San Diego Prison Inmate Escapee Apprehended
Joshua Drinnon back in custody after escaping while out of stateSACRAMENTO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) special agents apprehended maximum-security inmate Joshua...
View ArticleCDCR Accepts “Cool Planet” Award for Climate Change, Conservation Projects
Solar energy, water, lighting projects honoredSACRAMENTO - The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today accepted the “Cool Planet”...
View ArticleCDCR Checks on 1255 Sex Offenders during Operation Boo
Statewide sweep results in weapons, drugs and pornography confiscated SACRAMENTO– California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) parole agents contacted 1255 sex-offender parolees...
View ArticleInmate Walks Away From Conservation Project
VALYERMO, CA — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from a work crew near the community of Highlands, in...
View ArticleInmate Riot at Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Under Investigation
CORCORAN – Approximately 20 inmates were involved in a riot in three C-Facility dayrooms at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison-Corcoran (SATF) on Thursday, Nov. 5. The cause...
View ArticleInmate Death Being Investigated As Potential Homicide
Inmate found unresponsive in his cellCORCORAN – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating as a potential homicide the...
View ArticleInmate Back In Custody After Walking Away From Work Project
VALYERMO, CA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced today that Kent Lesporavsky, 43, was taken back into custody early Tuesday morning, November 10, 2015,...
View ArticleInmate Death at Kern Valley State Prison Being Investigated as Homicide
DELANO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating as a potential homicide the death of an inmate Wednesday morning at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP).Inmate...
View ArticleFourteen Juvenile Offenders Graduate
Pine Grove graduation ceremony’s theme is “Life is what you make it”PINE GROVE – Fourteen youths at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp (YCC) in Pine Grove received a high school...
View ArticleInmate Death at Kern Valley State Prison Being Investigated as Homicide
DELANO – Officials at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) are investigating the death of an inmate this morning as a homicide.Inmate Larry T. Hite, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell at 6:35 a.m. KVSP...
View ArticleInmate Back In Custody After Walking Away From Minimum Support Facility
COALINGA– California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced today that Jessie Quintanilla, 19, was taken back into custody early Monday morning, December 7, 2015, less...
View ArticleInmate Riot at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility Under Investigation
SAN DIEGO – Approximately 134 inmates were involved in a riot on the Facility A Level III recreational yard at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJDCF) on today. The cause of the riot is under...
View ArticleWalk Away from Deadwood Conservation Camp (CC #23)
Yreka, California – A minimum-security inmate from the California Correctional Center walked away from Deadwood Conservation Camp (CC #23) on December 26, 2015.Inmate Daniel R. Fidler, 42, is a white...
View ArticleInmate Who Walked Away From Deadwood Conservation Camp Apprehended
YREKA – Minimum-security California Correctional Center inmate Daniel R. Fidler, who walked away from Deadwood Conservation Camp (CC #23) on Dec. 26, was apprehended the morning of Dec. 29.At...
View ArticleTwo Walk Away from San Diego Re-Entry Facility
SAN DIEGO — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for two women who walked away from the Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program (CCTRP) in San...
View ArticleInmate Walkaway from Los Angeles Reentry Facility
LOS ANGELES – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a male inmate who walked away from a Los Angeles community reentry facility last night. Louie...
View ArticleWomen Who Walked Away from San Diego Reentry Facility Apprehended
SAN DIEGO – Two women who walked away from the Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program in San Diego Jan. 4 were apprehended Jan. 9 and 11.Viviana Mendez was apprehended shortly after midnight...
View ArticleInmate Death at Kern Valley State Prison Suspected Suicide
DELANO – Officials at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) are investigating the death of inmate Lawrence Phillips as a suspected suicide.The incident occurred at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, when staff...
View ArticleInmate Death at Kern Valley State Prison Being Investigated as Homicide
DELANO – Officials at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide. Inmate Brandon J. Lowrey, 30, was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 8:30 p.m....
View ArticleCorrectional Peace Officers Recovering After Inmate Attack
SAN DIEGO – Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility officials are investigating a staff assault that sent three correctional peace officers to the hospital.On February 2, 2016, at 6:45 p.m., inmate...
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