Inmate’s death in Northern California prison cell prompts homicide investigation
An inmate found dead Friday in his cell prompted California prison officials to launch a homicide investigation at Mule Creek ...
Southern California inmate captured after escaping reentry program
A 33-year-old inmate housed in a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles has been ...
Family of Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release and say they’re victims who were vilified
The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers' release from prison following the 1989 killings ...
Fact checking the claims from supporters and opponents of California's Prop 36
CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about ...
SVSP convicted murderer guilty of attempted murder of correctional officer
Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced that an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison was found ...
Inmate’s death is third suspected homicide at California’s New Folsom prison in four months
Cooper’s death is the third suspected homicide in the Folsom prison announced in the past four months.
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How Proposition 6 would affect inmate labor at California prisons
For decades, California law has forced many prison inmates to work for little or no money. Now, Proposition 6 aims to change ...
No one is fighting a proposition to ban forced labor in California prisons. Why it could still fail
Prop. 6 aims to ban forced labor in California prisons, prioritizing rehabilitative programming. Voters are leaning against ...
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Death of inmate at Folsom prison investigated as homicide
An inmate's death at a state prison in Folsom on Saturday is being investigated as a homicide, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Kyle Cooper was found ...
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An inmate convicted of the 1994 killing of a Japanese psychic was found dead in a Hawaii prison cell
according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “It was determined that the victim had been assaulted and stabbed by his cellmate, a 38-year-old male,” Honolulu police ...
Voters in California and Nevada consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing ...