Author: Dana Simas
SUSANVILLE – High Desert State Prison Correctional Officer Richard Bianchi died in a single-vehicle crash early in the morning on...
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Will further protect incarcerated people, staff from spread of COVID-19 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today announced...
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CHINO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today announced an inmate from California Institution for Men (CIM)...
Read More About California Institution for Men Inmate Dies from Complications Related to COVID‑19
Innovative solution to provide face-to-face visitation via Skype for youth and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic SACRAMENTO—Video visitation is...
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Plan will create increased capacity and space to help with inmate movement, physical distancing, isolation efforts The department has taken...
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SAN QUENTIN – Lonnie D. Franklin Jr., on death row for the murders of nine women and one teenage girl...
CDCR and CCHCS Unveil COVID‑19 Tracking Tool for Incarcerated Population Testing, Cases, and Results
SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) have unveiled a new tool...
SACRAMENTO — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) today announced the first...
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SAN QUENTIN —Condemned inmate John Abel, 75, sentenced to California’s death row by an Orange County jury, was pronounced dead...
Read More About Condemned inmate John Abel dies of unknown cause
CALIPATRIA ― Calipatria State Prison (CAL) officials are investigating the death of Joseph Martinez, 21, as a homicide after two...
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