Inmate

Resume Writing, Barista Training Proposed For San Mateo County Inmates

Changes designed to prepare inmates for jobs in the real world are coming to the San Mateo County Jail.

2011/10/12

Edward John Schaefer (L), Frank Anthony Souza. (San Quentin State Prison)

DA To Seek Death Penalty In San Quentin Stabbing

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a San Quentin inmate charged with killing another inmate who was serving time for a 2009 DUI crash which killed a 9-year-old girl in Novato.

CBS San Francisco–2011/08/18

Ex-Con Arrested For Breaking Into Folsom State Prison

A former inmate has been arrested on prison grounds after scaling a fence onto Folsom Prison property Thursday morning.

CBS San Francisco–2011/08/11

Good Question: Are Inmates Used To Fight California Wildfires?

Some of the state’s inmates get to do time in the great outdoors, but it’s not without risk. Danny Richards asked this Good Question: Are inmates still used to fight fires in California?

KPIX 5–2011/06/28

San Quentin State Prison (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Murderer Released From San Quentin After 24 Years Behind Bars

After 24 years of incarceration, Ernest Morgan, who was freed from San Quentin State Prison Thursday morning, planned to head to Mama’s restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach with his family for an omelette.

CBS San Francisco–2011/05/12

Lyralisa Stevens, a convicted murderer and inmate at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville has sued the State of California to pay for gender reassignment surgery. (CBS)

Vacaville Inmate Sues State For Sex Change Surgery

A transsexual inmate at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville has sued the State of California to pay for surgery to complete his transition to becoming a woman.

KPIX 5–2011/04/15

Inmate Escapes From Solano County Prison Camp

State prison authorities have released a photo of an inmate who is believed to have escaped a detention facility in Solano County on Sunday night.

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/14

Inmate Who Escaped From Dublin Jail Recaptured

An inmate who escaped from the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin was recaptured in Fremont Friday morning, according to a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department.

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/04

Inmate Walks Away From Dublin Jail

Alameda County deputies were searching for an inmate who escaped from the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on Tuesday, a sergeant said.

KCBS–2011/03/03

San Rafael Inmate Found Dead In Cell

UPDATE: Novato police have identified the Marin County Jail inmate who was found dead in his cell Monday morning as 45-year-old Daymitreeus Sessoms, of San Rafael.

2011/02/08

Listen Live!