CDCR
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. CDCR is the third-largest law enforcement agency in the United States behind the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the New York City Police Department. CDCR correctional officers are sworn law enforcement officers with peace officer powers. CDCR emphasizes public safety, rehabilitation, community reintegration and restorative justice.
An engine from Chuckawalla Valley State Prison/Ironwood State Prison Fire Station, staffed with two incarcerated firefighters, responded to a child’s cardiac arrest call
As of April 17, 26 death row inmates have been transferred to California Institution for Men following the closure of segregated units at San Quentin and Central California Women’s Facility
Prison officials were called to a “disturbance” in a housing unit at New Folsom when the inmate “charged and began to hit staff;" COs then began to restrain the inmate
The proposal doesn’t say anything about which prisons might be closed
People who work in healthcare settings at prisons will still have to comply with a separate mandate
The findings come as the governor seeks $126.6 million in the next fiscal year and $162.5 million annually thereafter to expand treatment
CDCR didn’t say how many ODs were recorded, but a memo distributed March 30 said there were 19 as of that date
The deadline for written comment is April 13
“If he is released early, he will continue to break the law,” the DA’s office wrote last year in a letter vehemently opposing parole
The woman’s son coordinated with another person to email her a spreadsheet containing the personal information of 9,043 people
The Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility has been the subject of a lawsuit by several disabled inmates
Local law enforcement officials say it could take months to address the backlog of hundreds of jail inmates in need of transfer
The goal is to turn that section at San Quentin State Prison into a “positive, healing environment,” Gov. Newsom said
“If you stare at a wall you’re getting good-conduct credits,” said Chief Deputy DA Rod Norgaard. “You just don’t have to stab anybody that day”
That’s a 212% increase so far this month
The order will prevent the state from releasing inmates after serving only one-third of their sentences – at least until the next court date
Two COs died after making claims of harassment, hazing and corruption within a specialized investigative unit
“Sgt. Villarreal went above and beyond the call of duty and put himself at great risk of harm,” said CDCR Secretary Kathleen Allison
Prison officials agreed to correct a mistake related to good-conduct credit rules that had mistakenly extended sentences
The state’s decision affects incapacitated inmates who are deemed to still need some sort of supervision
In Washington, 4.5% of the prison workforce quit over the mandate; the same would be catastrophic in California, CDCR says
In the latest court reversal, officers who work in and around prison health care facilities must now get the vaccine
The temporary restraining order shields COs from discipline while the court weighs the injunction
A second member of the same investigations unit who also complained of harassment and retaliation died of an accidental fentanyl overdose last year
One arrest has been made so far involving cell phone smuggling to a death row inmate
The order covers all 34 of California’s prisons, but allows for religious and medical exemptions
A federal court-appointed receiver asked a judge to impose the mandate Friday, arguing that voluntary vaccination programs of staff have failed
The ruling overturns a lower court that found prisoners could have the drug as long as they didn’t consume it
The prison in Susanville is one of two the Newsom administration wants to close as California’s incarcerated population falls
Only 42% of custody staffers in state prisons have received at least one dose of the vaccines, the request notes
Advocates hope the new pilot program will ultimately lead to more prison closures
A flaw in the new good-conduct credit program caused some inmates’ sentences to be lengthened rather than cut short
She said that the move would be too ‘disruptive,’ but acknowledged the likelihood of an eventual reversal
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