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State prison warden banned braids, cornrows and dreadlocks. A Black inmate is now suing.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe February 2021 prison memo sent by Warden Brad Adams was clear. “Effective immediately” inmates...
California Gov. Newsom announces new vision for San Quentin State Prison: 'We have failed for too...
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCalifornia's oldest state prison will get overhauled into a "one-of-a-kind" correctional institution...
California women's prison rocked by 'rape club' abuse scandals to be closed
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAfter a series of lawsuits and sexual abuse convictions of prison officials, the Federal Bureau of...
The fight to limit solitary confinement in California prisons is set to roil Sacramento again
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA bill to end prolonged solitary confinement in California's prisons, jails and detention centers...
California paid prison guard for 2 years after he was accused of molesting teen, report says
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCalifornia’s corrections department has room to improve its investigations of employee misconduct,...
San Quentin — California’s oldest prison — executed hundreds from Death Row over decades
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSan Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility...
Newsom’s $380M San Quentin State Prison revamp is underway. Here are some of the details
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLawmakers and activists initially balked at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to use $380 million to build a...
California inmates accuse prison commissaries of price gouging
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPublished with permission from Capital and Main, a nonprofit California-based news partner. Jose...
New federal rule helps prison inmates pay for college. Here’s how California will benefit
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn January, Michael Love was released from prison after 35 years. Four months later he returned, but...
6th worker charged with sexually abusing inmates at scandalous federal women's prison in California
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA sixth employee was charged with sexually abusing inmates at a federal women's prison in California...