CDCR Investigating Deadly Force Incident at High Desert State Prison
SUSANVILLE – A 23-year-old High Desert State Prison (HDSP) inmate was fatally shot by correctional officers during the attempted murder of another inmate today, November 9, 2012. The inmate was shot...
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REPRESA – A correctional officer was spared serious injury by his stab-resistant vest when an inmate at California State Prison-Sacramento attacked him with an inmate-made weapon on Saturday, November...
View ArticleParole Denied for Convicted Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapper Fred Woods
San Luis Obispo – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) denied parole today for convicted kidnapper Fred Woods, 61, during his 13th subsequent...
View ArticleRiot at Calipatria State Prison Under Investigation
CALIPATRIA– Calipatria State Prison staff are investigating a riot that broke out at the institution on Saturday, December 8, at approximately 6:30 p.m.The incident involved more than 115 inmates on...
View ArticleInmate graduates awarded Training for Facilitators Certificates for...
CORCORAN – On Thursday, December 6, 2012, the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran, along with representatives from the Alternative to Violence Program (AVP), held...
View ArticleINMATE DEATH AT WASCO STATE PRISON – RECEPTION CENTER UNDER INVESTIGATION
Wasco – The Investigative Services Unit at Wasco State Prison-Reception Center (WSP-RC) and investigators from the Kern County District Attorney’s Office are investigating an inmate homicide that...
View ArticleINMATE DEATH AT CORCORAN STATE PRISON UNDER INVESTIGATION
Corcoran – Investigators at California State Prison-Corcoran (CSP-Corcoran) and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the suspicious death of inmate Paul Roger Jackson, 36....
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CDCR Opens 403-bed Folsom Women’s Facility as Last Female Inmate at Valley...
First female inmates expected at Folsom facility next weekSACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced today that the last female inmate has been moved out...
View ArticleInmate death at Calipatria state prison under investigation
Inmate held in suspicion of murdering cellmateCALIPATRIA – Investigators with Calipatria State Prison (CAL) and the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the January 21 death of a...
View ArticleInmate Death at High Desert State Prison Under Investigation
Inmate dies after assault by his cellmateSusanville – Officials with the Investigative Services Unit at High Desert State Prison (HDSP), the Lassen County District Attorney’s Office, the Susanville...
View ArticleInmate Death at Corcoran State Prison Under Investigation
CORCORAN – Investigators at California State Prison-Corcoran (CSP-Corcoran) and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death of inmate Delbert Miller, 69, as a homicide....
View ArticleCondemned Inmate James Karis Death
SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate James Leslie Karis, 61, who was on California’s death row from Sacramento County, was found unresponsive in his cell this morning at San Quentin State Prison....
View ArticleInmate Attacks Correctional Sergeant with Weapon
Two responding officers injured while subduing inmateCORCORAN – An inmate at California State Prison-Corcoran attacked a Correctional Sergeant with an inmate-made weapon the afternoon of February 2,...
View ArticleMadera County Jail Expansion is First Project Completed Using Special State...
$30 million is local support for realignment MADERA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials were on hand today for the dedication of the Madera County Jail expansion, which...
View ArticleMental Health Treatment Building at California Medical Facility Receives Top...
Design significantly reduces utility consumptionVACAVILLE – A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) 64-bed inpatient mental health treatment facility at California Medical...
View ArticleCDCR Unveils Newest Investment in Prison Mental Health Care
$24 million facility highlights state’s commitment to providing quality care and endingfederal oversight of prisonsVACAVILLE – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) opened...
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Inmate Walkaway from High Rock Conservation Camp in Humboldt County
On February 18, 2013, a minimum-security inmate walked away from High Rock Conservation Camp, located just outside Weott, California, in Humboldt County.The walkaway, 43-year old James Robert Prinz, is...
View ArticleHigh Rock Conservation Camp Walkaway Apprehended
Weott, CA – Minimum security inmate James Robert Prinz, walked away from the High Rock Conservation Camp CC# 32 in Weott, California on February 18, 2013. Inmate Prinz was apprehended in Fortuna,...
View ArticleStatement from CDCR Secretary Beard
SACRAMENTO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Jeffrey Beard issued the following statement today regarding the announcement that CDCR Undersecretary Terri McDonald has...
View ArticleInmate Death at High Desert State Prison Under Investigation
Cellmate moved to segregation pending investigationSusanville – Officials with the Investigative Services Unit at High Desert State Prison (HDSP), the Lassen County District Attorney’s Office, the...
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