Author: Dana Simas
Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy will be deactivated on September 30, 2021 SACRAMENTO — Today, the California Department of Corrections...
SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate Pedro Arias, 58, was pronounced deceased Aug. 9 at an outside hospital from what appears...
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CDCR Secretary and San Quentin Acting Warden Issue Statements on Passing of Sergeant Gilbert Polanco
“Sergeant Gilbert Polanco is an example of the best of CDCR and his passing deeply saddens us all. His dedication...
SAN QUENTIN – Jeffrey J. Hawkins, 64, was pronounced deceased on July 15, 2020, at an outside hospital from what...
Estimates of 8,000 inmates could be eligible for release by end of August, in addition to the state’s reduction of...
SAN QUENTIN – David Reed, 60, who had been on California’s death row since 2011, died on July 7, 2020,...
SAN QUENTIN – Dewayne Michael Carey, 59, was pronounced deceased on July 4, 2020 at an outside hospital from what...
SAN QUENTIN – Scott Thomas Erskine, 57, who had been on California’s death row since 2004, and Manuel Machado Alvarez,...
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SAN QUENTIN – Joseph S. Cordova, who had been on California’s death row since 2007, died on July 1, 2020,...
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SUSANVILLE – High Desert State Prison Correctional Officer Richard Bianchi died in a single-vehicle crash early in the morning on...
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