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CA lawmakers want more oversight of sexual assault complaints at women’s prisons
A new budget request would allow the Office of the Inspector General to monitor 350 of an estimated 2,400 staff sexual ...
Escaped killer Cesar Hernandez captured in Mexico: Baja California officials
Those outlets reported that Hernandez was arrested Thursday evening by the State Investigation Agency. Hernandez was unarmed ...
A major roadblock stands in California’s way to a transformed prison system
In its initial stages, the California Model has improved working conditions for some officers. Others say it’s creating more ...
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Convicted Robber Dijon Barber Escapes Reentry Program in Los Angeles
The CDCR is searching for escaped inmate Dijon Barber from an LA reentry program. Public asked for vigilance; specifics of ...
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Lawsuit Alleges Prison Staff Mistreated Women Who Filed Sexual Abuse Complaints
Thirteen women incarcerated at Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) filed a civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ...
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Sins of The Father: Correcting the Trauma Imposed by ‘Corrections’
I was born to a mother serving time in 1983. Now, as I serve a life sentence of my own I see the same abusive policies and ...
Kern County inmate captured hours after walking away from reentry program
An inmate who walked away from a reentry program in Kern County was arrested within hours on Tuesday.The California ...
CDCR investigating in-custody death at CCI as homicide
The death of a prisoner at the Correctional Institution outside Tehachapi is being investigated as a homicide with one inmate under investigation. Parrish Duren, 38, was pronounced dead Saturday ...