California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

May 09May 09
Supervisors Voice Opposition to State’s Planned Closure of Blythe Prison
The planned closure of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe would be “devastating” to the community and should be tabled in preference to a full closure of the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, according to a resolution approved Tuesday by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.

Pristine Villarreal
May 14
Hestrin joins other DAs in denouncing state plan for inmate credits
- Local
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin Thursday joined top prosecutors from 40 other counties in publicly calling for the state to abandon a plan to add credits to the sentences of 76,000 prisoners, potentially wiping a third or more of the time off their sentences, permitting them to be released early. “Releasing dangerous and violent […]

News Staff
April 15April 16
Trial Nears For Felon Accused of Killing 65-Year-Old North Palm Springs Woman
- Crime
A felon accused of hacking a 65-year-old North Palm Springs woman to death with a machete days after being released from state prison re-entered a not guilty plea Thursday. David Earl Williams Jr., 29, was ordered to return to the Larson Justice Center in Indio on May 17 for a trial-readiness conference. He remains held […]

Ceci Partridge

Supervisors Voice Opposition to State’s Planned Closure of Blythe Prison