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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released the May 2025 incident report numbers. The numbers confirm what every CDCR officer already knew, the staff attacks have been increasing.…
A California bill aimed at providing California inmates with more comfort and entitlements passed a key legislative hurdle Tuesday. Backed by state Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), Senate Bill 551…
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…
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,…
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