Supreme Court Won’t Hear California’s Claim of Immunity for COVID-19 Deaths at Prison

The Supreme Court on May 13 rejected an appeal from California prison officials who claimed immunity from lawsuits for transferring inmates with COVID-19 to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in 2020, which allegedly caused an outbreak that left a guard and more than two dozen prisoners dead. The Office of the Inspector General in California described the outbreak as “the worst epidemiological disaster in California correctional history.” California Assemblyman Marc Levine, a Democrat who represents the area, previously called the transport of infected prisoners to the state facility in San Quentin “the worst prison health screw-up in state history.” “We cannot sweep it under the rug. There must be accountability,” the lawmaker added at the time. “Never has too little, too late been more true, or cruel.”...