Dewayne Michael Carey
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Portrait of Dewayne Michael Carey
On July 4th, Dewayne Michael Carey passed away at the age of 59 from COVID-19. A former Navy veteran originally from Harbor City, California, Dewayne was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison at the time of his death, where more than 2,000 people have contracted the disease. He is survived by his sister Teresa, a respiratory therapist who remained close with her brother until his death.
Dewayne is remembered by those who knew him as an “avid reader” and a regular participant in book clubs. He was also known for his skills as a player of Yu-Gi-Oh!, a Japanese card game popular at San Quentin. Bob Russell Williams Jr., a resident of San Quentin who used to play basketball with Dewayne, described him as “a good brother from down around L.A. way.”
Dewayne was the Vice Chairman of the East Block Advisory Counsel (EBAC), a group founded in 2008 to represent the concerns of those on Death Row. Members of EBAC “sensed that the public’s interest in Death Row is more morbid than humanistic.” Dewayne spoke about the poor health conditions in San Quentin, remarking, “The dental service is inadequate.” Members at San Quentin sometimes waited for more than a year for necessary dental services such as dentures.
The health conditions at San Quentin would only get worse with the outbreak of COVID-19. Dewayne was exposed to the virus in May, when 121 people from the California Institute for Men in Chino, a site of a significant COVID-19 outbreak, were transferred to San Quentin. They were not tested at the time of the transfer, leading to the worst outbreak in the state prison system. Dewayne was the third person at San Quentin to succumb to the virus, which has now taken at least 29 lives there.
Dewayne’s sister Teresa was devastated that she was unable to say a proper goodbye to her brother. Teresa and Dewayne had agreed she would be at his execution so he would not have to be alone, but on July 2nd, two days before his death, Teresa received a phone call from a hospital in the Bay Area. By that point, Dewayne was on a ventilator, unable to respond as his sister told him she loved him and urged him to keep fighting.
Teresa recognizes her brother was not perfect. She told the San Francisco Chronicle, “But he was still my brother, and I needed a chance to say goodbye. And they took that from me.”
We mourn the loss of Dewayne Michael Carey. May he rest in peace.
This memorial was written by MOL team members Claire Lee and Kirsten Pickering with information from a correspondent at San Quentin State Prison, and from reporting by Jason Fagone and Megan Cassidy of San Francisco Chronicle, Bay City News Staff of Patch, Jonah Valdez of Los Angeles Daily News, San Quentin News Staff of San Quentin News, and Kim Christensen and Richard Winton of Los Angeles Daily News.
Original artwork by MOL team member EJ Joyner.
Dewayne Michael Carey
Retrato de Dewayne Michael Carey
El 4 de Julio, Dewayne Michael Carey dejó este mundo. Tenía 59 años de edad. Un residente de Harbor City, California, se murió debido del coronavirus mientras estaba encarcelado en la Prisión Estatal de San Quentin, donde hay 2,000 personas que lo ha contratado.
Los que le conocían le recuerdan como una persona que leía a menudo y un participante activo en clubes de libros. También era alguien conocido por sus habilidades como jugador de Yu-Gi-Oh!, un juego de cartas japonés.
Dewayne fue expuesto al virus en mayo, cuando 121 personas del Instituto de California para Hombres en Chino, un sitio significado de un brote de Covid-19, fueron transferido a San Quentin. Los del instituto no fueron probado para Covid-19 antes de que hubieran entrado en la prisión, lo que causó el peor brote en el sistema estatal de prisiones. Dewayne fue la tercera persona en San Quentin que contrató el virus, que ahora ha tomado al menos 29 vidas allí.
Lloramos la muerte de Dewayne Michael Carey. Que en paz descanse.
Este conmemorativo fue escrito por dos miembros de equipo MOL, Claire Lee y Kirsten Pickering, con información de un informe en la Prisión Estatal de San Quentin, y de un reportaje de Personal de Bay City News, Jonah Valdez, Kim Christensen y Richard Winton del Periódico Diario de Los Ángeles. Arte original de un miembro del MOL EJ Joyner. Traducida por Matthew Elmore Merritt.
