A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...
ABC 7 Los Angeles on MSN1d
Lawsuit alleges women in CA prison were victims of sexual violence by 'predatory' gynecologist
"The things that he did to us will forever haunt us and traumatize us," said a woman identified only as Jane Doe #5.
Silicon Valley on MSN2h
Changing California prison culture and people's lives through prison newspapers
In a warehouse-style room at the Central California Women's Facility outside Chowchilla, Jesse Vasquez stood before a group of very attentive women in prison-issue denims. They were prospective ...
Violent attack by 3 inmates hospitalizes California correctional officer
An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was ...
The Times-Standard (Eureka) on MSN7d
Inmates accused of attacking officer at Pelican Bay
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the alleged attempted homicide of ...
tag241d
California prison gynecologist accused of "horrific, sadistic" abuse of women in new lawsuit
A new lawsuit accuses a gynecologist at the California Institution for Women prison of systematically abusing incarcerated ...
Family of repeat child sex predator says California law that freed him from prison must be changed
The family of a twice-convicted child molester believes the California law that has now freed him from prison should not exist in the first place.
Crime and Public Safety
These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...
Inmate back in custody after walking out of San Diego criminal re-entry facility
After a day-long search, law enforcement officials have apprehended an inmate seen walking out of a re-entry facility in San ...
Sierra Sun Times7d
North Kern State Prison in Delano, California Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Enrique Gomeztagle, as a Homicide
North Kern State Prison in Delano, California Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Enrique Gomeztagle, as a Homicide ...
KTLA8d
Violent attack by 3 inmates hospitalizes California correctional officer
In a news release, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the incident unfolded at around 7:15 a.m. in the dining hall at Pelican Bay State Prison. Officials said the ...