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Due to sites like The Toughest Beat, The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has been forced to take some small actions regarding the severe increase in staff attacks…
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) has been very proactive in supporting the California Governor Newsom over the past years. In order to fund Newsom’s plan to give more…
Effective June 12, 2025, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has placed all Level III and Level IV facilities on a modified program in response to a recent…
California prison officials are investigating the death of an inmate at High Desert State Prison near Susanville as a homicide. Inmate Joseph Reagan, 44, died Tuesday evening following an attack…
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating an attempted murder of a peace officer at California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC). On June 9, 2025, at approximately…
On Saturday, June 7, 2025, at approximately 1540 hours an officer at the Salinas Valley State Prison was conducting a clothed body search of Inmate Joseph Blacknell III inside of…
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating after a death row inmate was killed at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Friday. Convicted murderer Mario Renteria,…
California Governor Newsom is moving less-desirable inmates out of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center to make the California Model of prison management appear successful. Anyone working for the California Department of…
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