California budget is $12 billion in the red; More cuts to CDCR
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his 2025-26 budget on May 13, 2025. The liberal governor announced that his state is facing a $12 billion budget deficit mostly due to generous…
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State audit says California’s prisons are not prepared for natural disasters
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Two years after a pair of Kings County prisons narrowly avoided catastrophic flooding, a state audit released last week now argues those prisons would not have been prepared to evacuate…
California correctional officers can’t dodge inmate death and desecration suit
A federal judge Monday denied correctional officers latest request to dismiss a lawsuit filed in the wake of the killing and dismemberment of a California inmate. Dora Solares, the mother…
Terminology matters, sometimes
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has recently pushed terminology changes in the California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 15 to change the word “inmate” to “incarcerated person”…
Inmates riot at California Correctional Institution, again
Approximately 100 inmates were involved in a riot at California Correctional Institution (CCI) in Tehachapi on Friday, May 2. Staff used non-lethal force to quell the incident. Upon gaining compliance,…
Sacramento DA still looking into California inmate’s 2024 death
from: ABC 10 News by: Alex Muegge During a use-of-force incident in April 2024, a New Folsom Prison inmate died after experiencing sudden cardiac arrest in prone position: face down…
Staff attacked by inmates in two incidents at Calipatria State Prison on Saturday
On Saturday, April 26, 2025, correctional officers were attacked in two separate incidents at Calipatria State Prison. At approximately 1050 hours, two inmates attacked two officers inside of a housing…
Attempted Murder of Kern Valley State Prison Officer
On Saturday, April 26, 2025, Inmate Malcolm Scott attempted to murder a correctional officer at Kern Valley State Prison. At approximately 1740 hours, Inmate Scott used an improvised weapon to…