Salinas Valley State Prison Investigating Inmate Homicide
SOLEDAD – The Investigative Services Unit at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) is investigating a homicide of an inmate that occurred at 12:33 a.m. on Sunday, October 26, 2014.The incident occurred...
View ArticleInmate Walkaway at Wasco State Prison - Reception Center
WASCO – On Oct. 31, 2014, at approximately 3:20 p.m., officials at Wasco State Prison-Reception Center (WSP-RC) discovered that a state prison inmate identified as Daniel Joseph Valdivieso, #AK3598,...
View ArticleWalkaway Apprehended, Returned to Wasco State Prison-Reception Center
WASCO – Daniel Joseph Valdivieso, 22, was arrested on Nov. 2, 2014, at approximately 8:15 p.m. by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Special Services Unit in the Norwalk...
View ArticleCDCR Checks on 1,294 Sex-Offenders during Operation Boo
Sweep results in 62 arrests statewide; weapons, drugs and child porn confiscated SACRAMENTO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) parole agents arrested 62 of the 1,294...
View ArticleCondemned inmate Steven Homick dies of natural causes
SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate Steven Michael Homick, 74, from Los Angeles County, was pronounced dead today, November 5, 2014. He died of natural causes at a nearby hospital at 11:26 a.m. Homick was...
View ArticleTwenty Juvenile Offenders Receive High School Diplomas
Pine Grove graduation ceremony’s theme is “Life is what you make it”PINE GROVE – Twenty youth at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp in Pine Grove received a high school diploma or GED today in a...
View ArticleCondemned inmate Charles Keith Richardson dies of natural causes
SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate Charles Keith Richardson, 52, died of natural causes today, December 2, 2014, at the Correctional Treatment Center at California State Prison-Corcoran.Richardson was...
View ArticleCDCR helps parolees find health coverage
SACRAMENTO — Emphasizing its commitment to offender rehabilitation and long-term success after incarceration, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has ramped up efforts to...
View ArticlePleasant Valley State Prison Correctional Officer Dies While on Duty
COALINGA – Correctional Officer Donald Daniel, 47, was pronounced deceased this morning at Coalinga Regional Medical Center.Officer Daniel reported for duty at Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) and...
View ArticleCondemned inmate Michael Lee Elliot dies of unknown causes
SAN QUENTIN –Condemned inmate Michael Lee Elliot, 55, who was on California’s death row from Sacramento County, was pronounced dead yesterday, December 8, 2014, at 3:46 p.m., at a nearby hospital. The...
View ArticleCDCR, CAL FIRE to Staff Ventura Fire Camp
SACRAMENTO –To strengthen wildfire protection in a crucial stretch of coastal Southern California, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and CAL FIRE today jointly...
View ArticleInmates Walk Away from Mountain Home Conservation Camp
SPRINGVILLE, CA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for two minimum-security inmates who walked away from the Mountain Home Conservation Camp, located...
View ArticleWalk-Aways from Mountain Home Conservation Camp Apprehended
Springville — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) took inmates Albert Robiatti, 32, and Shawn Hance, both minimum-security inmates who walked away from the Mountain Home...
View ArticleHomicide of Salinas Valley State Prison Inmate Under Investigation
SOLEDAD – Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) investigators are investigating an incident that left one inmate dead and another injured.The incident occurred just after 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, on one...
View ArticleHomicide of High Desert State Prison Inmate Under Investigation
Susanville – High Desert State Prison (HDSP) is investigating an incident that left one inmate dead.The incident occurred on a yard at the prison Monday, Jan. 5, when an inmate was attacked by another...
View ArticleMissing Medical Parolee Apprehended
San Diego County- Robert Virgil Taylor, 50, was apprehended on January 13, 2015, by agents from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Office of Correctional Safety...
View ArticleHomicide of California State Prison-Sacramento Inmate Under Investigation
FOLSOM – California State Prison-Sacramento (SAC) is investigating an incident that left one inmate dead.At 9:55 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, inmate Roberto Baldizon, 35, was discovered in his cell inside the...
View ArticleFour Ironwood State Prison Correctional Officers Recovering from Inmate Assault
BLYTHE — Four correctional officers were treated for injuries they suffered from an attack by inmates at Ironwood State Prison (ISP).At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, a major disturbance occurred during...
View ArticleRJ Donovan Correctional Officer Recovering from Inmate Assault
SAN DIEGO – A correctional officer was treated for injuries suffered from an attack by an inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJDCF).At 8:05 p.m. Feb. 8, as inmates in a Facility D...
View ArticleInmate Walkaway from Owens Valley Conservation Camp in 2011 Apprehended
Inmate Walkaway from Owens Valley Conservation Camp in 2011 ApprehendedLOS ANGELES – An inmate who walked away from Owens Valley Conservation Camp in 2011 was taken into California Department of...
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