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Inmate Walkaway at Wasco State Prison-Reception Center

WASCO – On March 2, 2013, at approximately 8:30 a.m., officials at Wasco State Prison-Reception Center (WSP-RC) discovered that a state prison inmate identified as Howard Devlin walked away from the...

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Inmate Walkaway Apprehended, Returned to Wasco State Prison

WASCO – On March 5, 2013, at approximately 7:00 pm, officials at Wasco State Prison-Reception Center (WSP-RC) received information that inmate Michael Howard Devlin, 42, who had walked away from the...

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Vendor Fair Set for California Health Care Facility in Stockton

Facility will spend millions of dollars per year on suppliesSTOCKTON – Businesses who wish to sell their products or services to the new California Health Care Facility (CHCF) now under construction in...

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Wanted Parolee Arrested by California Parole Apprehension Team Parole Agents...

SACRAMENTO-- On March 16, 2010, the Division of Adult Parole Operations, California Parole Apprehension Team (CPAT), in Region III began an investigation into the location and apprehension of Parolee...

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CDCR's Response to Dr. Raymond Patterson:

“We adamantly reject this monitor’s suggestion that the state is indifferent to the issue of suicide prevention.  Far from it. California has one of the most robust prison suicide prevention programs...

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Kern Valley State Prison Officers Quickly Isolate and Control Large Incident

(Delano) – Custody staff at Kern Valley State Prison (KVS) quickly contained, isolated and controlled a large scale incident on the prison’s maximum-security yard today.At 9:51 a.m., several fights...

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Inmate Death at Kern Valley State Prison Under Investigation as a Homicide

DELANO – Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) investigators are working with the Kern County Coroner and District Attorney’s Office to investigate the death of an inmate, which has been classified as a...

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CDCR Officer and K-9 Killed in Car Crash

The officer and dog died this morning in San Diego County en route to an assignmentSACRAMENTO – Correctional Officer Gilbert Cortez and his K-9 Mattie died this morning when their car rolled off the...

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Setting the Record Straight on Realignment

Realignment is not an “early release program.” No state prison inmates have been or will be released early.There have been no inmate transfers from state prison to county jails.The state has provided...

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Condemned Inmate Justin Alan Helzer Death

SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate Justin Alan Helzer, 41, who was on California’s death row from Contra Costa County, was pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison late Sunday evening, April 14, 2013....

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CDCR and Riverside County Sign Contract to Allow County Jail Inmates to...

Utilizing inmates in camps will ease Riverside County’s jail population and improve prospects for rehabilitation RIVERSIDE – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the...

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Three Female Inmates Walk Away from Community Correctional Center in Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD—The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for three female state prison inmates who officers discovered missing during the 9 p.m. bed count at...

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California Files Court-Ordered Prison Plan, Vows Supreme Court Appeal

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today submitted a court-ordered list of prison reduction measures, under protest, warning that public safety could be...

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Statement from CDCR Secretary Beard

SACRAMENTO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Jeff Beard issued the following statement today regarding the correctional officer who was the victim of an attempted...

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Condemned Inmate Mario Lewis Gray Dies

SAN QUENTIN – Condemned inmate Mario Lewis Gray, 55, who was on California’s death row from Los Angeles County, was found unresponsive in his cell on Saturday morning at San Quentin State Prison....

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Transformer explosion knocks out power to California State Prison-Corcoran

Limited power restored early this morningCORCORAN – Limited electrical power was restored to California State Prison-Corcoran (CSP-COR) by Friday morning after the main transformer in a PG&E...

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CDCR Prison Receives Top Honors for Commitment to Small and Disabled Veteran...

CORCORAN— Staff at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran (SATF) today are being recognized for their commitment to working with small businesses and disabled...

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New Study Shows Post-Prison Arrests are Down, Convictions Static under...

CDCR tracked inmates released from prison pre- and post-Realignment SACRAMENTO, CA – One-year arrest rates are down and conviction rates are virtually static for offenders released after completing...

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Inmate Death at Kern Valley State Prison Under Investigation as a Homicide

DELANO – Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) investigators are working with the Kern County Coroner and District Attorney’s Office to investigate the death of an inmate, which has been classified as a...

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Inmate Commits Attempted Murder of a Correctional Officer at California Men's...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – An inmate at California Men’s Colony (CMC) attacked a correctional officer with an inmate manufactured weapon yesterday, inflicting injuries to the officer’s head and neck.  One...

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