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On Thursday, Inmate Hector Hernandez was found stabbed to death inside of his cell at High Desert State Prison, Susanville, California. Officers discovered Hernandez and called for medical assistance and…
Although inmates in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have access to and receive better mental health care than most the public, a federal judge fined the department $112…
Associated Press by Todd Richmond A counselor at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison has been declared brain dead following a fight with a 16-year-old inmate. Corey Proulx, 49, was declared brain…
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…
A little humor: A guy walks into a pet store, and sees three cages, each containing a monkey dressed in a corrections uniform. The first cage had a $500 price…
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…
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