Official: Inmate transfer caused health disaster at prison

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, general population inmates walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. California officials' misguided attempts to protect inmates from the coronavirus at one prison "caused a public health disaster" at another, the state inspector general said in laying out more details of the medical catastrophe Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Officials' transfer of those inmates to San Quentin State Prison north of San Francisco at the end of May led to the deaths of 28 inmates and a correctional officer there while infecting 75% of inmates. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

FILE - In this July 9, 2020, file photo, a correctional officer checks a car entering the main gate of San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. California officials' misguided attempts to protect inmates from the coronavirus at one prison "caused a public health disaster" at another, the state inspector general said in laying out more details of the medical catastrophe Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Officials' transfer of those inmates to San Quentin State Prison north of San Francisco at the end of May led to the deaths of 28 inmates and a correctional officer there while infecting 75% of inmates. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)