Mendocino Officials Angry After 5th COVID Case Found to be State Prison Inmate Released Into Community After Being Exposed
Several Mendocino County public officials expressed dismay today after learning that a Chino state prison inmate was released after having been what Sheriff Matt Kendall termed as “a known contact to a COVID-19 infection.” The released man was supposed to go to Stanislaus County but instead traveled to a relative’s in the Ukiah area.
The inmate was placed on a 14 day quarantine of the 7th of April but the paperwork shows he was released on the 8th, the Sheriff said. The former inmate then traveled to Mendocino County. He was in the County for nearly a week before his whereabouts were learned.
The County made arrangements for the man to receive a COVID-19 test and that came back positive today. The man, however, is asymptomatic.
“I have some extreme concerns,” Sheriff Kendall said in the video below
Skip to time 2:30 for the beginning of this video.
https://www.facebook.com/mendocinocounty/videos/917221238692081/?t=60
The former inmate is believed to have visited stores in the area at least twice, according to an extensive article in the Mendocino Voice. But he is now under isolation orders. UPDATE: According to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Facebook post, “After the officers took all the necessary safety precautions, the fifth subject who tested positive for Covid-19 in Mendocino County was transported to a location where he could be better isolated. He will be monitored for a period of 14 days by Public Health, the Probation Office and Law Enforcement.”
The District Attorney’s Office issued this irate statement this evening,
…[P]lease be assured that the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, the Ukiah Police Department, the Adult Probation Department, and local Department of Public Health all acted as fast as is humanly possible when this unacceptable example of “state prison inmate dumping” came to light.
As used in this statement, the phrase “state prison inmate dumping” refers to the early release of inmates with known virus exposure to benefit the depopulation of a state prison facility at the cost of placing local public health across the state at risk.
Kudos to Sheriff Kendall, UPD Chief Wyatt, Chief Probation Officer Locatelli, Dr. Doohan, Dr. Flaherty, and the others who locally acted quickly and decisively to attempt to put an electronic monitoring fence around this CDCR-created problem.
In attempting to get answers, District Attorney Eyster and Sheriff Kendall requested a teleconference with the Governor Friday afternoon vis-à-vis the state prison policies that allowed this to happen and what state response Mendocino County could expect regarding this individual but apparently that request was denied or just not possible.
Which leaves glaring questions still to be answered — why is it appropriate to give a state prison inmate a health notice that he may have been exposed to the virus and must undergo a 14-day period of quarantine, but then early release that person the very next day with full knowledge that the quarantine period had not been successfully completed? What could possibly go wrong? And how many more virus-exposed inmates have also been granted early releases back into our communities in the state’s effort to depopulate its facilities?
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Ah yes, we are the government and we are here to help you. Some jerks need to bend over and get ass kicking metaphorically speaking, not advocating violence.
The ingenious minds of free thinking liberals.
You prefer closed minded regressives?
What does this have to do with liberals?? It was state officials who made the decision to release this man, could have been republicans, democrats, independents, who cares? The question is why did they release him? Stop just throwing out the blame on democrats, what an idiotic response!!
He pinky-swore he’d go back to Stockton…
That inmate just set our county back months . Back to square one . This is the exact reason this will never go away until there’s a vaccine. It just takes one idiot that our idiot governor let out of fricking jail where he belongs with the rest of the scum of the earth that’s why there in prison , hello. Ohh the poor prisoners might get sick , Let them out of jail the liberals cry until there back to robbing and stealing again . Let them sit where they belong .
THIS DUMBASS GOVERNOR SHOULD BE LOCKED UP WITH THE REST
people change. You can’t lock up a person forever for stealing a candy bar. You also forget the California innocence program exist for a reason. They only work cases that involve a life/death penalty case. So you can imagine how many people are out there who are truly innocent and will never see justice served to them. That ignorant train of thought is the reason we have overcrowding in our prison system.
This is exactly why punishment is necessary for these individuals that don’t care about themselves or other people there afffecting that’s why there criminals. What’s his punishment going to be that’s what I want to hear make an example out of that piece of crap . That’s what you get with gruesome newsome let criminal go free mentality . Have fun liberal feel sorry for everyone until they screw you over then you realize but are too stubborn or dumb to do what’s truly right . Feel sorry for everyone mentality has to go . feel sorry for good people not bad people .
Are we still going to pretend the government leaders care about us? They let him go to get rid of him so government workers didn’t have to be “at risk” not caring about the communities they were putting in danger. The governor had better get someone terminated from their job over this. It is called negligent liability and needs prompt action. If someone dies due to the exposure it is negligent homicide.
Unfortunately this isn’t a Hollywood movie we live in, with an omniscient, all powerful leader who can micro manage everything. The inmate was released by a system. A system of over worked jaded bureaucrats. The Governor can yell at somebody, change policies, fire somebody, perhaps, but he isn’t reviewing every single inmate release! I mean, I don’t really like Newsome, but wasn’t it one of his policies that were ignored in this case? Somebody in Parole, or Intake had a paperwork SNAFU.
“…over worked jaded bureaucrats…”? Jaded, yes. Overworked… they are state employees, so probably not.
Ullr Rover that is an unfair comment. Until you have walked a mile in their shoes you have no idea. State employee work hard. Prove me wrong. You probably could not even do the job of a flagman on the highway.
People who work for the gov’t are the same ones that got C’s and D’s in school.
That is not true.
Like CDF?
My brother is a Calfire captain, and his high school grades weren’t very good. But I don’t think that’s a real measure of anything important. Not everybody is motivated by the same things,
You must be a government employee. First, flagger work is tough. I have no desire to stand in one place 8+ hours a day. Second, those aren’t bureaucrats. Third, those flaggers that work those long days aren’t state employees. Caltrans won’t let their workers work that long.
Ullr, My grandfather, my dad and my husband all worked/work for Caltrans. My husband is probably what you would call a bureaucrat. I see him puzzling for hours on just the right approach to meet the needs of Tribes, the Water Board, and the traveler or how to get a bridge built without stopping traffic.
Just because you don’t work with your back, doesn’t mean you don’t work. I know because my fingers and my head do all my work.
And, I assume, he gets paid accordingly. I didn’t say bureaucrats don’t work, it was the lament of “over worked” with which I took issue.
Your part of problem and your the one who lives in a Hollywood movie where you think your right about everything but your really the problem and many like you .
Warden is probably just another Bligh loyalist trying to flip another blue state.
Put that m’fer back in jail. He gets free healthcare in jail anyway. And now we get this bullshit? Repeal EVERY damn prison prop. Lock them back up. Commute nothing. Jail is safer for them AND us.
This guy knew he was on 14 day quarantine and traveled clear to Ukiah went to stores and possibly infected countless others. What a idiot!
Prisoners are idiots! That’s why there in prison. The idiots are the democrat lawmakers who let him out!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/health/santa-clara-coronavirus-infections-study/index.html
WAY more people have been infected and now have antibodies, than anybody thinks, up to 85 TIMES more, which means the severity of the infection is much lower, in the general popuation, and, that the mortality rate is MUCH lower than previously reported.
??It hasn’t been proven yet that you get antibodies once your sick and get better. In fact a couple of thousand have been reinfected after and still spread the virus. ??? Heard mentality doesn’t work. Ask the Swedish people. ???
One thing for sure, ignorance and irrational fear will not prevail.
Study continues, but it is beginning to be clear that the government was wrong, the economy and normal life are in chaos, and, that this virus is just another challenge to our disgracefully poor healthcare system. Many actions have been taken based on incorrect information, and misguided assumptions.
Please research what MRSA actually is. Study at least the basics of virology, before making assumptions.
The world is neither simple nor safe. Being fearful and reactive is non-constructive.
Our health care system is bad? Seems to me we have more cases than anywhere in the world and our health care system is keeping up just fine. Its no where near to being overrun.
Here maybe, without many cases, or health care system can keep up (and bill you) but the big cities, and some outbreak spots like S Dakota are being challenged.
And to Rando, what are you talking about? Viruses, or MRSA? MRSA is a bacteria, are you trying to point out why it’s never a good idea to go to a hospital?
The health systems in South Dakota are not being challenged. Very few have been hospitalized and they have downgraded their projections of extra beds. They are also beginning voluntary clinical trials on treatment. The main outbreak was at a pork producing facility, which is considered national security because it is part of the food supply. If you want the real facts, listen to the Governor and health experts in their daily briefings to that state instead of the mainstream media that rarely produces all of the facts.
MRSA is indeed a bacteria, methicillin resistant staph aureus. Our next true pandemic that wipes us all out will not be a virus, it will be antibiotic resistant bacteria. Our medical teams who create antibiotics can barely keep ahead of the bacteria. We have gone from natural antibiotics, to semi-synthetic antibiotics, to fully synthetic antibiotics. The real scary one is VRSA, the Vancomyacin Resistant Staph, which is the antibiotic that treats MRSA. Only fully synthetic cocktails somewhat work and supportive care.
Heard mentality does work willi! Don’t you see all the sheeple following asinine orders from people who know As much as me n you? Believe me herd mentality is here to stay.
Sweden is a bad example for your argument. Their mortality rate is as low as anywhere. But they didn’t do the lockdown. http://www.theblogmire.com/a-comparison-of-lockdown-uk-with-non-lockdown-sweden/
I agree with you numbers but you backing up what the governor. Which is wrong. It seems with his actions, it the he has been trying to spread the virus.
I was referring to the Governor of South Dakota. She has it together.
Well it’s mostly immigrants that work those meat packing plants, so who gives a shit?! Think their Governor’s dumber than a sack full of hammers, but let’s check back in a few weeks and as trump would say, ‘let’s see what happens’!
Mostly what will happen in a few weeks is that all the endless outrage will have found another target and those who indulge it will be sure they never said what they said, that everyone else doesn’t understand what they said and that “that was then and this is now.” At least that has been the pattern endlessly repeated.
Sounds like Trumps MO
The governor of south Dakota is a nutjob who is getting lucky because her state is sparsely populated. Right now there are over 1000 cases in Sioux Falls
How dare she not be have as many sick people as New York City? Poor New York, with all the proper political values, has so many and doesn’t deserve it while those who do deserve it get away with so few… It’s just not fair! Like the voter rolls in LA County, she should have a 120% infection rate.
It is becoming clear that the people who get their news from conservative outlets are less concerned about the health risks to our community. I wonder if whoever made this release decision is living in that alternate reality where “it’s just like the flu” or “it’s just an impeachment hoax” is a commonly repeated lie.
Oh really, and may I remind you the epicenter in the USA is New York City. You remember NYC, the one with the communist Mayor. Not exactly a Conservative hot spot, now is it?
time to look up Communism! DeBlasio not it! Rich guy. The outbreak at the meat packing plant in South Dakota is in a pretty conservative place
Time for a reality check. The communist party has its 1%. What it doesn’t have is a middle class which is replaced by the bureaucracy, which in turn, does the one percents bidding. You know, the same dynamic California democrats have pushed for the last 35 years. DeBlasio has railed against private property, supported the Sandinista communists, and supported that arch capitalist Hugo (the coke smuggler) Chavez. In the matter of comparing a meat company in South Dakota to NYC, I won’t waste my time. Here’s a summary from Harvard of Stalin’s wealth.
http://hum54-15.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/exhibits/show/russian_dacha/joseph-stalin-s-dacha–the-ric
You guys make me laugh. Scooter said people who watch conservative news outlets take the pandemic less serious, which is probably true. Next we’re comparing NYC mayor and Stalin. Can flat earth be far behind.
No. What Scooter said was that people who get their new from conservative outlets “are less concerned about the health risks to our community. ” There’s a whole lot of assumption there from assuming where people get their news to how concerned they are. It would be equally offensive to say that those who get their news from liberal sources are not concerned about the economy of our community.
The link provided above by “Some Random Guy On the Internet” is from CNN. I didn’t realize they were conservative.
It is becoming clear that the people who get their news from progressive outlets are pretending concern about the health risks to our community without any concern for our financial well-being. I wonder if whoever made this release decision is living in that alternate reality where “it’s worse than AIDS, cancer and the plague” or “it’s all Trump’s fault” is a commonly repeated lie.
The governor wants to push the population to revolt so he can enact Marshall Law. That’s why the prison’s are being depopulated. That’s why he is going to refuse to open California when the President says. Newsome wants to drive the economy into ruin, release prisoners to further the spread of the disease, and create general civil unrest until we are are financially broke and become unruly. Then he will be able to take what little we have left.
Exactly! It’s like the dark knight Batman movie. Thanks 1911 for saying what I am thinking.
It is just like a movie…you watched. OK But back to the real world now boys. Come out of the basement. You’re all wringing your hands over that pure capitalism deity Newsome while Il Leader DJT says he has “total authority”
President Trump does have full authority. The one important fact that anyone fails to address was the caveat in States receiving federal aid in the face of this pandemic, ya know, the fine print. The print that said if states take the federal money they have given the President full authority. Did California take the Fed money? It sure did! Does that give President Trump full authority? Yes it does. Maybe Cali shouldn’t have taken the fed money if it wanted to play by its own rules.
[edit] You [edit] are all talk, really big talk and you’ll be the first to fucken cash that check and the first in that bread line. [edit]
[edit] If this is now a partisan issue give me a break. I can decide what the fuck is going on way to many unknowns and variables. Let’s just share information and not make it personal.
One,I’m returning my check to sender Jim. I don’t except money I haven’t worked for. Two. Your suggesting us conservative realists fight the government with small arms fire? You must really think we’re idiots huh? I have lots of guns and even more ammo. My rifles are not assault rifles, they are defense rifles. Keep letting out criminals, keep passing laws and orders to make people more desperate. The persons I’m afraid of are not wearing fatigues and suits n ties……God bless America.Trump 2020
“One will always live there best if they prepare to welcome the worst” (me)
I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time. Take the guns first, go through due process second.
So are you totalitarian, authoritarian, or commie? Certainly not American. God bless America. Trump 2020, Ivanka Trump 2024!
What you’re replying to is a verbatim quote from your dear leader Trump.
See about two minutes in : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=125&v=jvK2Q4dX4CQ&feature=emb_logo
Mr. 1911 we know where you are because you posted here. We go right through the internet tubes to identify the provocateurs. We have put you near the top of the list to come and grab your
dickguns. We will be there soon. We have more firepower than you. And more bullets.You seem angry.
Given the actions by our government, expressing concern about the possibility of the state trying to institute martial (not Marshall) law is reasonable.
The brothers Marshall?
Nope. Martial=military.
He’s too busy being a victim.
Easy there Big Jilm. Appears from your rant you need a time out, or at least some time to relax and get back to an even keel. When you get so fired up you don’t even spell your name correctly it may be time to give yourself a break. FOG and 1911 are just expressing themselves. You should too. While you’re at it learn to use some other word besides “fucking”. It’s better to use another descriptive word and leave “fucking” to describing sex.
Don’t mean to be hard on you BJ. I just realise so many of us out here are getting somewhat tired of the shelter in place order; perhaps you are too.
Easy there not so big jilm. Lets not start calling people names now, triggered much bud? Try to portray a coherent thought instead of anger.
Sounds like some Alex Jones-ish psychosis to me.
This is a good time to take notes. There are some who want the plannedemic. Some want the ‘Flu de gras.’ Remember who these people are; they don’t care if you are dead, even while they pretend to save you. Absolutely giddy with excitement over the extra control they will get if things get worse. These people are not your friends. The quinine derivative works by the way.
Chump trump’s exhortations to states to prematurely “LIBERATE” themselves of medically sound restrictions has got be to the single most dangerous and outrageous thing this idiot has uttered during his entire “presidency”. With such a volley (and in such inflammatory style) he actually sounds like a lunatic and the fact that scads and scores of his supporters are rallying around his misguided encouragement is a woeful reminder of how many peabrain Conservative people there are out there who refuse to believe factual information–facts which when understood and accepted could protect their own families. Conservatives leaders can never provide the kind of leadership this country desperately needs: they are too weak and too stupid to oppose the MAGA-hatted zombies who helped put them in office.
And Joe is strong? He’s likely the weakest candidate ever to receive a nomination for any party in world history!
Peabrain…no.
People do not support Trump because they like him. People support Trump because he is the most anti globalist choice, and we are sick of globilization killing America.
We also remember tyranny, and why you have to be very careful giving governments power. Any power you give may be used by future administrations how ever they want. And who knows who will be sitting in the Whitehouse in the future.
America was designed to protect people from government abuse, because government abuse has been the most deadly force in human history.
Liberty or Death. Either you get it, or you don’t.
Gulf of Tonkin…Vietnam
Yellow Cake and pancake theory…middle East war…still going
Use of Military Force against US citizens at Ruby Ridge and Waco
All lies that our Government used to kill LOTS of people. That’s why we need protection from. Government.
All reported by AJ, all PROVEN true.
Globilization killed America. If we want an exceptionally great country with minimum wages, workers protections, and environmenal protection, we cannot allow American industry to compete with oppressed workers from China. America should only trade with countries who has similar protections for people and land. We cannot maintain any sort of industry in America if we allow cheap goods produced with no respect for workers or land to undercut the American goods.
America needs it middle class. We need industry…it’s the base of the economy and where all the real goods come from. This time we had a shortage of masks because we don’t make them anymore. Next time it might be a real war and we won’t have the steel we need to defend ourselves.
Want manufacturing to come home? Stop being the policemen of the world. Stop subsidizing foreign markets. The last 100 years of US Military intervention has made it safe for manufacturing to leave our shores and ship goods back.
Let the foreign market bear the costs AND take the risks of overseas manufacturing. Let the manufactures and shippers bear the costs of protecting their factories and ships (oil included) in unstable parts of the world.
Defend American territory and not foreign territory. Then return the savings of a lower military budget to the taxpayer to offset the potentially higher costs.
Yeah but: it cost more to produce goods when you pay OSHA, EPA, Ect.
American goods with people and planet priced in cannot compete with cheap communist goods. Gotta stop letting cheap goods into American stores.
Cheap goods are not really cheap when they have to be replaced in a fraction of the time a well made product does.
Cubans are still driving our old chevys.
Now think about all the recalls on airbags in our cars. Besides those nikes made for $5.00 in China still cost $150.00 in the USA. Then they are marketed to the poorest Americans as a must have item. That’s pretty expensive shipping & handling I’d say.
WOW we got way off track here.
Not really. Globilization is the reason we were unprepared with ppe, ventilators, Ect.
Globalization is the reason most of our pharmaceuticals are manufactured in China. Doesn’t that seem like a problem to you?
Yessir. Put it on the list of ways that globilization has done America dirty for sure.
It seems some folks here remember when you didn’t have to buy insurance on your refrigerator, it lasted 30 years or so because it was made in the USA.
Last time I put together a China made lamp the heads popped of the screws, what does that tell you?
Stay in place ORDER. I think Order is a trigger word.
Voting adults give there children orders and we are not the governments children. Most of us reject living in a nanny state. Recommendations are adequate for responsible adults. Nor do they take kindly to fines, fees, or arrest threats.
People that are not responsible rarely obey orders anyway.
Common sense tells us we all want to protect ourselves and our friends and families.
We disagree on how and who to listen to.
Personally I want to keep all of my constitutional rights and not surrender any of them to fear. Nor do I intend to surrender them to politicians to use for their political gain.
Good to see somebody call out the ignorant right wing. Thanks.
It’s the CHINO VIRUS !
It’s from CHEENO !
It’s invisible!
It can disappear! Bigly.
It’s very much incredible! It’s true.
It’s yuuge! We’ve done a great job.
Nobody has ever seen anything like it.
What your seeing and hearing isn’t what’s happening.
It’s one case, coming in from CHINO!
We have it totally under control.
No, I don’t take responsibility at all.
Use a bandana! All is well. Reuse PPE.
I closed everything down early.
ALOT! IDID ALOT! I will get you a list.
It’s like a hammer, you use it for leverage, l don’t have to use it, but I will.
Lots of ventilators we won’t need.
We will send them to Russia to help.
More than ever before.
America First. It’s a HOAX!
It’s RUSSIA!, RUSSIA!, RUSSIA!
A witchhunt.
Trade Wars are easy to win.
Mexico will pay for the wall.
The phone call was perfect.
I did the most for African Americans.
He’s a snake.
They’re like microchips.
I’m a Stable Genious.
I get this stuff, I really do.
Nobody would believe it.
Believe me!
My Uncle was a Super Genius.
Powerful, tremendous.
Maybe I should have been a scientist.
The Air Bridge!
Big planes, Really, Really, Big.
Nobody could have seen it coming.
I won.
My hair. It’s mine.
I am the chosen one.
The cupboards were bare.
No ammo.
Faulty tests.
Like never before.
Billions, and Billions, and Billions.
From China, China, China.
For our Farmers.
The cure can’t be worse than the problem.
When you’re the president, not me, the authority is total.
It’s gotta be.
We’ll draw up the papers.
There was no obstruction.
No collusion.
Read the transcripts.
Highest approval ratings.
Bachelor, Monday Night Football.
Fake news.
Enemy of the people.
It could have been alot worse.
If we would would have done nothing.
Two point two million.
One hundred, two hundred thousand.
We are doing a good job.
40,000 ventilators, ridiculous.
I sent them Mercy, Comfort.
They didn’t need them.
Thousands of beds.
In Three days…
We moved them.
Hot spots.
Some states are in great shape.
Whiners.
When you’re the Captain and you have what they need.
No quid pro quo.
My favorite Movie.
We have the greatest military.
The greatest economy.
Lowest unemployment.
We’ll be cutting entitlements.
The Spaaace Fooorce!!!
What have you got to lose?
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t.
Like a rocketship.
Even better.
Who knew?
W.H.O. blew it!
We pay $400,000,000.
Chinacentric!
They should have warned us sooner.
Not while I am President!
Not a dime!
We’ll be looking into it.
In a week or two.
See you tomorrow.
Biden apologized.
Sleepy Joe.
Called me xenophobic.
I don’t know what I said,
I don’t reeememmmber.
If they don’t treat you right, I don’t call.
But I didn’t say that.
A lot of equipment’s being asked for that I don’t think they’ll need.
I didn’t say that.
And within a couple of days is going to be down close to zero.
CHEENO!
It’s from CHINO.
They knew.
They should have told us sooner.
Nailed it and the list could go on and on and on.
And surely will. Making it up as you go along. The Trump obsessed have no limits.
All I have to say is this guy who is a outlaw just got out of prison probably out sharing crack pipe with all his Buddy’s sharing cigarettes God only knows what else where ever he was out and about spreading this virus just doing his thing all i have to say God forbid this virus gets in the twickers committee it’s going to spread like wild fire as much as them fools are out running around this is all we need every body is suffering this thing out then you got one guy out messing stuff up
Ok, I realize it might seem petty, off topic and so far out as to be gone, chirrens, but I am stunned at the perpetual prevalence of erroneous spelling and grammar in these comments sections.
Let’s eat, Dad! OR Let’s eat Dad! haha
Grammar saves lives!!
A wee bit of levity brought to you by our very own dark assed Zeitgeist.
How much acid do you have to do in order to decide THAT’S what is important right now?
Lots….none….Goodness!!! Relax, sharky! DID I STUTTER? Was semi-jesting, kid!: More’s the point -education is where…it’s….at….!
Anyone out there delving more deeply than the daily, generically proffered pablum (not to be confused with pabulum)?Numbers aren’t adding up. READ THAT AGAIN.
And YES…it’s more than important that we hone our heads presently, mayhap more so than ever before! I suppose I shouldn’t equate grammar with intelligence. Rather rude.My sincere apologies.
PS. Intelligence is ever important. Where are we, if not striving towards knowledge and practical application of a collectively compassionate human race?
The jury is still out on the Oxford Comma.
The million dollar comma.
Or 5 million.
Or 10 million.
Personally, I find it crucial.
I’m really torn on this one. One the one hand that’s how I like to see a sentence, but on the other hand I’m ‘merican and I want to rebel against all British formalities and so it goes.