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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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California State Prison-Sacramento Correctional Officer Survives Attack by...

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...

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Parole 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...

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Riot 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...

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Inmate 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...

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INMATE 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...

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INMATE 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...

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Inmate 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...

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Inmate 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...

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Inmate 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....

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Condemned 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....

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Inmate 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,...

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Madera 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...

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Mental 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...

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CDCR 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...

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High 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,...

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Statement 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...

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Inmate 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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