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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the attempted homicide of a peace officer at California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville, CA. On May 21, 2025, at…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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,…
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…
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…
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