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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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Two more former guards at ‘rape club’ prison charged with sexually abusing inmates
The two men are the ninth and 10th former guards charged in the ongoing investigation of abuse at a women-only federal prison in Northern California.
California woman's conviction for murdering her husband overturned after two decades in prison
Blaming an inadequate and incomplete investigation and unfair trial, Jane Dorotik pushed for a new examination of the ...