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On Saturday, at about 1900 hours, Inmate Luis Padilla was stabbed to death by three other inmates. Inmates Juan Madrigal, Sanuel Ricardez, and Jonathan Orduno used inmate-manufactured weapons to repeatedly…
The Toughest Beat compiled a list of what every state correctional agency pays per prisoner on average. Also listed are current recidivism rates for state prisoners.
by Natalie Hanson The feds have won the first round in a battle over facial-hair religious exemptions for California correctional officers, as the United States seeking to stop the state…
According to VADOC, Inmate Richard Joseph Bottoms, 49, filed a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) claim against a VADOC employee at State Farm Correctional Center in June 2023. Bottoms “continually…
Tuesday afternoon, June 6, 2024, a CDCR Correctional Sergeant was attacked by an inmate at Ironwood State Prison. During the evening yard the inmate blindsided the sergeant by attacking him…
California Governor Gavin Newsom and California law makers make plans to slash public safety funding. To mitigate the state’s huge budget deficit, Newsom plans to slash funding to law enforcement,…
California lawmakers on Wednesday announced a joint budget plan that would restore some funds for homelessness and social safety net programs while cutting money from state prisons. The spending proposal…
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