SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A decade after prison crowding forced California to realign its criminal justice system, the population in what once was the nation's largest state correctional system has shrunk to the point where officials announced Tuesday t
Transgender California inmate freed from prison after paroleBy DON THOMPSON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The planned closure of a federal women’s prison in California notorious for staff-on-inmate sexual abuse won’t occur before each inmate’s status has been reviewed, with an eye toward determining who will be transferred elsewhere or
A former deputy with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office was sentenced to seven years in prison for dragging an inmate by her hair and throwing her into another jail cell in what the judge called a callous and "unreasonable" use of
- A man has died from his injuries after he was allegedly stabbed by another inmate in Riverside County, according to the sheriff's department. The incident happened Sept. 5 around 1:30 p.m. at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. According to officials, the victim, 36...
In all, there are nearly 2,000 positive cases of coronavirus in the state prison system. Activists have been urging the state to release more prisoners to free them from crowded conditions, and many prisoners have said they are living in "inhumane conditions" that lack the necessary hygiene ...
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WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman faces criminal charges after she created fake home health care certifications leading to more than $6 million in fraudulent Medicare billings, federal authorities said.
Imagine a prison system in which an inmate convicted of rape and torture is permitted to supplement his income by writing pornography. One in which another enterprising jailbird creates a business and then uses a national credit-reporting agency to track past and potential victims. A jail in ...