At San Quentin, district attorneys and inmates agree on prison reform
On a recent morning inside San Quentin prison, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and more than a dozen other prosecutors crowded into a…
Civil rights groups sue to end cash bail system in Riverside County
A cadre of civil rights groups brought a lawsuit late Wednesday challenging Riverside County’s use of cash bail to detain people as they await trial,…
Inmate accused of stabbing Tory Lanez is ID’d as convicted murderer
Authorities have identified the inmate accused of stabbing incarcerated rapper Tory Lanez with a self-made shank as 41-year-old Santino Casio, who is serving a life…
Life after California’s death row: Condemned inmates get second chance
SAN FRANCISCO — By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin’s death row. Williams was…
Death row inmate auctions his San Quentin journals, art for $80,000
SAN FRANCISCO — In early 2020, Albert Jones was sitting in his cell on San Quentin’s death row, as he had every day for nearly three decades,…
Why are L.A. jails running out of buses to get inmates to court?
Zhoie Perez slouched against the holding cell wall in Men’s Central Jail and closed her eyes, hoping a guard would jolt her awake with the…
Biden’s prisons chief tapped to fix California prison mental health care
SACRAMENTO — Following through on intentions broadcast a year ago, a federal judge is putting control of California’s troubled inmate mental health programs into the hands of…
California lawmakers may give inmate firefighters a raise
Inmate firefighters housed in California’s county jails and state prisons would earn an hourly wage of up to $19 under legislation being considered by state…
‘Ghost Adventures’ star’s wife arrested, murder plot alleged
Victoria Goodwin, wife of “Ghost Adventures” star Aaron Goodwin, has been arrested in Nevada on suspicion of hiring someone to murder her husband. Victoria Goodwin…
Kim Kardashian called him a death row inmate on Instagram. He’s suing
Last February, Kim Kardashian shared a photo of Ivan Cantu on social media, saying he was a death row inmate and that state of Texas…
Israel ‘trolls Hamas’ by AXING release of terrorist who raped prison guard…and will free inmate with same name instead
ISRAEL has trolled Hamas by axing the release of a rapist and swapping him with a lesser-known convict of the same name in a last-minute…
Upgrades, pardon requests: What it’s like sharing a president’s name
WASHINGTON — There’s not only one Donald Trump in the United States. Nor is there only one William J. Clinton.Plenty of people share names with famous…
Todd Chrisley fired from prison chapel job: ‘too chatty’
Todd Chrisley has reportedly been removed from his position as a chaplain’s assistant at the Florida prison where he is currently serving 10 years for…
World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
ReutersIwao Hakamada has been awaiting his potential execution for 56 yearsAn 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers are desperate to get him out of notorious Brooklyn jail
Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs say they will keep fighting to have their client freed from the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., where…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs facing $100M judgment in inmate’s lawsuit
Sean “Diddy” Combs must pay $100 million to a litigious Michigan inmate who sued him for sexual assault, a judge ordered Monday. Lenawee County circuit…
How cops snared TWO female prison workers who sent sordid sexts to inmate – as ex-governor slams ‘there’s NO control’
A FORMER prison governer says the system is on the verge of collapse due to novice guards and out-of-control inmates. The comments of ex-governer Professor…
Inquiry into ‘inmate and officer sex video’
A prison officer has been reported to police over a social media video allegedly showing a member of staff having sex with an inmate in…
California debates removing involuntary servitude from Constitution
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers have revived a proposal that could ask voters to ban involuntary servitude from the state Constitution, a measure they rejected two years…
Texas inmate, wielding knife, escapes after court appearance
Texas inmate Joshua Nigel Thomas Sanders, 35, escaped using a knife after a court appearance in Houston Thursday. Courtesy of Harris County Sheriff's Office. June…