Memorial Day – Remember and Honor
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“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” –Unknown
May 2024
Staff Assault at KVSP
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On Saturday, May 25, 2024, Inmates Robert Ortega and Juan Gomez attacked a correctional officer at Kern Valley State Prison. Staff utilized several applications of pepper spray and a direct-impact…
California Needs to Repeal Prop 57
California’s crime rate has risen thanks to several political efforts to reduce the State’s prison population. Now, thanks to several sentencing reform bills, California’s property crime rate is 25.3 incidents…
N.J. corrections police officer stabbed multiple times by inmate
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, a Correctional Police Officer was stabbed several times by an inmate using a 7-inch handmade weapon at the New Jersey State Prison Wednesday night. NJ…
Federal judge upholds California law that lets males in female prisons
by: Zachary Stieber A U.S. judge has thrown out a legal challenge to a California law that enables males, even if they haven’t undergone gender reassignment surgery, to be housed…
California State Assembly Gives OK to Close, Consolidate Some Prisons in Midst of Billion Dollar CA Budget Shortfall
from The Davis Vanguard California—facing a billion-dollar budget crisis—may soon close some state prisons, and consolidate others, per legislation approved Tuesday by the State Assembly, according to a statement issued…
Correctional facility offering Narcan from vending machine
From KRON4 By Jordan Baker Free doses of Narcan are available in a vending machine at the Maguire Correctional Health Services and the Sheriff’s Office in Redwood City, according to…
CDCR Inmate Stabbed to Death at Kern Valley Sate Prison
On Monday, at approximately 1420, Inmates Andrew Espinoza, 29, and Frank Vasquez, 44, attacked Inmate Raul Medoza, 30. Two inmate-manufactured weapons were recovered from the scene. Inmate Medoza sustained multiple…