NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’S NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY > AUGUST 6 - AUGUST 13, 2020 > VOL. 21 NO. 23 > WWW.SANTAMARIASUN.COM VISIT US ONLINE @santamariasun.com. SIGN UP for E-Newsletter(s) AT THE MOVIES LIKE US on Facebook FOLLOW US on Instagram FOLLOW US on Twitter 1 Defending Jacob: A mystery [18] CRUEL AND UNUSUAL Lompoc federal prison inmates speak out about poor treatment during the COVID-19 outbreak [8] BY MALEA MARTIN Assessing oil trucking Free PCPA workshops Join a meat club to NEWS on Highway 101 [9] ARTS for the community [16] EATS nourish the soul [19] Take comfort in knowing your loved one will not AUGUST 6 - AUGUST 13, 2020 VOL. 21 NO. 23 leave our care. n the second installment of a two-part series on the Lompoc penitentiary’s treatment of inmates during the COVID-19 outbreak, Staff Writer Malea Martin talks to an inmate about Our on-site crematory enables us Iwhat went on inside the prison walls. The prison is facing a to care for your loved one with lawsuit over whether the measures it took to mitigate the outbreak were constitutional, and a judge recently ruled that the prison 2 dignity throughout the entire must consider releasing more inmates for home confinement [8]. IMPRISONED PANDEMIC: The Lompoc federal prison is under scrutiny for the way This week, you can also read about what the county says about funeral process. it treated inmates during the height of its oil trucking in a recently released environmental report [9], COVID-19 outbreak. what PCPA’s community workshops can teach you [16], a trip to Let us guide you Sycamore Mineral Springs [17], and the sweet meat club that will through your pre- deliver local cuts to your doorstep [19]. Camillia Lanham arranged burial editor or cremation plan and secure your Cover photo courtesy of Federal Bureau of Prisons > Cover design by Alex Zuniga funeral cost now. 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