Sierra Sun Times

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

October 24, 2025 – SOLEDAD – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the ...

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 ...
Davis Vanguard

Second Chances with Teeth: William Palmer and the Fight to Fix Youth Offender Parole

California's parole system for youth offenders is failing to provide meaningful opportunities for rehabilitation, with a 62% ...

3 convicted murderers at Central California prison suspected of killing fellow inmate

Three convicted killers who are serving sentences at Salinas Valley State Prison in Central California are suspected of ...
Yahoo

Erik Menendez denied parole, decades after parents' murders

MIKE NELSON/AFP/AFP Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday more than three decades after he and his brother Lyle slaughtered their parents in the family's luxury Beverly Hills home. A California ...

San Jose man who killed college instructor is under investigation in cellmate’s prison death

Eddie Ruiz was convicted in the 2016 shooting death of David Moglen after a car stickup; last week Ruiz was detained after ...
CBS News

Yolo County prosecutors call for overhaul of law freeing terminally ill prisoners under "compassionate release"

A man with a violent past is set for release from prison and the Yolo County District Attorney's Office is fighting back against the law that has opened the door to his freedom. Howard Wilbanks, 70, ...