San Quentin State Prison Legionnaires’ Disease Case Update
SAN QUENTIN – Administrators at San Quentin State Prison (SQ) continue to restore services to inmates as the institution deals with a number of confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease.Inmates will be...
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SAN QUENTIN – Administrators at San Quentin State Prison (SQ) continue to restore services to inmates as the investigation continues into the source of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. As of Sept. 2,...
View ArticleInmate Walks Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility
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, Sept. 1....
View ArticleCondemned Inmate Ronald Seaton Dies of Natural Causes
SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate Ronald Harold Seaton, 69, was pronounced deceased of natural causes on Aug. 28, 2015, at Marin General Hospital. Announcement of his death was withheld pending...
View ArticleCDCR Apprehends Inmate who Walked Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility
LOS ANGELES — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials have apprehended a state prison inmate who walked away from a Los Angeles re-entry facility on Tuesday, Sept....
View ArticleSan Diego Prison Inmate Escapes while Out of State
PRINCETON COUNTY, ILLINOIS — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a maximum-security state prison inmate who escaped while being transported back to...
View ArticleVisiting, Showers to Resume at San Quentin State Prison
SAN QUENTIN – Administrators at San Quentin State Prison (SQ) have restored visiting and will restore normal showering for inmates in their housing units as of tomorrow, Sept. 4. Inmates in Condemned...
View ArticleSuspected Homicide of Calipatria State Prison Inmate Under Investigation
CALIPATRIA — Officials at Calipatria State Prison (CAL) are investigating an incident that occurred on Thursday, Sept. 10, in which an inmate died while fighting with two other inmates.Kimsan MounThe...
View ArticleInmate Gallegos Walks Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility
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 Wednesday, Sept....
View ArticleCDCR Honors Employees at Medal of Valor Ceremony
92 praised for courage, conduct above and beyond the call of dutySACRAMENTO– The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) honored 92 employees today during its annual Medal of...
View ArticleInmate Gallegos Who Walked Away from Los Angeles Re-entry Facility Apprehended
LOS ANGELES — Special agents with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Office of Correctional Safety located and arrested Joseph R. Gallegos, 29, who had walked away...
View ArticleInmate Walks Away from Holton Conservation Camp in Sylmar
SYLMAR—The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a male state prison inmate who walked away from the Holton Conservation Camp in Sylmar last night....
View ArticleCDCR Accepting Applications for Second Round of Grants for Innovative Programs
Grants meant to expand rehabilitative programs in prisonsSACRAMENTO—The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will be awarding a second round of...
View ArticleCalifornia State Prison-Sacramento Officers Assaulted by Inmates
REPRESA – Three correctional officers at California State Prison-Sacramento (SAC) are being treated for injuries they sustained from two separate assaults by inmates this morning.At approximately 10:15...
View ArticleInmate Apprehended After Walking Away From Conservation Camp
SYLMAR – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced today that inmate Jesse Jordan Diaz, 24, was taken into custody late last night, approximately seven days...
View ArticleSalinas Valley State Prison Investigating the Death of an Inmate as a Homicide
SOLEDAD — Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) officials are investigating the death of inmate Pedro M. Aguilar as a homicide.On Sept. 28, 2015, custody staff conducting security checks found inmate...
View ArticleCondemned Inmate Alfredo Prieto Executed in Virginia
SACRAMENTO — Condemned inmate Alfredo Rolando Prieto, 49, who had death sentences in California and Virginia, was executed by lethal injection on October 1, 2015, by the Commonwealth of Virginia.Prieto...
View ArticleWalk Away from Valley View Conservation Camp (CC #34)
Elk Creek, California – A minimum-security inmate from the California Correctional Center walked away from Valley View Conservation Camp (CC #34) on October 5, 2015.Inmate Jorge A. Macedo, 32, is a...
View ArticleValley View Conservation Camp Walkaway Inmate in Custody
SUSANVILLE – A minimum-security inmate from California Correctional Center (CCC) who walked away from Valley View Conservation Camp (CC #34) on October 5, 2015, has been apprehended.On October 6, 2015,...
View ArticleNew Mental Health Facility Dedicated at Central California Women’s Facility
Female Inmates Training In Construction Trades Do Most of the Work CHOWCHILLA---The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today dedicated a state of the art...
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