Virginia police dog killed protecting officer stopping prison attack
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by: Safia Samee Ali A Virginia police dog was killed while protecting a corrections officer who was trying to break up a prison attack by MS-13 gang members, officials said…
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150 arrested in Georgia prison smuggling investigation
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A months-long investigation dubbed “Operation Skyhawk” resulted in multiple arrests for smuggling contraband into Georgia prisons. A large criminal organization formed to introduce drugs, firearms, and cellular phones into prisons…
DOJ: California Corrections facial hair ban amounts to religious discrimination
By Alan Riquelmy The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a complaint against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation over its prohibition on facial hair, calling it religion-based employment…
Inmate Dies After Attacking a CDCR Correctional Officer
CDCR is investigating a staff assault where an inmate died at Soledad State Prison (Correctional Training Facility). A press release says an incident started around 1100 hours on March 21,…
Attempted Murder of two CDCR Correctional Officers
On March 20, 2024, an inmate at California’s Salinas Valley State Prison attempted to murder two correctional officers. The inmate was housed in the prison’s restrictive housing unit, slipped his…
Georgia prison warden attacked by inmate armed with inmate-manufactured weapon
By Brooke Butler A prison warden is recovering after the Georgia Department of Corrections said an inmate assaulted him with a homemade weapon. According to the GDC, it happened at…
Calif. to transfer hundreds of death row inmates out of San Quentin
In 2016 the California voters showed that the citizens of California wanted to keep the death penalty. Proposition 66 passed by voters to speed up executions. Shortly after, Governor Newsom…
Two Officers Attacked in Separate Incidents at California State Prison Lancaster
On March 18, 2024 two correctional officers were attacked by inmates in two separate incidents. Inmate Armenta resisted being placed in handcuffs by a correctional officer. During the struggle, the…