By Salvador HernandezLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — City and law enforcement officials in San Bernardino County say they are outraged after dozens of death row inmates were transferred from San Quentin State Prison to Chino. The moves are part of the state’s attempts to comply with Proposition 66, which was approved by voters in 2016 to speed up the execution process but also called for death row inmates to work and pay restitution to victims. In 2020, a year after Newsom placed a moratorium on the death penalty, the state began to transfer condemned inmates out of San Quentin. “The transfer of death row inmates to CIM creates tangible public safety concerns for local residents,” said San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman in the statement. Now, all of the facilities where death row inmates are being transferred to include a “secure and fortified perimeter” that includes a lethal electrified fence, said Albert Lundeen, spokesperson for the CDCR.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 09, 2024 13:13 UTC