SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - An officer at San Quentin Prison in Marin County is the first staff member to die as a result of COVID-19. 24 inmates have died at the prison from coronavirus, as of Sunday.

The 55-year-old Sgt. Gilbert Polanco, who was also was a U.S. Army veteran, was the first employee to die from the virus at San Quentin.

A sergeant at San Quentin State Prison died Sunday after a battle with COVID-19, marking the first virus death of an employee at the facility that has grappled with a large outbreak among both staf… ...

Sgt. Gilbert Polanco, a San Quentin State Prison officer infected with the coronavirus, has died, the prisons department announced on Aug. 9, 2020.

Sgt. Gilbert Polanco, a San Quentin State Prison officer infected with the coronavirus, has died, the prisons department announced on Aug. 9, 2020. (California Department of Corrections and ...

Later this month, Jeff Thomas Evans will retire from his job as a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison after more than 29 years on the job. Evans, 51, spent 10 years of his career ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- John Whearty was 22 when San Quentin State Prison officials gave him a .38-caliber revolver, a 12-gauge shotgun and a crash course in being a prison guard. "The officer I ...

SAN QUENTIN — A prison guard has been arrested and charged in federal court with conspiracy, related to the alleged smuggling of contraband into the state’s oldest prison. Pittsburg resident ...

California's corrections secretary is retiring after two years in a job that Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said involved “unparalleled challenges" — most recently coronavirus outbreaks that ...

The 55-year-old Sgt. Gilbert Polanco, who was also was a U.S. Army veteran, was the first employee to die from the virus at San Quentin.