Men inside San Quentin had ‘no expectation of survival’ during tsunami scare

Men inside San Quentin had ‘no expectation of survival’ during tsunami scare

At California’s San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, the men’s prison that sits on the banks of the San Francisco Bay, incarcerated people were left without an emergency preparedness plan in the face of a tsunami warning in December 2024 that wreaked havoc and confusion. Internal staff emails obtained by Prism through a Freedom of Information Act request bolstered what those who were incarcerated said was a lack of preparedness and care offered to…