A protest will take place Wednesday outside of the downtown Redwood City jail because of what planners say is the sheriff’s inability to maintain public health and safety standards during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to organizers, there have been 11 cases of COVID-19 in the county jails and there has been concern over access to hygiene products and adequate information about the virus. In June, a hunger strike at the Maguire Correctional Facility on Bradford Street was in response to similar issues and inmates demanded commissary merchandise be lowered, and free and remote video visits be offered during the pandemic. Sheriff’s officials did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday’s action but in June said they were working with the vendor to lower prices and that phone calls were modestly priced at $1.35 per half hour.
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