Biden’s prisons chief tapped to fix lagging mental health care in California lockups
After 35 years of failing reports and climbing suicide rates, a federal judge is appointing an outsider to propose fixes for ...
Wife was strangled while visiting her husband at a Northern California prison, sheriff says
Stephanie Diane Brinson, 62, died as the result of a homicide and her cause of death on Nov. 13 at Mule Creek State Prison in ...
Sacramento inmate suspected of cellmate’s death is convicted murderer already serving life
The 32-year-old suspect is serving a life sentence for a 2015 murder plus 51 years for attempted murder and robbery.
9th Circuit upholds contempt finding against California over prison mental health crisis
California prisons have failed for decades to provide staffing or treatment for many thousands of mentally ill inmates and must pay fines that could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, a ...
Man sentenced in Sacramento County for child molestation, threatening to kill victim's family
A 55-year-old man was sentenced in Sacramento County for lewd acts upon a child over several months, the district attorney's ...
Shielding immigrants may be at the top of public safety issues in Sacramento this year
The Democratic-led legislature's efforts to shield immigrants from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation efforts, and attacks on so-called "sanctuary" states, promises to be among the most ...
Scott Wiener in the hot seat
From his efforts to slash regulations on housing construction, impose safety guardrails on artificial intelligence or protect the rights of transgender people, Wiener is — per usual — taking on an ...
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California prisons restrict movement, calls and visits as violence surges
California State Prison-Los Angeles County and California State Prison-Sacramento. Under the protocols, meals must be delivered directly to housing units and showers and any other movements must ...
Sacramento-area serial rapist who lured victims into his car is sentenced to 36 years to life
California Highway Patrol arrested a man on Thursday in connection to three reported sexual assaults along Highway 99 ...
Woman strangled to death while visiting husband in Mule Creek State Prison
A woman who died while visiting her husband at Mule Creek State Prison last year was strangled to death, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the California ...
Man gets 98 years in prison for sexually assaulting child over multiple years in Sacramento County
A man was sentenced to nearly a century in prison for sexually assaulting a young child and threatening to kill her and her ...