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Visitation suspended amid heightened security measures at Donovan prison
Several prisons across the state, including Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near Otay Mesa, have been placed under a ...
Citing violence, contraband, CDCR puts facilities on modified program
More than a dozen state prison facilities — including four in Kern County — have been placed under a higher-than-normal level ...
CDCR suspends visitations at 21 state prisons after rise in violence, overdoses
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation suspended visits and phone access at 21 prisons amid rising ...
Death row inmate killed in California prison as guards deploy blast grenades to control violent mob attack
Kern Valley State Prison violence in California leaves death row inmate Julian Mendez dead in attack involving multiple ...
CDCR prisons, including 4 in Kern modify operations due to rise in violence, overdoses
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has implemented a modified program at all Level III and ...
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A major roadblock stands in California’s way to a transformed prison system
Whether a recent increase in violence in the state’s prisons is a result of the California Model is besides the point, said a lieutenant who trains correctional staff and who spoke on the ...
Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.
California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, ...
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California lawmakers want reform for women in prison facing ‘double punishment’
“The vast majority of women living in California prisons were subject to violence and abuse before their incarceration,” Irwin said. “Now we’ve locked them inside a system that continues ...