CDCR: Inmate slain in SVSP attack; 3 suspects held after weapons found

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says they are investigating the death of an inmate on Thursday as ...
Sierra Sun Times

High Desert State Prison Officials Investigate the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide, CDCR Reports

October 18, 2025 – SUSANVILLE – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the October 17, 2025, death of an incarcerated person at High Desert State ...

Inmate from Yolo County died after assault at Salinas prison, CDCR says

Israel M. Mendoza, 40, died Tuesday, after he was attacked by another inmate, the department said in a news release. He was ...

Retired CDCR sergeant sentenced in DUI crash that injured 2

A retired sergeant with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was sentenced Tuesday to jail time and ...
Sierra Sun Times

CDCR Reports Salinas Valley State Prison Officials Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide

October 17, 2025 – SOLEDAD, CA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the October 14, 2025, death of an incarcerated person at Salinas Valley ...
Modesto Bee

CA corrections officials halt prison visits on spike in inmate, staff attacks

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

Angel City FC partners with California women’s prison for soccer rehabilitation program

A new program using soccer to teach leadership and life skills has launched at the California Institution for Women, aiming ...
The Fresno Bee

Female inmates in CA prison say officers assaulted them after sexual abuse claims

Correctional staff at the Central California Women’s Facility assaulted a group of incarcerated women with pepper spray and rubber bullets to retaliate after inmates filed sexual abuse claims, a ...
The Fresno Bee

CA corrections officials halt prison visits on spike in inmate, staff attacks

Twenty-one California prisons — including two facilities near Folsom — are immediately suspending inmate visitations following spikes in drug overdoses and violent attacks on prisoners and officers, ...