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Lockdown lifted at some California prisons; others remain restricted because of violence
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 ...
Salinas Valley State Prison investigates inmate death as homicide
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating the death of Jose Rodriguez, an inmate at ...
More guards sexually abused women at CA prison called ‘rape club,’ feds say
A Justice Department investigation continues into a California women’s prison that came to be called the “rape club,” in ...
More officers at California ‘rape club’ prison charged as sexual abuse scandal widens
Former corrections officers Jeffrey Wilson and Lawrence Gacad became the ninth and 10th individuals charged in connection ...
California man selling Stan Lee signed memorabilia sentenced to prison for $1.2-million tax fraud
Mac Martin Anderson, a 59-year-old Corona resident, was sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison after allegedly ...
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CDCR Reports Salinas Valley State Prison Investigating Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide
June 29, 2025 – SOLEDAD, CA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the June 27, 2025, death of incarcerated person Jose Rodriguez at Salinas ...
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California prison union strikes $600 million contract with Gov. Newsom that includes furloughs
Some of the perks in a new contract for California prison guards are delayed as Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks concessions from ...
ICE wants to turn a shuttered state prison into California's largest migrant detention center
A former prison in California City will soon be the state's largest immigration detention center. US Immigration and Customs ...
Leader of violent California takeover robbery crew sentenced to 488 years in prison
Jury found Larry Lightning Jr. committed one heist himself and three others with accomplices during a yearslong, violent ...