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California Opens $24 Million Prison Mental Health Center
California prison officials are opening a $24 million treatment center for mentally ill inmates as they urge a federal judge to end his oversight of the state’s correctional system.
California Spending Big On Healthcare While Shipping Inmates To Outside Hospitals
Healthcare for prisoners in California used to be so bad that a judge ruled it was unconstitutional and put a federal receiver in charge of fixing it.
Inmate Escapes From Tracy Prison
Authorities were looking for an inmate who escaped a San Joaquin County minimum security prison.
San Quentin Death Row Inmate Found Hanging In Cell
A death row inmate convicted of killing a 13-year-old boy has committed suicide, according to state prison officials.
Deal With Telecom Firm Could Curb California Prison Cell Phone Black Market
With black market cell phones helping some of California’s most dangerous criminals stay connected to the outside world, corrections officials have announced a plan to block illegal cell phone calls by inmates.
Northern California Prison Doctor Earns $239K To See No Patients
California’s prison system, the nation’s biggest and most expensive with a $10 billion yearly budget, is paying a prison doctor nearly a quarter-million dollars a year – even though he treats no patients.
California Prison Officials Warn Inmates On Hunger Strike
California prison officials are threatening to discipline thousands of inmates who are participating in a statewide hunger strike.
SF Explores Sentencing Panel Ahead Of State Prisoner Influx
The large number of state prison inmates expected to inundate San Francisco county jails has city officials scrambling to reduce the number of prisoners it will have to house.
Pelican Bay Prisoners Vow Hunger Strike Over Solitary Confinement
Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of inmates at California’s most notorious maximum security prison will begin an indefinite hunger strike Friday to protest what they call inhumane torture.
Report: High-Risk California Prison Parolees Left Unsupervised
California improperly paroled more than 450 dangerous criminals without supervision last year as part of a program designed to reduce prison crowding and cost, according to a new report.
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