inmates Describe Ordeal Inside San Quentin During Coronavirus Outbreak

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article with video

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This news story talks with three men that were recently released from San Quentin Prison in California to learn about conditions inside the prison during the Covid-19 Pandemic. They all believe that the virus was brought to the prison when inmates from another California state prison, Chino, were transferred in.

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incarceration, prison, San Quentin, San Francisco Bay Area, testing, transfer, Chino, formerly incarcerated

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https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/02/coronavirus-released-inmate-describes-pandemic-san-quentin-outbreak/

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Allen Martin

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2020-08-02
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