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Death of State Prison Inmate Being Investigated as Homicide

February 8, 2016, 2:10 pm
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LANCASTER – Officials at California State Prison-Los Angeles County (LAC) are investigating the death of an inmate. 

Inmate Rashell Clarke, 39, was found unresponsive in his cell at 10:48 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6. Staff immediately began lifesaving measures and an ambulance was called. Clarke succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at 11:26 a.m.

Clarke was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on Jan. 12, 2010, to serve a 22-year, 8-month sentence for a Shasta County conviction for abusing/endangering the health of a child.

Prison officials and local law enforcement agencies are investigating the death as a suspected homicide and are questioning Clarke’s cellmate, 33-year-old Leron Morris, as a suspect. 

Morris was received by CDCR on Sept. 13, 2005, from Contra Costa County to serve a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.

LAC in Lancaster provides long-term housing for male inmates classified as minimum-, medium- and maximum-security. CSP-LAC opened in 1993, houses approximately 3,500 inmates and employs more than 1,800 people.

For more information, contact Lt. Duane Bennett at (661) 729-6912.
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Correctional Peace Officers Recovering After Inmate Attack

February 11, 2016, 4:30 pm
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SAN DIEGO – Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility officials are investigating a staff assault that sent two correctional officers to the hospital. Officials are still investigating a similar incident that occurred on February 2.

On February 10, 2016, at 3:37 p.m., inmate Michael Stevens, 58, struck a correctional officer in the face, causing the officer to lose his balance and fall on the ground. Inmate Stevens then attacked a responding officer by repeatedly striking him in the face knocking him unconscious. Additional officers arrived on scene to subdue inmate Stevens and place him in restraints.

The two officers were taken to an outside hospital for treatment and released. The first officer suffered minor injuries. The second officer suffered a head injury. Both are expected to recover.

Inmate Stevens received minor injuries and was treated by medical staff at the prison. He was re-housed in the Administrative Segregation Unit pending an investigation.

Stevens was admitted to state prison on April 13, 2001, from Los Angeles County with a 10-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon. During his incarceration he received a life-with-parole sentence in 2003 from Kern County for battery on a peace officer and other similar offenses committed while in prison.

Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility opened in July 1987 on approximately 780 acres in San Diego County. The primary mission of the prison is to provide housing and supervision for minimum- to high-security inmates. Designed as a training and work-oriented facility, RJDCF provides health care, vocational, academic and industrial programs for nearly 3,200 male inmates and employs about 1,500 people.


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February 11, 2016
Contact: Lt. Phillip Bracamonte
(619) 661-7802
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Inmate Death at California Correctional Institution Being Investigated as a Homicide

February 16, 2016, 10:42 am
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TEHACHAPI – Officials at California Correctional Institution (CCI) are investigating the death of an inmate that occurred on Friday as a possible homicide.

Inmate Miguel J. Alejo, 46, was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 12:30 p.m. on February 12, 2016. CCI staff immediately began lifesaving measures and an ambulance was called. While in the clinic Alejo regained a pulse. He was transported by ambulance to an outside hospital. Alejo was pronounced dead at 1:39 p.m. His next of kin has been notified.

Alejo was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on April 6, 2011, from Fresno County to serve a six-year sentence for second-degree robbery and second-degree burglary.

Prison officials have named Alejo’s cellmate, Thomas E. Santiago, 35, as a suspect. Santiago was received by CDCR on February 16, 2000, from Ventura County to serve a life sentence for second-degree attempted murder with a gang enhancement and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury.

Santiago has been placed in the Administrative Segregation Unit pending the investigation by CCI, the Kern County Coroner and the Kern County District Attorney. The Office of the Inspector General was notified.

CCI opened in 1933 and houses approximately 3,500 minimum-, medium-, maximum- and high-security custody inmates. CCI offers academic classes and vocational programs and employs approximately 1,600 people. For more information, visit www.cdcr.ca.gov.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 16, 2016

CONTACT:
LT. JOSHUA TYREE (661) 822-4402 EXT. 3021
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California State Prison-Sacramento Inmate Death Being Investigated as a Homicide

February 16, 2016, 1:04 pm
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FOLSOM – Officials at California State Prison-Sacramento (CSP-SAC) and the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death of an inmate that occurred Monday as a homicide.

On February 15, 2016, at 8:20 p.m., correctional officers found a 53-year-old inmate unresponsive in his cell. Custody and medical staff began lifesaving measures. The inmate was pronounced dead at 8:48 p.m.

The inmate’s name is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification. He was serving a life-with-the-possibility-of-parole sentence from Marin County for first-degree murder and had been in prison since June 10, 1983.

The deceased inmate’s cellmate, Rambo M. Martin, 26, has been identified as a suspect. Inmate Martin is serving an eight-year sentence from San Bernardino County for assault with a firearm, his second strike. He is also serving a four-year sentence from Kern County for assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon. Martin has been in prison since November 2013.

CSP-SAC, opened in 1986, is a maximum-security prison that houses nearly 2,300 general population inmates and employs about 1,700 people. The institution houses inmates serving long sentences and those who have proven to be management problems at other institutions. CSP-SAC also houses inmates requiring specialized mental health treatment.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 16, 2016

CONTACT: LT. TONY QUINN (916) 294-3012
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California State Prison-Sacramento Inmate Death Being Investigated as a Homicide-Update

February 17, 2016, 4:25 pm
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FOLSOM – Officials at California State Prison-Sacramento (CSP-SAC) and the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death of an inmate that occurred Monday as a homicide.

On February 15, 2016, at 8:20 p.m., correctional officers found 53-year-old Darryl Staples unresponsive in his cell. Custody and medical staff began lifesaving measures. Staples was pronounced dead at 8:48 p.m.

Staples was serving a life-with-the-possibility-of-parole sentence from Marin County for first-degree murder and had been in prison since June 10, 1983.

Staples’ cellmate, Rambo M. Martin, 26, has been identified as a suspect. Inmate Martin is serving an eight-year sentence from San Bernardino County for assault with a firearm, his second strike. He is also serving a four-year sentence from Kern County for assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon. Martin has been in prison since November 2013.

CSP-SAC, opened in 1986, is a maximum-security prison that houses nearly 2,300 general population inmates and employs about 1,700 people. The institution houses inmates serving long sentences and those who have proven to be management problems at other institutions. CSP-SAC also houses inmates requiring specialized mental health treatment.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 17, 2016

CONTACT:  LT. L.A. QUINN (916) 294-3012
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Four California State Prison-Sacramento Employees Recovering From Inmate Attack

February 18, 2016, 1:53 pm
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FOLSOM – California State Prison-Sacramento (CSP-SAC) officials have started an investigation into a staff assault incident that sent four employees to the hospital.

Shortly after 7 a.m. today, inmate Tyrone E. Owens, 32, suddenly attacked two psychiatric technicians who were dispensing medication in the unit’s dayroom. Without provocation, Owens pushed a medication cart into a psychiatric technician, knocking her to the floor. Owens then began striking a second psychiatric technician in his face and head with both of his fists. A correctional officer immediately used physical force to stop Owens’ attack. Two other officers also responded and were finally able to restrain Owens and remove him from the area.

The two psychiatric technicians and two correctional officers were injured and taken to an outside hospital. The first psychiatric technician who was knocked to the floor suffered a sprained wrist, bruised arm and swollen knees. The second psychiatric technician suffered abrasions, scratches and pain and swelling to his head and back. The first responding officer suffered pain to her head, elbow, knee and thigh and one of the responding officers was treated for scratches behind his ear. All four were treated and released.

Inmate Owens has been in prison since Dec. 31, 2007. He is serving a five-year conviction from Los Angeles County for second-degree robbery and a two-year, eight-month conviction for grand theft of a person. In February 2010, Owens received a four-year conviction from Riverside County for possession/manufacture of a deadly weapon by a prisoner, his second strike.

Officers investigating this incident searched the cell occupied by inmate Owens and his cellmate and recovered an inmate-manufactured weapon.

CSP-SAC, opened in 1986, is a maximum-security prison that houses nearly 2,300 general population inmates and employs about 1,700 people. The institution houses inmates serving long sentences and those who have proven to be management problems at other institutions. CSP-SAC also houses inmates requiring specialized mental health treatment.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONTACT: LT. L.A.  QUINN (916) 294-3012
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Class-action Lawsuit against California’s Division of Juvenile Justice Terminated after Sweeping Reforms

February 25, 2016, 11:32 am
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OAKLAND – After more than a decade of reforms in California’s juvenile justice system - including limiting use of force, involving families in the rehabilitation of youth, and greatly reducing the juvenile offender population - the Alameda County Superior Court today terminated the Farrell lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

“The Farrell case was resolved through years of hard work to improve our juvenile justice system,” said CDCR Secretary Scott Kernan. “DJJ has transformed itself into a national leader run by a staff that believes in rehabilitation.”

On January 16, 2003, Margaret Farrell, a taxpayer in the state of California, filed a lawsuit against the director of what was then called the California Youth Authority (CYA). The suit claimed CYA was expending funds on policies, procedures and practices that were illegal under state law. Farrell also claimed that CYA failed in its statutory duties to provide adequate treatment and rehabilitation for juvenile offenders in its care. The lawsuit also alleged that the youth offenders were denied adequate medical, dental and mental health care.

On November 19, 2004, the parties entered into a consent decree in which DJJ agreed to develop and implement six detailed remedial plans in the following areas: safety and welfare, mental health, education, sexual behavior treatment, health care, dental services, and youth with disabilities. One of the most important reforms was the implementation of the Integrated Behavior Treatment Model (IBTM), a comprehensive approach to assessing, understanding and treating youth. The IBTM helps to reduce institutional violence and the risk of future criminal behavior.

“So many significant changes were made with Farrell, but I think the key would be the culture shift. We became an organization that’s built on evidence-based treatment programs that help youth build skills to be successful upon release,” DJJ Director Mike Minor said.

Separate from the Farrell remedial plans, but an important part of the overall reform, was the 2007 realignment of California’s juvenile justice system which reduced the DJJ population from 10,000 youth offenders to approximately 700. This made the living units less crowded and led to an improved staff- to-youth ratio.

One of the experts appointed by the court to assist in the transformation of DJJ was Barry Krisberg, a Senior Fellow at the UC Berkeley School of Law and a nationally known authority on juvenile justice. In a paper from 2014, Krisberg wrote that DJJ is “one of the most progressive juvenile corrections systems in the nation” and it “offers many very valuable policies and processes that could well benefit other jurisdictions.”

Now that the Farrell case has been terminated, DJJ will continue to offer and build on the services offered. These include the operation of an accredited school district providing youth with the same high school curriculum that they would receive in their home community. All non-graduates attend school Monday through Friday to work toward their high school diploma or, if they have short commitment periods, toward their GED’s. From 2010-2015, a total of 1,070 youth earned their high school diplomas or GED’s at one of the four DJJ youth facilities. Also during that time, 696 youth earned nationally recognized certificates in vocational training.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 25, 2016

CONTACT: JOE ORLANDO
(916) 445-4950
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Inmate Firefighter Dies from Injuries Suffered in Mulholland Fire

February 26, 2016, 10:49 am
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 SACRAMENTO  – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today announced that an inmate firefighter injured yesterday in the Mulholland Fire has died.

In the early hours of Thursday morning, Shawna Lynn Jones, 22, was struck by a boulder that had rolled down a hill. She was airlifted to UCLA Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition with major head injuries. Jones was removed from life support after her organs were donated, in keeping with her family’s wishes.

“Her death is a tragic reminder of the danger that inmate firefighters face when they volunteer to confront fires to save homes and lives,” said CDCR Secretary Scott Kernan. “On behalf of all of us in the department, I send my deepest condolences to her family.”

Jones was a Los Angeles County jail inmate who had joined CDCR’s firefighting program in August 2015 and was assigned to the Malibu Camp, which is operated jointly with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Malibu is one of three camps that house a total of 195 female firefighters.

CDCR maintains a network of 44 conservation camps, in partnership with CAL FIRE. Five of the camps are jointly managed with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The camps house approximately 3,500 inmate firefighters who cut containment lines to stop the spread of wildfires and douse hot spots during clean-up.  

Jones is only the third inmate firefighter to die on a fire line since the camp program began in 1943.  Female inmates were incorporated into the firefighting program in 1983.       


Contact: Bill Sessa
(916) 445-4950     


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Death of State Prison Inmate Being Investigated as Homicide

March 11, 2016, 8:49 am
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CHINO – Officials at the California Institution for Men (CIM) are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide.

Tony Alston, 51, died from injuries sustained when he was battered by another inmate on Feb. 15. He was transported to an outside hospital that day, and succumbed to his injuries at 11:18 a.m. Wednesday, March 9.

Alston was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on Oct. 23, 2014, from Yolo County to serve a six-year term for vehicle theft with prior related theft convictions.

Prison officials have named inmate Ronnie Duvall, 56, as a suspect. Duvall was received by CDCR on Sept. 17, 2007, from Los Angeles County to serve a 14-year sentence for lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 years old. He remains in administrative segregation pending the outcome of an investigation by CIM and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

CIM, which opened in 1941, houses approximately 3,400 minimum- and medium-security inmates.

Contact: Lt. Daniel Tristan
(909) 606-7068

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Inmate Baker Walks Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility

March 15, 2016, 1:07 pm
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LOS ANGELES — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) special agents are looking for a state prison inmate who walked away from a Los Angeles re-entry facility yesterday.
 
Donta Baker, 22, was transferred from California Institution for Men to the Male Community Re-entry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles County on Feb. 2. At approximately 5:20 p.m. on March 14, Baker walked out of the front door of the facility after testing positive for marijuana use. His GPS device was found in the facility.
An emergency count was conducted and notification was immediately made to local law enforcement agencies. Within minutes, CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety dispatched agents to locate and apprehend Baker.

Baker, 22, is a black male with brown eyes and black hair. He is 6’1” and weighs 205 pounds.

Baker was admitted from Los Angeles County on Dec. 6, 2013, to serve a four-year sentence for grand theft exceeding $950. He was scheduled to be released to parole in mid-April 2016.

The MCRP allows eligible inmates committed to state prison to serve the end of their sentences in the re-entry center and provides them the programs and tools necessary to transition from custody to the community. It is a voluntary program for male inmates who have approximately 120 days left to serve. The program links offenders to a range ofcommunity-based rehabilitative services that assist with substance use disorders, mental health care, medical care, employment, education, housing, family reunification and social support.

Anyone who sees Baker or has any knowledge of his whereabouts should immediately contact law enforcement or call 911.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 15, 2016

CONTACT: Terry Thornton 
(916) 445-4950



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Inmate Death at California State Prison-Los Angeles County Under Investigation

March 18, 2016, 5:05 pm
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LANCASTER – Officials at California State Prison-Los Angeles County (LAC) are investigating the death of an inmate that occurred on Friday, March 18, 2016.

Inmate Gordon Rowell, 33, was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 9:29 a.m. today. LAC staff immediately began lifesaving measures and an ambulance was called; however, he was pronounced dead at 9:44 a.m. by the Los Angeles County Fire Department at the prison’s medical facility.

Rowell’s next of kin has been notified. His cause of death is pending an autopsy.

Rowell was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on July 11, 2003, from San Diego County to serve a 13-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter and resisting arrest.

LAC opened in 1993 and houses approximately 3,538 minimum-, medium-, maximum- and high-security custody inmates. LAC offers academic classes and vocational programs and employs approximately 1,500 people. For more information, visit www.cdcr.ca.gov.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 18, 2016

CONTACT:  LT. DUANE E. BENNETT
(661) 779-2000 EXT. 6912
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Inmate Walks Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility

March 23, 2016, 10:42 am
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LOS ANGELES — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a state prison inmate who walked away from a Los Angeles re-entry facility on Tuesday, March 22.

Daniel Coronel, 38, was transferred from the California Institution for Men to the Male Community Re-entry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles County on March 15. After being notified at approximately 8:20 p.m. that Coronel’s GPS device had been tampered with, MCRP staff initiated an emergency count and facility search. Coronel’s GPS device was found down the street from the facility.

Notification was immediately made to local law enforcement agencies. Within minutes, agents from CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety were dispatched to locate and apprehend Coronel.

Coronel is a Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds.

Coronel was admitted from Los Angeles County on Oct. 5, 2015, to serve a two-year sentence for first-degree burglary. He was scheduled to be released to parole in May 2016.

The MCRP allows eligible inmates committed to state prison to serve the end of their sentences in the re-entry center and provides them the programs and tools necessary to transition from custody to the community. It is a voluntary program for male inmates who have approximately 120 days left to serve. The program links offenders to a range of community-based rehabilitative services that assist with substance use disorders, mental health care, medical care, employment, education, housing, family reunification and social support.

Anyone who sees Coronel or has any knowledge of his whereabouts should immediately contact law enforcement or call 911.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 2016    

CONTACT:Krissi Khokhobashvili   
 (916) 445-4950



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Offender Who Walked Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility Apprehended

March 24, 2016, 9:58 am
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LOS ANGELES — A man who walked away from the Male Community Re-entry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles County March 22 was apprehended the following day.

Daniel Coronel, 38, was apprehended at 2:15 p.m. March 23 by agents from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Special Service Unit in the city of Commerce, in Los Angeles County. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to the California Institution for Men in Chino.

Coronel had been participating in the MCRP, which allows eligible offenders committed to state prison to serve the end of their sentences in the re-entry center and provides them the programs and tools necessary to transition from custody to the community. It is a voluntary program for male offenders who have approximately 120 days left to serve. The program links participants to a range of community-based rehabilitative services that assist with substance use disorders, mental health care, medical care, employment, education, housing, family reunification and social support.

Coronel was admitted from Los Angeles County on Oct. 5, 2015, to serve a two-year sentence for first-degree burglary. He was scheduled to be released to parole in May 2016.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp, or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.


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March 24, 2016  

CONTACT:  Krissi Khokhobashvili 
(916) 445-4950   


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Offender Who Walked Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility Apprehended

March 28, 2016, 10:26 am
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LOS ANGELES — A man who walked away from the Male Community Re-entry Program (MCRP) in Los Angeles County March 14 has been apprehended.
Donta Baker, 22, was apprehended March 25 in the city of Compton by Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies working in cooperation with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Special Service Unit.

Baker was taken into custody without incident and transported to the California Institution for Men in Chino.

Baker had been participating in the MCRP, which allows eligible offenders committed to state prison to serve the end of their sentences in the re-entry center and provides them the programs and tools necessary to transition from custody to the community. It is a voluntary program for male offenders who have approximately 120 days left to serve. The program links participants to a range of community-based rehabilitative services that assist with substance use disorders, mental health care, medical care, employment, education, housing, family reunification and social support.

Baker was admitted from Los Angeles County on Dec. 6, 2013, to serve a four-year sentence for grand theft exceeding $950. He was scheduled to be released to parole in mid-April 2016.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp, or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.



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March 28, 2016    

CONTACT: Krissi Khokhobashvili 
(916) 445-4950


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Inmate Walks Away From Growlersburg Conservation Camp

March 28, 2016, 10:54 am
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GEORGETOWN----California Department of Corrections and Rehabiliation (CDCR) officials are looking for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from the Growlersburg Conservation Camp, located near Georgetown in El Dorado County.



Inmate Deandrea J. Farlow was last seen in his assigned dorm on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at approximately 8:45 pm during an informal count of inmates.  Farlow was missing from a subsequent inmate count at approximately 10:30 pm and staff began implementing escape procedures.  All local law enforcement agencies have been notified and are assisting in the search for Farlow.



Farlow is described as a black male, 6’ 4” tall, weighing 195 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.  Farlow was committed to CDCR from Fresno County for second degree robbery and assault with a firearm.  He was scheduled to be released on October 23, 2019.



Anyone with information about Farlow is asked to contact the Growersburg Conservation Camp at (530) 333-4244 or the Sierra Conservation Center at (209) 984-5291, ext. 5439.     



Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp, or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.



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March 28, 2016             

Contact: Lt. Hill                                                      
 (530) 333-4244
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Condemned Inmate Bernard L. Hamilton Dies of Natural Causes

March 28, 2016, 11:47 am
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SACRAMENTO–Condemned inmate Bernard L. Hamilton, 64, was pronounced dead Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 10:45 a.m. He died of natural causes while in a medical center in the community.
 
Hamilton was sentenced to death on March 2, 1981, by a San Diego County jury for the May 31, 1979, first-degree murder and second-degree burglary and of Eleanore Buchanan. Hamilton kidnapped, murdered and dismembered Buchanan’s body after she caught him burglarizing her van. Hamilton had a prior conviction for burglary in 1973. He had been on death row since March 4, 1981.

Since 1978 when California reinstated capital punishment, 70 condemned inmates (including Hamilton) have died from natural causes, 25 have committed suicide, 13 have been executed in California, one was executed in Missouri, one was executed in Virginia, eight have died from other causes, and one cause of death is pending. There are 747 offenders on California’s death row.



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March 28, 2016    

CONTACT: Lt. Sam Robinson, 
(415) 455-5008
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Inmate Death at California State Prison-Los Angeles County Under Investigation

April 4, 2016, 4:43 pm
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LANCASTER – Officials at California State Prison-Los Angeles County (LAC) are investigating the death of an inmate that occurred on Sunday, April 3, 2016.

Inmate Porfirio Castro, 44, was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 8:44 a.m. LAC staff immediately began lifesaving measures; however, Castro was pronounced dead at 9:12 a.m.

Next of kin has been notified. The cause of death is pending an autopsy.

Castro was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on Oct. 23, 2013, from Los Angeles County to serve a six-year sentence for second-degree robbery.

Prison officials have named Castro’s cellmate, Robert Vasquez, 47, as a suspect. Vasquez was received by CDCR on Dec. 6, 1989, from San Diego County to serve a sentence of life with the possibility of parole for first-degree burglary. He remains in administrative segregation pending the outcome of an investigation by LAC and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

LAC opened in 1993 and houses approximately 3,500 minimum-, medium-, maximum- and high-security custody inmates. LAC offers academic classes and vocational programs and employs approximately 1,500 people. For more information, visit www.cdcr.ca.gov.




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April 4, 2016


CONTACT: Lt. Duane Bennett 
(661) 779-2000 EXT. 6912     

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Walk Away from Vallecito Conservation Camp Apprehended

April 6, 2016, 9:59 am
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VALLECITO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has announced the apprehension of an inmate who walked away from a conservation camp five years ago.

Inmate Secundino Cornejo, 44, was taken into custody without incident by the U.S. Border Patrol on Sunday, April 3, 2016, based on a warrant for his arrest from CDCR. Secundino had been a fugitive since December 10, 2010, when he was discovered missing from the minimum-security Vallecito Conservation Camp in Calaveras County.  He will be returned to the Sierra Conservation Center, a secure CDCR prison in Jamestown.

Cornejo was committed to CDCR to serve a four-year sentence for transport/import of methamphetamine. He was scheduled to parole on Sept. 13, 2013.  His case will be referred to the Calaveras County District Attorney for possible prosecution on escape charges.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program prematurely have been apprehended.   

Contact:  Lt. Robert Kelsey                                                                                              
(209) 984-5291 extension 5499
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Walkaway from Growlersburg Conservation Camp Apprehended

April 6, 2016, 11:02 am
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GEORGETOWN – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced the apprehension of an inmate who walked away nine days ago from the Growlersburg Conservation Camp, located near the community of Georgetown, in El Dorado County. 

Inmate Deandrea J. Farlow was last seen in his assigned dorm on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at approximately 8:45 p.m. during an informal camp count. At approximately 10:30 p.m. during count, staff could not locate Farlow and began escape procedures to find and apprehend him. On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, Farlow was apprehended in Las Vegas, Nevada, by CDCR's Special Services Unit in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and Las Vegas Police/Sheriff’s Department.  Farlow will be held in a local facility pending transfer back to Sierra Conservation Center, and escape charges are being filed through the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program prematurely have been apprehended.
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Inmate Death at Kern Valley State Prison Being Investigated as Homicide

April 6, 2016, 2:25 pm
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DELANO – Officials at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide.

Inmate Johnny R. Montenegro, 27, was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 3 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. KVSP staff immediately began lifesaving measures and an ambulance was called. Montenegro succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 3:48 a.m. His next-of-kin has been notified.

Montenegro was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on May 13, 2015, from San Bernardino County to serve a three-year sentence for possession of or owning a firearm by a felon.

Prison officials have named Montenegro’s cellmate, Renick De Anda, 41, as a suspect. De Anda was received by CDCR on November 3, 2005, from Los Angeles County to serve a life-with-the-possibility-of-parole sentence for first-degree murder.

De Anda has been placed in the Administrative Segregation Unit pending the investigation by KVSP, the Kern County Coroner and the Kern County District Attorney. The Office of the Inspector General was notified.


KVSP opened in 2005 and houses 3,946 minimum-, medium-, maximum- and high-security custody inmates. KVSP offers academic classes and vocational programs and employs approximately 1,800 people. For more information, visit www.cdcr.ca.gov.

CONTACT:  LT. Michael Betzinger (661) 721-6314
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