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San Quentin State Prison, where a deadly coronavirus outbreak was reported last summer, has been fined more than $400,000 by the California Department of Industrial Relation’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health for workplace safety violations. According to the notification of penalty issued Monday, the prison, California’s oldest, failed to report coronavirus illnesses or deaths of employees. Nearly […]
(CNN) — A manhunt is underway for six inmates who escaped from the Merced County Downtown Jail in Northern California, according to a press release from the Merced County Sheriff’s Office issued Sunday. The inmates, ages 19 to 22, were able to make it to the roof of the jail and used a “homemade rope to scale […]
NORCO (CNS) – A new program offered through Claremont Colleges is providing prisoners at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco with access to four-year bachelor degree opportunities, via livestreamed classes that traditional students also attend. The “Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA” at Pitzer College in Claremont is focused on giving incarcerated individuals the means to acquire liberal arts […]
BANNING (CNS) – Prosecutors are weighing charges against three inmates at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, who are accused of fatally beating a fellow prisoner. According to sheriff’s officials, Moreno Valley residents Jason Lynn Barton, 43, and Richard Hampton, 37, are accused with Aaron Allen Aubrey, 26, of Riverside, in the Sept. 8 death […]
Whenever we see wildfires in California, the biggest priority is always to save lives and property but for the Apple Fire, there was an unusual challenge: to save what some call a “national treasure”. It’s called the Champion Oak Tree and the name says it all. The tree is estimated to be between 800 and […]
The Apple fire burns for the fifth day in a row, requiring over 2000 personnel from the state of California. “Any large fire of this magnitude is beyond the capability of any size fire department. No matter how big you are, you have to call in other departments to help you because remember, even though […]
HEMET (CNS) – Hemet Police Department Chief Eddie Pust said Wednesday hardened criminals will be paroled early under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s coronavirus emergency releases and crime will rise in the city and elsewhere as a result. “Communities throughout California were told that decompression measures are taking place in the California prison system to provide health […]
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Riverside County could receive up to 500 of the 8,000 inmates due to be released early from state prisons under the governor’s penal system coronavirus mitigation plan, and the “surge” of additional parolees will be difficult to handle, the county’s chief probation officer told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. “We’ve got things […]
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