Family of those incarcerated at CTF protest in front of jail over COVID safety

Family of those incarcerated at CTF protest in front of jail over COVID safety

WE BEGIN TONIGHTWITH FAMILIES OFINMATES PROTESTINGTODAY IN FRONT OFJAILS AND PRISONSAROUND THE STATE..INCLUDING AT THECORRECTIONAL TRAININGFACILITY IN SOLEDAD..ACTION NEWS 8REPORTER CHRISTOPHERSALAS IS LIVE HERE WITHMORE ON THEPROTESTORS MESSAGE...AND WHERE THEYBELIEVE THE FIRST CASESOF COVID-19 CAME FROM.THIS PAST WEEK THECORRECTIONAL TRAININGFACILITY GOT FOURPOSITIVE COVID 19 TESTRESULTS AMONG INMATES..SOME OF THE FAMILIESBELIEVE THOSE CASESCAME WHEN CTF WEREINVESTIGATINGPOTENTIAL GANGACTIVITY..A CLAIM CTF DENIES..FAMILIES OF INMATES ONTHE CENTRAL COAST..NATS PROTESTING FOREARLY RELEASE DUE TOTHE DANGERS OF THECOVID-19 PANDEMIC.DAWN MARIE 0435 17:01"WE ARE ASKING FORGOVERNOR NEWSOM, FORRALPH DIAZ SECRETARY OFCDCR TO STAND UP AND DOSOMETHING AND LET OURLOVED ONES GO." THISCOME AS THIS WEEK --THREE INMATES TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID-19INSIDE THE FACILITY...WHILE ANOTHERPOSITIVE INMATE WASRELEASED..SOME PROTESTORSBELIEVE THE VIRUS WASINTRODUCED TO THEFACILITY DURING ANINVESTIGATION INTOGANG ACTIVITY..IN A RELEASE TO KSBW...CTF SAID THE DETAILS OFTHEAT INVESTIGATIONARE CONFIDENTIAL....BUT ALL SAFETYPROTOCOLS WEREFOLLOWED..AND THEY DO NOTBELIEVE INMATESCONTRACTED COVID AS ARESULT..THEY ALSO SAID THEY'VEIDENTIFIED VACANTHOUSING FOR THE COVIDPOSITIVE PATIENTS..WITH DAILY HEALTHSCREENINGS.BUT WITH THE VIRUSNOW IN THE FACILITY....PROTESTORS FEAR ITMAY SPREAD.DAWN MARIE 0435 17:23"THEY NEED TO GO OVERTHEIR SENTENCES, REVIEWTHOSE WHO HAVE BEENREHABILITATED.ACCORDING TO CDCR, THEYREHABILITATE.

SO REVIEWTHEIR CASES, REVIEW THEIRSENTENCES, AND LET THEMGO HOME." 17-THOUSAND-SIX-HUNDRE DINMATES WOULD BERELEASED UNDER THESTATE'S LATEST PLAN.THIS NEW NUMBERREPRESENTS A 70-PERCENT INCREASE OVERPREVIOUS PLANS.WHILE THE NUMBER ISMUCH HIGHER..THE C-D-C-R SECRETARYIS EXPECTED TO BLOCKTHOUSANDS OF RELEASESDUE TO LIFE SENTENCES.STATE PRISONSRELEASED AROUND 35-HUNDRED INMATES BACKIN APRIL.THOSE INMATES BEINGWITHIN 60 DAYS RELEASEAND NOT VIOLENTFELONS.THE LATEST NUMBERSFROM THE STATE SHOW51 INMATES HAVE DIEDOF COVIDCOMPLICATIONS INCUSTODY...RIGHT NOW..

THERE AREJUST OVER 12-HUNDREDACTIVE INMATE CASES.WHILE NEARLY 69-HUNDRED HAVERECOVERED.18:56 "SO I JUST ASK FORPEOPLE TO HAVE SOMECOMPASSINO AND DON'TLOOK AT THEM AS JUST ANUMBER OR AN INMATE.THEY'RE NOT AN INMATETHEY'RE OUR LOVED ONES."CTF SAYS IN ADDITION TOISOLATING THE POSITIVECASES..THEY ARE NOWQUARANTING THREEHOUSING UNITS..AND LAUNCHING WHATTHEY SAID WAS QUOTEMASS INMATE TESTING.AS FOR SALINAS VALLEYSTATE PRISON...THEY PREVIOUSLY HADPOSITIVE CASES, BUT ATTHE MOMENT NOINMATES ARE CURRENTLYILL.