California's San Quentin prison declined free coronavirus tests and urgent advice — now it has a massive outbreak

California's San Quentin prison declined free coronavirus tests and urgent advice — now it has a massive outbreak



COVID-19 has been tearing through San Quentin State Prison in California since early June. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty)

Scandal at San Quentin

Prison authorities in California declined free coronavirus tests and urgent advice from scientists. Now San Quentin State Prison is grappling with the third-largest coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Researchers are speaking out in the hopes of preventing similar tragedies in other prisons and the communities that surround them.
Nature | 7 min read