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California prison guards can’t dodge inmate death and desecration suit
A federal judge said Monday there's no rule barring a plaintiff from making inconsistent or contradicting prior arguments ...
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State audit says California’s prisons are not prepared for natural disasters
The audit from the California Office of the Inspector General warns lives could be lost if prisons don’t improve their ...
How Alcatraz became America’s most notorious prison
President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz, a popular U.S. tourist destination, into a federal prison again, more than 60 ...
California man sentenced to prison for mailing meth to Nebraska
A 51-year-old California man was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after investigators tied him to multiple drug shipments of methamphetamine mailed from California to Nebraska.
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California Prisoners Organize Work Slowdown to Protest Degrading Conditions
To address unjust policies and conditions, more than 70 incarcerated workers inside Centinela State Prison collectively ...
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California’s Death Row Inmates Experience Life after Newsom’s Moratorium
Under Governor Gavin Newsom's administration, California has shifted its death row policy, transferring condemned individuals ...
This California student could go to prison for taking four chickens. Was it a crime or a ‘rescue’?
Just four months after she graduates on May 17 with a bachelor’s degree in social movement strategy, the straight-A student will stand trial in a Sonoma County courtroom for her June 2023 incursion ...
Man once convicted in Monterey County killed in Southern California prison
Renee A. Rodriguez, A Man once sentenced in Monterey County, died in a Los Angeles County prison after an attack from another ...