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Trump moves to reopen prisons and shuttered immigrant detention facilities for ICE
Two prison corporations and the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved quickly to prepare facilities to hold immigrants in ...
Floods Exposed Weaknesses In California Prisons’ Emergency Plans. They Still Aren’T Ready
In 2023, amid record-breaking rain and snow, two prisons in the southern San Joaquin Valley faced a serious risk of flooding. But neither prison, California State Prison, Corcoran or the Substance ...
Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.
Sacramento DA still looking into California inmate’s 2024 death. Here could be why
Prison staff reportedly used physical force to pin Christopher Leong, 35, to the ground after he charged and hit them — then ...
How Alcatraz became America’s most notorious prison
President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California ...
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State audit says California’s prisons are not prepared for natural disasters
The audit from the California Office of the Inspector General warns lives could be lost if prisons don’t improve their ...
California man sentenced to prison for mailing meth to Nebraska
A 51-year-old California man was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after investigators tied him to multiple drug shipments of methamphetamine mailed from California to Nebraska.