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Tulare County jail is changing routines to keep inmates from killing themselves
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoLt. Buddy Hirayama sagged into his desk chair after a busy morning on his first day leading Tulare County's jail system. A call crackled across his radio: “Man down. Unresponsive.” Hirayama ...
Tulare County inmate dies by suicide, detectives investigate jailhouse death
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Tulare County inmate died by suicide at the Adult Pretrial Detention Facility, sheriff's officials said. It's the fourth inmate death this year. On Tuesday night, Tulare County correctional ...
California debates solitary confinement in local jails — and whether it's really possible to end it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn inmate stands in his cell at the main jail in downtown Sacramento. A California Assembly bill to...
California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPeople are dying in custody at record rates across California. They’re dying in big jails and small...
Two men arrested in 'cold-blooded' massacre of 6, including mother and baby, in Tulare County
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNoah David Beard, 25, of Visalia is arrested early Friday. He and Angel "Nanu" Uriarte, 35, are...
Fresno County’s getting a new $750 million courthouse. When it’s coming and what to expect
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoFresno is in line to get a new county courthouse downtown – an investment that could cost as much as...
‘Video is truth.’ Fresno deputies will get body cameras as part of $3.2 million program
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal grant for $430,000 will help the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office become the latest law...
Newly proposed California bill could give inmates serving life sentences avenue toward parole
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA newly proposed California Senate bill has sparked another debate on the state's ever-changing criminal justice system. Senate Bill 94 would allow a person sentenced to death or life without ...
‘I just want the hospital to stay open.’ Residents have few options as Madera Community closes
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoWhat should have been downtime in the week between Christmas and New Year’s turned into a flurry of...
Editorial: Changing climate is turning prisons into torture chambers and death traps
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice last year sent dozens of its young wards to the notorious...