NEWS
How Gangs Took Over Prisons
The Atlantic – October 2014
Originally formed for self-protection, prison gangs have become the unlikely custodians of order behind bars—and of crime on the streets.
APNewsBreak: California Halts Prison Gang Peacemaking Effort
U.S. News – Sept. 24, 2019
California prison officials have halted an effort aimed at trying to force warring prison gangs to get along with each other.
Correctional officer knocked unconscious by California prison inmate
The Sacramento Bee – Dec. 11, 2019
An inmate knocked a correctional officer unconscious and broke another officer’s hand in an attack Tuesday at North Kern State Prison, according to a news release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
2 Inmates Investigated in Attack on California Prison Guards
NBC Los Angeles – Nov. 5, 2019
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says an attack on two prison guards by inmates is being investigated as attempted homicide.
4 California prison guards injured in inmate attack
Los Angeles Times – Dec. 24, 2019
Four California correctional officers were injured while subduing an inmate who pulled a weapon on them at Kern Valley State Prison over the weekend, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
California Prisons Are a ‘Tinderbox of Potential Infection,’ Former CDCR Secretary Warns
KQED – March 23, 2020
A man held at the California State Prison in Los Angeles County is the first inmate in the state to test positive for COVID-19, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
California jail guards would get help with urine-hurling inmates under new bill
The Sacramento Bee – Feb. 12, 2019
Prison and jail workers could get new protections from inmates who hurl bodily fluids at them under a proposal from Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez, D-Pomona.
Correctional officers at high risk for depression, PTSD, suicide, survey finds
Berkeley News –
California’s correctional officers are regularly exposed to traumatic events that make them more likely to grapple with depression, PTSD and suicidal thoughts, according to a new report relased this week by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
Prisons And Jails Worry About Becoming Coronavirus ‘Incubators’
NPR – March 13, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads, public health officials are telling people to stay home if they feel sick. But in jails and prisons, that’s not an option.
California prison rehab program fails to keep criminals from reoffending, audit finds
The Sacramento Bee – Feb. 1, 2019
Puppies, prisoners at Mule Creek State Prison help each other with new program.
A program called Tender Loving Canines is among the new and restored rehabilitation courses popping up in California state prisons …
Inmate stabbed to death in California prison
The San Diego Union Tribune – May 1, 2020
DELANO, Calif. — A convicted murderer has been stabbed to death at a California state prison, authorities said Friday.